Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Stefan Bodewig
Ted Husted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conor MacNeill wrote: I think it would be better to start with one mailing list so ensure there is enough "mass" in discussions. I feel strongly that there should be a combined user/dev list for each package, and I personally stand by the statement in

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Conor MacNeill
Ted, Let me give my counter point and then I will say no more. IMHO, for a list to be useful it needs to have a certain critical mass of subscribers. When there aren't enough people to get a discussion going, people stop posting. If the messages are few and far between, the list tends to

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Peter Donald
At 09:21 7/3/01 -0500, Ted Husted wrote: Peter Donald wrote: I will say it again - though no one really seems to listen. No one's asking you to do anything you don't want to do, Peter. If you are not comfortable working on a Commons package, then you should not work on a Commons package. I

Jakarta PMC election results

2001-03-07 Thread Sam Ruby
Preface: Before Pier calls me an ass again... ;-) I would like to point out that despite being the chair to the PMC, I have never had the opportunity to actually observe an election of a PMC member. My election to the PMC was done in private as had all others before me, and no

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread cmanolache
Say I'd propose to move the org.apache.tools.tar and org.apache.tools.mail packages from Ant to the commons repository - which I'll probably do - these are very small thingies that don't really need separate mailing lists at all. +1 !! And maybe parts of ProjectHelper ( turned into a

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Stevens
on 3/7/01 5:08 AM, "Sam Ruby" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Stevens wrote: 7: Should provide an interface or implement a Sun defined interface. s/Sun defined/standard/ - Sam Ruby define standard. http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/ymtd/ymtd-implementation.html -jon -- If you come

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Stevens
on 3/7/01 5:21 AM, "Ted Husted" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about: 7. In general, packages should provide an interface and one or more implementations of that interface, or implement another standard interface (e.g. one defined by Sun). -1 I don't like the implication that something

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Stevens
on 3/7/01 4:57 AM, "Ted Husted" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel strongly that there should be a combined user/dev list for each package, and I personally stand by the statement in the FAQ. This will fail for new projects. Reason: community building. To create a community, you need a single

account creation documentation

2001-03-07 Thread Jon Stevens
FYI, I documented the Jakarta process of asking for permission for new account creation by the projects so that I can distribute my load a bit. Under the Committers heading: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/roles.html Specifics: "Once there are 3 positive votes, someone from the

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Tim O'Brien
Peter, On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Peter Donald wrote: I already work on commons packages - after all I work on Avalon ;) Avalon is not a commons package, it is a "common framework for server applications". Why does the framework need to contain code to accomplish specific tasks? What Ted

Re: [PROPOSAL] The Commons

2001-03-07 Thread Peter Donald
At 02:53 7/3/01 -0600, Tim O'Brien wrote: Avalon is not a commons package, it is a "common framework for server applications". Why does the framework need to contain code to accomplish specific tasks? The perception that it is solely a framework is wrong. Frameworks by themselves are useless

Re: Jakarta PMC election results

2001-03-07 Thread Sam Ruby
Pier P. Fumagalli wrote: Was it _that_ hard to understand ? :) Not after you explained it so politely and nicely to me... ;-) - Sam Ruby - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: Mrs. Robinson...

2001-03-07 Thread Pat Martin
I tried to let this thread expire without getting involved but I simply can't stand it anymore. His articles got me so worked up that I wrote him back personally. Probably inundated with mail from upset readers, he never responded to me. First of all, when someone makes a blatant claim that