google needs apache more than apache needs google. 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? Why go with the > mailing list while we can use the WIAB dog food instance? Why move to > svn instead of mercurial? Why Apache? is it the only alternative? > Maybe Wave doesn't need the "Apache" prefix? How about the Wiab > potential users? What are the consequences for them? > I am sorry I sound negative, but it seems to me that everybody are > happy to find a new home, while no one wants to evaluate the risks. > > On Dec 1, 9:13 pm, Ian Roughley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/01/2010 01:50 PM, Vega wrote: > > > > > The wave team has a very demanding goal - to have a functional version > > > working out out the box - as soon as possible, and it seems to me that > > > working on joining Apache now, only distracts us from working toward > > > reaching the main goal. > > > > What do you mean by wave team? As I understand it, officially there is > none, or after Dec/Jan will > > be no official time for Googlers to be spend on WiAB. > > > > And even if they did finish getting a stand alone version, this is a RI > that needs a lot of work. > > > > By joining Apache, we have a community and process for others to join the > team and help out and to > > progress the project. Building up the contributors to the project is a > very important goal, as is > > having a name that people trust when they go to use open source. > > > > /Ian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Wave Protocol" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<wave-protocol%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wave Protocol" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol?hl=en.
