"Nathan Bubna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Thanks Nathan for stepping ahead with this.
(Was perfect timing because of AC Asia, I was not able to read this
list for a week. :-) )
Best regards
Henning
>Hi folks,
>I would like to propose that Velocity step out from the Jakarta
>umbrella and become a TLP at Apache. Here's why:
>Jakarta is being pushed toward a focus on singular components. It is
>still my opinion that the core of Velocity fits this focus rather
>well. However, there has been over the years a (slowly) growing
>community of other Velocity projects. Some of these are very
>component-ish (like DVSL), but others are not (like VelocityView).
>So, while it is entirely feasible that Velocity could remain at home
>in Jakarta, it is not so for much of VelocityTools. Also, there are
>other Velocity based projects outside of the ASF (such as the Click
>framework) that are unlikely to be welcome to join the larger Velocity
>community so long as it is under the Jakarta umbrella and unlikely to
>want to be there.
>In light of all this, I feel that Velocity and its larger community
>will find greater benefit from each other's company and mutual
>interest than we would as a restricted part of the very disparate and
>rather segregated Jakarta "community." As a TLP, Velocity should be
>free to invite other Velocity-based projects to come alongside and
>continue to develop not-really-component-ish things like the bulk of
>the VelocityTools project.
>That said, i'd love to hear what the rest of you think about this. :)
> Votes and feedback on this proposal are quite welcome from both
>committers and non-committers!
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