Re: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-15 Thread Alan Conway
Idiotic question from complete Apache newbie: is the proposal that Apache should start hosting specs but would still host projects implementing foreign specs, or that Apache should stop hosting projects implementing non-Apache specs? On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 08:34 +0100, James Strachan wrote: On

Re: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-15 Thread Craig L Russell
On Aug 15, 2006, at 6:57 AM, Alan Conway wrote: Idiotic question from complete Apache newbie: is the proposal that Apache should start hosting specs but would still host projects implementing foreign specs, or that Apache should stop hosting projects implementing non-Apache specs? I

Re: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-15 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Alan Conway wrote: Idiotic question from complete Apache newbie: is the proposal that Apache should start hosting specs but would still host projects implementing foreign specs, or that Apache should stop hosting projects implementing non-Apache specs? Twofold answer IMHO... if we host a

RE: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-15 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Craig Russell wrote: Granqvist, Hans wrote: Just a few thoughts on the process: How do you envision editorship of the spec? Would all committers be editors? In successful spec writing projects that I've been involved in, there has been an editor for the entire specification or an editor per

Re: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-15 Thread Yoav Shapira
Hi, On 8/15/06, Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dictates. I would put forth a strawman that the Editor role is at least somewhat analogous to the Release Manager for code. Either way, the deliverable still needs to be approved by the PMC. Yes, either way the deliverable still

RE: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-15 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Yoav Shapira wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: I would put forth a strawman that the Editor role is at least somewhat analogous to the Release Manager for code. there's a big difference: a release manager does not modify other people's work (e.g. the code), only packages it. The Release

Re: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-15 Thread Craig L Russell
On Aug 15, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Yoav Shapira wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: I would put forth a strawman that the Editor role is at least somewhat analogous to the Release Manager for code. there's a big difference: a release manager does not modify other people's work

Re: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-14 Thread Craig L Russell
On Aug 14, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Granqvist, Hans wrote: ... I would be in favor of such an approach. Honestly, I would vastly prefer to have Open Specifications managed under ASF processes than under the JCP, OASIS, etc. Yea, I think it could be a good idea. I agree. Just a few thoughts on

Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-13 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Carl Trieloff wrote: - Is Apache in the business of writing and publishing specifications? - As long as Apache is not in the business of also creating specifications, there will be by definition some separation between code and spec processes, and I would like to work with the ASF to try

Re: Specifications as (part of) ASF projects (was RE: Too many licenses? Was: [vote] Accept Glasgow)

2006-08-13 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr
What broken mail client are you using? inline... Noel J. Bergman wrote: Carl Trieloff wrote: - Is Apache in the business of writing and publishing specifications? - As long as Apache is not in the business of also creating specifications, there will be by definition some separation