Hi,
As some of you are undoubtably aware, Jakarta/Apache is in the process of
going through some rapid evolution. Part of the problem is that Jakarta is
too big, too out of scope and doesn't offer any legal protection for the
majority of it's constituents (ie all of Avalon).
There are several different initiatives underway to "fix" this problem. I
would like us to start looking at some of the less radical steps that can be
taken to address these issues.
In particular there has been two new top level projects created;
commons.apache.org and incubator.apache.org. Nicola is heavily involved over
in the incubator.apache.org and I am keen on commons.apache.org.
You can go to both websites to see a basic overview (neither are fully fledged
yet but are worrks in progress). Basically incubator is where you go to
create new communitys and codebases while commons is like Jakarta Commons
except Apache-wide and following the standard Apache rules for each component
(or grouping).
Firstly I would like everyone to consider starting to move selected parts of
excalibur over into the commons. In particular the parts I would like to move
over first are the ones that are decoupled from Avalon/Framework. In
particular the following list of components are candidates.
Component Committers
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bzip peter + some ant devs?
tar peter + some ant devs?
zip peter + some ant devs?
naming peter + anyone else like u Berin?
extension phoenix devs
policy phoenix devs
loader (when stable)
phoenix devs
converter peter + Eung-Ju
i18n peter + Eung-Ju
cache Eung-Ju
cli peter + Berin
io (maybe merge with j-c io)
peter + Berin + jeff
Theres a few other components that may move but the above gives us a start.
Does anyone want add anything to the above list (either components or
committers)? As most of these components are stable, being a committer will
basically mean you go over there and help any problems that arise and maybe
add a smidgen more docs or code fix ups.
Thoughts?
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Cheers,
Peter Donald
A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.
-- Ramsey Clark
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