RE: Who Do I Contact to add a new Jakarta project
See http://jakarta.apache.org/site/newproject.html for information about adding a project to Jakarta. Projects aren't allowed in without at least some form of established community around the project that will continue to support it once you lose interest. A good place to build this type of community would be over at SourceForge (www.sourceforge.net). Randy -Original Message- From: Doug Mortson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Who Do I Contact to add a new Jakarta project My name is Doug Mortson, an independent consultant with 15 years of industry experience. I have developed a software package called Synergy (described below) that I think would be a good edition to the Jakarta project. I am not looking for any compensation. I'm simply looking for a way to get the software out into the world. I would appreciate it if somebody could contact me as to what the appropriate steps would be, the appropriate contact info etc. Thanks. - Synergy is a free, 3-tier Java application that allows development team members to collaborate with each other during the development of a project. It includes the following: The ability to create, view, update and report on defects. The ability to create, view, update and run defect queries. The ability to create, view and update reports for search and queries The ability to create, view and update discussion forums Synergy can be accessed via an Internet Explorer browser, and requires an application server like IBM Websphere, BEA Weblogic or Tomcat. It also requires a database like DB2, with a JDBC compliant driver. The product can be downloaded from the following location : http://www.canadaaudiovideo.com/velotrex/Products.html Doug Mortson President VeloTrex 452 Britannia Ave, Bradford, Ontario L3Z 1A7 905-775-0390 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Who Do I Contact to add a new Jakarta project
Hi Doug, you are contacting the right people with this list. For the process, please see http://jakarta.apache.org/site/newproject.html. Could you tell us a little bit about the projects current community? How many users/developers are using/working on Synergy? I couldn't find any information on a project mailing list or similar at the link you have provided - or the USERS Guide. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
evaluation of Synergy was Re: Who Do I Contact to add a new Jakarta project
quickhanded evaluation: 0. Method: merely unzipped and read through the code and the provided information. Coined the phrase quickhanded because I like making up my own words if one doesn't come to mind. (but it describes this does it not) 1. I'm underwhelmed with the prospect of collaborative tools that require Internet Explorer. 2. Project makes heavy use of javascript... This is bad. 3. Project is implemented using JSP. JSP is yucky, but this does use Taglibs so that is good. 4. Sourcecode for said taglibs is not included in this distribution, nor is any kind of build etc etc. 5. The is fairly decently documented. I like that. 6. The documentation is in MS Word format... I hate that. (at least until POI::HDF is done along with the Cocoon generator and then I can just read it in mozilla as XHTML or PDF or something ;-) ). 7. I hate the orange and black theme...yuck. Halloween is over. 8. This is basically bugzilla or Scarab (which I have not evaluated but I'm sure is very nice) with things called forums which underwhelm me. (use mail lists instead) The prospect of having to install oracle or DB2 or even SQL-sorry-Server to store my bugs underwhelms me. Only DB2 has been tested (bah) and no bullet is there for PostgreSQL. This really underwhelms me. 5-10k minimum is a lot to spend for the kind of volume of data one gets from a bug database. 9. One thing this could use that might make it worth looking at (if it weren't implemented in sorry ol JSPs as opposed to XML or something that would let me change the yucky halloween theme), would be something like the Task Manager and Tracking fascilities from SourceForge. I like that. It wouldn't work for every project but it worked quite nicely for POI before we got to where little details took all of any given person's time. It would be better if tasks could be assigned to a person post-facto but *shrugs*. 10. I find it doubtful this will attract much of a community. This person would be far better of contributing to Bugzilla or Scarab or some existing project. This project doesn't appear to revolutionize bug tracking, etc and therefore Yet Another BugTracker implemented in yucky old JSPs is not likely to make people jump out of their chairs and want to help. (espeically without the sourcecode!). 11. In my humble and reserved opinion prospects are unlikely that this will appear on Jakarta at any point in the near future. (Not that I'm anybody to say, just figured I'd step up and give an evalutation) -Andy On 04 Mar 2002 16:10:39 0100 Stefan Bodewig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. Hi Doug, you are contacting the right people with this list. For the process, please see http://jakarta.apache.org/site/newproject.html. Could you tell us a little bit about the projects current community? How many users/developers are using/working on Synergy? I couldn't find any information on a project mailing list or similar at the link you have provided - or the USERS Guide. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Who Do I Contact to add a new Jakarta project
At 14:58 04/03/02, Doug Mortson wrote: My name is Doug Mortson, an independent consultant with 15 years of industry experience. I have developed a software package called Synergy (described below) that I think would be a good edition to the Jakarta project. Hello Doug, If you wish to make your product an open source project then no one is stopping you. Go for it. I would suggest uploading it to www.sourceforge.net and then doing some publicity for it - eg by getting a mention on freshmeat.net. You can even choose an Apache-like license on sourceforge Your tool definitely sounds interesting - I'll happily try it out and give it a review plugon my open source news website http://www.OWAL.co.uk/news//plug You should investigate your competitors (such as Scarab or Bugzilla) and ask yourself why people should use your software instead of theirs - and write this up. Apache is not like other open source projects - they don't just accept any open source project that is offered to them. The main thing they want to see before adopting another project is whether or not there is an existing team of developers maintaining it. I would suggest that you should concentrate on getting that team of developers and publicising your software, and then come back to Apache in six months or so. (I am not speaking for Apache and hold no official position in the Apache Software Foundation). Alex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
