On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Gary Gregory wrote: > > Jakarta is, and IMO should remain, a Java only project. This is not > > SourceForge. > > Yes, please, Jakarta == Java. This makes Jakarta one place to go for all > things Java that are not TLP (like Ant).
You mean for all things Java that are not TLP or inside another umbrella TLP, right? Don't forget that you still have to look inside various other TLPs to find things like Xerces and Xalan (XML), Lenya (Cocoon) or SOAP (Web Services). Saying Jakarta => Java is one thing, but trying to say Java => Jakarta isn't going to go very far. -- Martin Cooper > > Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 14:44 > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > Subject: Re: What is Jakarta Commons? > > > > > > --- Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: "Rodney Waldhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > "The subproject shall create and maintain packages written in the Java > > > > language, intended for use in server-related development, and designed > > > to > > > > be used independently of any larger product or framework." > > > > > > > > in what way is anything in j-c "specifically different" from that > > > > statement? > > > The "intended for use in server-related development" is not something I > > > believe we should have any more. It creates an artificial limit which we > > > don't need. The "written in the Java language" is also perhaps slightly > > > too > > > tight, as we shouldn't exclude [daemon]. > > > > Jakarta is, and IMO should remain, a Java only project. This is not > > SourceForge. > > > > David > > > > > > > > Less importantly, the name 'package' is confusing, and component or > > > product > > > might make more sense. > > > > > > I'm not proposing radical change, just a tidying up of the charter, > > > especially to eliminate the parts that are clearly wrong. References to > > > "sponsoring subproject" and "catalog packages and other resources" are > > > especially inaccurate. > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
