RE: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
- Original message From: Danny Angus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jakarta General List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 22:58:55 + Subject: RE: Indemnification of the PMC Seems to me that part of the reason it is difficult to resolve the

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2)

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
-PROPOSITION (1)- * Require all Jakarta products (or subprojects) to file regular reports with the PMC. You mean 'make each subproject work like a TLP' don't you? Since the PMC cannot delegate its responsibilities, the report would have to be prepared by a PMC member, ideally one directly

[PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
There has been considerable emphasis on this list over recent weeks for the sticking plaster approach. That is to make small minor changes to Jakarta in the hope the board will stop hassling us. This could be because this is the consensus view and I'm an odd one out. Or it could be that those in

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 9:39 AM, Stephen Colebourne wrote: There has been considerable emphasis on this list over recent weeks for the sticking plaster approach. That is to make small minor changes to Jakarta in the hope the board will stop hassling us. The board isn't hassling. They have valid

Re: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 8:43 AM, Ted Husted wrote: * We need to put *all* the decision-markers on the PMC. At Jakarta, that means *all* the committers, and No, it doesn't. We need to put as many as possible, hopefully all, but it's not required to be all. We can also have people that aren't

RE: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
+1 I agree that interested volunteers should: * setup a Wiki area describing the TLP process and rationales , AND * give notice to each and every Jakarta DEV list that the area exists. My main beef is that we have not done due diligence in alerting ALL of the subprojects of the latest

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2)

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
-PROPOSITION (1)- * Require all Jakarta products (or subprojects) to file regular reports with the PMC. You mean 'make each subproject work like a TLP' don't you? Since the PMC cannot delegate its responsibilities, the report would have to be prepared by a PMC member, ideally one directly

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2)

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
- Original message From: Stephen Colebourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jakarta General List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:16:26 + Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2) Since the PMC cannot delegate its responsibilities,

RE: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Geir, I agree with everything that you said, except one. You have the idea that when a project moves to TLP status it leaves Jakarta, and that saddens you. You said the same thing when Logging was promoted, and Ceki tried to reassure you that it wasn't going far. Although I concur that projects

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 10:50 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Geir, I agree with everything that you said, except one. You have the idea that when a project moves to TLP status it leaves Jakarta, and that saddens you. In the above sentence, there is one correct statement : .. when a project moves to

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 10:25 AM, Ted Husted wrote: +1 I agree that interested volunteers should: * setup a Wiki area describing the TLP process and rationales , AND Do you think we all should setup our own individual Wiki page, or work together? I'm getting the feeling you don't want to work

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
I have added to the wiki http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?JakartaPMCTopLevelProjectAppli cation a section on board meeting dates (Jan 21st according to the archives). (If anyone knows a better source, or more dates, please update the wiki). Any suggestions of someone who could comment

Re: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
On Dec 28, 2003, at 8:43 AM, Ted Husted wrote: * We need to put *all* the decision-markers on the PMC. At Jakarta, that means *all* the committers, and No, it doesn't. We need to put as many as possible, hopefully all, but it's not required to be all. We can also have people that aren't

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2)

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 10:48 AM, Ted Husted wrote: - Original message From: Stephen Colebourne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jakarta General List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:16:26 + Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2) Since

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
On Dec 28, 2003, at 10:25 AM, Ted Husted wrote: +1 I agree that interested volunteers should: * setup a Wiki area describing the TLP process and rationales , AND Do you think we all should setup our own individual Wiki page, or work together? I'm getting the feeling you don't want to work

Re: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
Is it my mailer that's making a mess here, or is something else going on? This is the second message I've seen today that is attributed to Ted but was written by someone else (in this case me, in the previous case Stephen) geir On Dec 28, 2003, at 11:13 AM, Ted Husted wrote: On Dec 28,

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] What really saddens me is the idea of chasing them out the door. To use an analogy, its like being the parents of a family, where the children, aged from 4 to 40, are all living at home. It strikes me that it isn't healthy for that 40 year old to be

RE: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: Is it my mailer that's making a mess here, or is something else going on? This is the second message I've seen today that is attributed to Ted but was written by someone else (in this case me, in the previous case Stephen) The two messages from Ted Husted that

Re: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Serge Knystautas
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Is it my mailer that's making a mess here, or is something else going on? This is the second message I've seen today that is attributed to Ted but was written by someone else (in this case me, in the previous case Stephen) The two messages from Ted Husted that concern you

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
- Original message From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jakarta General List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:11:07 -0500 Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status On Dec 28, 2003, at 10:25 AM, Ted Husted wrote:

Re: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Ted Husted
Mea culpa. I'm trying a new mail client and managed to press the wrong buttons. Sorry for the confusion. -Ted. - Original message From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jakarta General List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: Sun, 28 Dec 2003

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 11:26 AM, Stephen Colebourne wrote: From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] What really saddens me is the idea of chasing them out the door. To use an analogy, its like being the parents of a family, where the children, aged from 4 to 40, are all living at home. It strikes

Re: Indemnification of the PMC

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
No worries. I was just truly baffled. geir On Dec 28, 2003, at 11:59 AM, Ted Husted wrote: Mea culpa. I'm trying a new mail client and managed to press the wrong buttons. Sorry for the confusion. -Ted. - Original message From: Geir Magnusson Jr.

RE: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: it's good to see projects come out of Jakarta and continue to grow, and it's sad to see them leave, like when leaving a friend after a visit. I understand. And I understand why you view Jakarta that way. Why do you not feel that Jakarta could be an active community

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Costin Manolache
Stephen Colebourne wrote: From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] What really saddens me is the idea of chasing them out the door. To use an analogy, its like being the parents of a family, where the children, aged from 4 to 40, are all living at home. It strikes me that it isn't healthy for

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Costin Manolache
I think I missed the VOTE thread where this proposal has been approved. So far I've seen 2 +1 and 2 -1 votes ( including mine ), this doesn't seem like a consensus. It's better to wait for the vote to finish ( and it would be nice to have a [VOTE] thread and a time limit ) before starting to do

Re: Scalability and oversight (Was: Just in case you're curious)

2003-12-28 Thread Steven Noels
On Dec 27, 2003, at 7:39 PM, Santiago Gala wrote: Scalable because big groups of people can coordinate, even if they don't give specific input or they were not there while the decision was taken. OT: after some light holiday-time reading (Prey from Michael Crichton -

RE: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Costin Manolache wrote: I see jakarta more like a union ( EU-style ), were the different projects that joined are mature entities that choose to be part of jakarta ( and can choose to get out - all that's needed is a vote ). And the PMC role is to make sure the rules are respected Project

RE: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Danny Angus
-1 I don't think the PMC should be doing anything other than encouraging sub-projects to *consider* TLP at this stage. The proposal contains a number of detailed actions most of which I'd wholeheartedly support as they will help sub-projects to consider pro's and con's of promotion. However

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 1:42 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: it's good to see projects come out of Jakarta and continue to grow, and it's sad to see them leave, like when leaving a friend after a visit. I understand. And I understand why you view Jakarta that way. Why do you

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 3:44 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Costin Manolache wrote: I see jakarta more like a union ( EU-style ), were the different projects that joined are mature entities that choose to be part of jakarta ( and can choose to get out - all that's needed is a vote ). And the PMC role is

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 3:49 PM, Danny Angus wrote: -1 I don't think the PMC should be doing anything other than encouraging sub-projects to *consider* TLP at this stage. I don't even think they should do that. I don't think the PMC should take a position either way. I don't think there should

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
Firstly, having details collected together in one place for 'how to become a TLP' is a good thing IMHO. I doubt you are asking us to deny information to subprojects, are you? Secondly, I am acting because I have been the responsibility to act. As a Jakarta PMC member I have direct responsibility

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think a lot of what you say presupposed some sort of onerous additional work that comes from being a part of the Jakarta PMC. I would argue that it's no different - if you are providing oversight independently of Jakarta or part of Jakarta, it's

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 4:44 PM, Stephen Colebourne wrote: From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think a lot of what you say presupposed some sort of onerous additional work that comes from being a part of the Jakarta PMC. I would argue that it's no different - if you are providing oversight

RE: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: you haven't seen what the EU has been up to :) Talk about over-regulation... LOL :-) OK, so it is a bad analogy. I don't believe that either Costin or I live in the EU. The PMC is supposed to be performing the active management of one or more projects, not

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] We need to get that view corrected, because there is *nothing* that states that every member of the PMC is *directly* responsible for ever part of every code, doc, mail list and CVS usage in Jakarta, the key word is directly. As a PMC member, I should

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
I'll try to be brief. I agree w/ you - I don't want to have to watch ever project. I'm also not interested in endless debate. I'm also not interested in legislation, process or overbearing procedure. And I'm not interested in breaking up Jakarta. All I want to do is get CLAs signed and

[RESULT][VOTE] ORO 2.0.8 maintenance release

2003-12-28 Thread Daniel F. Savarese
The resolution to approve a 2.0.8 maintenance release of jakarta-oro has passed with 4 binding +1 votes from Jakarta PMC members and no -1 votes. Many thanks to all who voted. I will now proceed to package and upload a release for distribution, update appropriate Web pages, and email an

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2)

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen McConnell
Ted: First off - appologies because I havn't read every message on Jakarta. But it seems to me that someone has said that the very notion of federation employed by the board to facilitate management (i.e. the establishment of sub-structures) is for some reason not-allowed beyond the level of the

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2)

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 7:51 PM, Stephen McConnell wrote: Ted: First off - appologies because I havn't read every message on Jakarta. But it seems to me that someone has said that the very notion of federation employed by the board to facilitate management (i.e. the establishment of sub-structures)

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 28, 2003, at 6:05 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: you haven't seen what the EU has been up to :) Talk about over-regulation... LOL :-) OK, so it is a bad analogy. I don't believe that either Costin or I live in the EU. I don't either. I live in Connecticut, USA.

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were (draft 2)

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen McConnell
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Dec 28, 2003, at 7:51 PM, Stephen McConnell wrote: Ted: First off - appologies because I havn't read every message on Jakarta. But it seems to me that someone has said that the very notion of federation employed by the board to facilitate management (i.e. the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen McConnell
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: You also can't get soft cheese at a reasonable temperature in a restaurant under EU regs. They must keep them cold until being served. Ug. I can help you out on this particular subject! No shortage of soft cheese ready for a stated day of delivery where live.

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen McConnell
Stephen McConnell wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: You also can't get soft cheese at a reasonable temperature in a restaurant under EU regs. They must keep them cold until being served. Ug. I can help you out on this particular subject! No shortage of soft cheese ready for a stated

Re: EU analogy [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen Colebourne
you haven't seen what the EU has been up to :) Talk about over-regulation... LOL :-) OK, so it is a bad analogy. I don't believe that either Costin or I live in the EU. I don't either. I live in Connecticut, USA. I was always suspicious that something was amiss trying to

Re: EU analogy [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Stephen McConnell
Stephen Colebourne wrote: you haven't seen what the EU has been up to :) Talk about over-regulation... LOL :-) OK, so it is a bad analogy. I don't believe that either Costin or I live in the EU. I don't either. I live in Connecticut, USA. I was always suspicious that

Re: EU analogy [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:45:18 +0100 Stephen McConnell wrote: Perhaps the parallel is that a Struts 'citizen' identifies more with the Struts 'country' than the Jakarta 'union'. Of course one key difference is that we don't have the individual governments at the country/Struts level. +100

cvs commit: jakarta-site2/docs/site binindex.html sourceindex.html

2003-12-28 Thread dfs
dfs 2003/12/28 20:32:37 Modified:xdocs/site binindex.xml sourceindex.xml docs/site binindex.html sourceindex.html Log: Updated ORO release links to version 2.0.8 and added KEYS file nad PGP signature links. Revision ChangesPath 1.330 +8 -8

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Robert Leland
-1 My knee jerk reaction to Proactively encourage TLP status is the same as I had to one of my conservative friend who set out to convert a family of another religion to their true religion. That is repugnant to me, and so is Proactively encourage TLP status If you want to make the information

RE: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: We see a couple of things differently. For one, you don't seem to believe that a community can be built by multiple collaborating PMCs. I don't believe that the Apache vs Jakarta Commons analogy applies. AFAICS, Apache Commons was an idea

Re: Ontology-based portals - RDF, LDAP, Xindice (was: java@apache)

2003-12-28 Thread Henri Yandell
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: J.Pietschmann wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: This could be interesting, Henri. If we had an formal description of a project, providing its name, resource (www, scm, wiki, etc.) locations, ontological classifications, etc., I imagine that

Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status

2003-12-28 Thread Henri Yandell
Agreed on the -1 for the proposal's subject line, yet +1 to Stephen's suggestions of preparing Wiki resources for Jakarta sub-projects that want to move to TLP-ness. I do plan to proactively encourage TLP status for Commons, but as a Commons committer. As a Taglibs committer I'm happy where it