On 12/14/05, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure what the official process is, but I propose it should be > possible for anyone to move it from dormant to sandbox (and back to > proper in accordance with the sandbox rules). > <snip/>
As listed in the sandbox pruning proposal [1] and the dormant components page of the Commons website [2], this requires a vote. IMO, while this allows anyone to revive dormant components to the sandbox as you mention above, calling a vote is useful because: * It raises community awareness about the revival. * The slightly higher threshold of calling a vote ensures that a fair amount of thought is given by the folks leading the revival initiative, which in turn increases the chances of the component being promoted to proper. I think it would be unfortunate if we saw components go in and out of dormancy more than once -- that would be harder for developers and users alike. A component should not be revived for one-off changes to the code. The comments above are unrelated to [test]. For [test], as long as we have developers willing to continue working on it, the right thing to do would be to call a vote that articulates what the plans are (it currently looks like a small component to me -- small is good -- but I'd be interested in knowing what additions / enhancements are in mind). -Rahul [1] http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/ProposalSandboxPruning [2] http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dormant/index.html > - Brett > > Jörg Schaible wrote: > > C. Grobmeier wrote on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:35 PM: > > > > > >>> Alex Karasulu once created the "test" component and I had > >>> > >> already at that time a special interest in this. I would like > >> to awake this dormant component, maintain and add stuff. > >> > >> just for info, what did this component? can't find any > >> information about > >> this. > >> > > > > It contains utility classes typically used in unit tests. > > > > - Jörg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
