On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Vega <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am not against joining. But it seems to me that the decision is
> enthusiastic, however, all benefits are somewhat potential, while
> limitations are immediate. Also, there's no need for hurry. We have
> more important goals to concentrate on right now. Why spend a lot of
> time on moving to Apache infrastructure right now?


Now, or later, it will take the same amount of effort. And the effort is not
that great. The move to Apache is not slowing down current development
efforts.


> Why go with the mailing list while we can use the WIAB dog food instance?


Mainly because WiaB doesn't have groups. And without groups, group based
collaboration is very difficult. Invariably, someone would get left out.

Why move to svn instead of mercurial?


Because that's what Apache uses. SVN is not a bad system. It's different.
There are plenty of tools available that allow people to use git or hg
locally then commit to SVN. In fact many WiaB developers use git locally
then commit to hg. So their workflow will not change much.


> Why Apache? is it the only alternative?
>

No, but it's a whole lot cheaper and less painful then creating our own
503(c). Apache already has the infrastructure in place that we would need.
And, their philosophy is in line with that of the existing WiaB community:
Meritocracy.


> Maybe Wave doesn't need the "Apache" prefix?


We can't use "Google Wave". Given the number of existing trademarks on
"Wave" using "Wave" would be problematic.
Do you have a specific objection to using "Apache Wave"?


> How about the Wiab potential users? What are the consequences for them?
>

I see no reason to believe that moving to Apache would have any impact on
the existing, or future, WiaB users.
Do you?

The WiaB development and the move to Apache are parallel efforts. One does
not impact the other. There will be a period when commits will be halted
during the actual code import, but that won't stop actual development.

-Tad

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