Out of interest, why java.net and not sandbox? :) Before that sounds like a witch-hunt, I'm as guilty in that I start all my stuff at osjava.org and I can definitely list some reasons why.
Some may be bad: * Embaressment for dumb ideas :) * Don't want to be weighed down by a weighty release system. * Big painful website. * Might compete with another Commons component. Some may be good: * Does the ASF want single-person codebases when an idea doesn't pan out. * If it fails, I'd then be forking it elsewhere which feels worse than just starting elsewhere. What if we had a location within which ASF committers can bring their half-cocked component ideas? Try to encourage migration to the ASF and its benefits: * bandwidth, though sf.net and java.net can solve that too. So can building your own system to the level of Codehaus. * legal protection. * better user acceptance. * community. If we couple this with: * much better management of the sandbox, and components that have failed. * a plan for mature components. could we pick things up in terms of vibrancy? My biggest worry would be whether the mailing list becomes a bottleneck. Half-baked idea (it's late): Each component has its own mail alias which gets forwarded to particular lists. These lists could represent the state of maturity of a component. Probably crap, just throwing it out. One question I'd like to ask is whether we would accept mature components. Take http://www.osjava.org/norbert/, HttpClient said they were interested in using it and the thought was to put it in Commons. My only concern is that I can't see a lot more to do with it code-wise, so I'm hesitant to dump it in Commons, and yet I think it's a good tiny component that could do with being more open. Hen On 8/4/05, James Carman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I went ahead and started the project over at java.net, but we can move > it later if need be. It's a dependency injection framework called > "syringe." The project uses the Apache License, Version 2.0. It's still > "pending approval" at java.net, so you guys won't be able to see anything > yet. It should be approved soon though. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
