Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Leo Simons
Sam Ruby wrote: - Leo (avalon pmc member acting sort-of on behalf of the java peeps using the lazy consensus model and the Just-Do-It-in-the-event-of-consensus mindset :D) I like that mindset. Note: the essence of lazy consensus is that such actions are immeditely rolled back if an issue is

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Greg Stein wrote: To be honest, I don't know what the most effective arrangement would be. I could easily see the infrastructure team being responsible. Each project releases their code to www.apache.org/dist/PROJECT/, and the infrastructure guys simply index that code

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: I thought this was for Apache only jars. Just a place for projects to place there Released jars as a compliment to the zip and qz distributions. So there should be no license issues. Well, I'm still waiting to hear about some of this. From

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Leo Simons
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Which PMC is going to oversee the repository? all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain some oversight. I don't think there's an official precedent wrt how this works @ apache. It might be possible to get the infrastructure peeps to take on the

[off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part of the world you're in, the projection is about right :-) Now I've noticed quite a few

RE: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Scott Sanders
As far as I can tell, in the SF Bay area, it is off by about 20 feet. Not bad at all :) Scott Now I've noticed quite a few folks falling off the shore, and into a nearby rivers and canals. Which unless you are living on a boad - is propably not quite correct. So I'd love to know if that

RE: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Scott Sanders
Nevermind, if you zoom in far enough (below about 50 yards), it is spot on. Way to go! As far as I can tell, in the SF Bay area, it is off by about 20 feet. Not bad at all :) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Santiago Gala
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html In http://memojo.com/memojowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SantiagoGalaBlog_blogentry_250203_2 I have two scaring maps from Dirk ;-) Spanish comments, I'm trying to not forget my Spanish. I'm trying to _also_ blog in

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Santiago Gala
Torsten Curdt wrote: Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part of the world you're in, the projection is

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Santiago Gala wrote: I'm about 20m (60ft) NE. But I wonder what would happen if I add another figure to the urls.txt thing. Please try ! Dw - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread David Reid
1 minute is 1 nautical mile, so 1/60 instead of 1/100 could get you there. ^^^ Only at the equator... david - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, David Reid wrote: 1 minute is 1 nautical mile, so 1/60 instead of 1/100 could get you there. ^^^ Only at the equator... Or use the minutes N/South - they are more constant. Dw -

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Santiago Gala
David Reid wrote: 1 minute is 1 nautical mile, so 1/60 instead of 1/100 could get you there. ^^^ Only at the equator... I forgot to say meridian, sorry. In Latitude, one minute is always 1 nautical mile, In Longitude (East-Westwards) only in the Equator. So I stand half

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Jeff Trawick wrote: can somebody remind me of where to find the address-long/lat mapping for the US? I'm about a mile off on the new zoom in and would like to try adding some digits. This tool http://demo.asemantics.com/zoom.pl shows the point of click below.

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Jeff Trawick wrote: can somebody remind me of where to find the address-long/lat mapping for the US? I'm about a mile off on the new zoom in and would like to try adding some digits. http://geourl.org/ has a couple of links. - ask -- ask bjoern hansen,

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Noel J. Bergman
all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain some oversight. Infrastructure hasn't considered that a good model for the Wiki, and I don't know that it would work any better for the repository. Someone needs to take responsibility for the oversight. I'm not suggesting

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Steven Noels
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: Now I've noticed quite a few folks falling off the shore, and into a nearby rivers and canals. Which unless you are living on a boad - is propably not quite correct. So I'd love to know if that is projection issue; or a true issue with the location you entered. I

Maps and zoom-in/muchas gracias

2003-02-25 Thread Santiago Gala
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Santiago Gala wrote: I'm about 20m (60ft) NE. But I wonder what would happen if I add another figure to the urls.txt thing. Please try ! Done. I imagine it will need time to propagate. It really was in my cvs home page where I had to edit. In

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Leo Simons
Noel J. Bergman wrote: all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain some oversight. Infrastructure hasn't considered that a good model for the Wiki, and I don't know that it would work any better for the repository. Someone needs to take responsibility for the

Re: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Costin Manolache
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Leo Simons wrote: files in /dist/java-repository besides perhaps HEADER.html and README.htmls... Few simple questions: Should we use 2 different dirs for src and binary distribution ? Or maybe 3 dirs ( src, bin, doc ) ? Are milestone builds acceptable ? Should we get

RE: [proposal] daedalus jar repository (was: primary distribution location)

2003-02-25 Thread Costin Manolache
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: all PMCs whose committers 'commit' to the repository should maintain some oversight. Infrastructure hasn't considered that a good model for the Wiki, and I don't know that it would work any better for the repository. Someone needs to take

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part of the world you're in, the projection is about right :-) heh heh. now to tie in

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread David Crossley
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough;... snip/ I gather that you must be using some browser-specific facilities here. I use Mozilla and the map is a mess after the first zoom. Is there

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread David Crossley
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: Now I've noticed quite a few folks falling off the shore, and into a nearby rivers and canals. Which unless you are living on a boad - is propably not quite correct. So I'd love to know if that is projection issue; or a true issue with the location you entered. I