On 3/5/06, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Time to stop being negative, here is what I would like to happen next. > > > I hereby propose the creation of a new Jakarta entity named 'Jakarta > Language Components'. > > This will be formed from the following codebases: > [lang] > [io] > [collections] - expected to divide > [primitives] > [codec] > [id] - on exit from sandbox > [convert] - if ever developed > > I currently believe these are related, but out of scope: > [beanutils] - logging is an issue > [pool] - is pooling more J2EE than J2SE > [oro]/[regexp] - specialised knowledge > [math] - specialised, has dependencies > > Jakarta Language Components will: > - develop multiple independent components > - each component will have no dependencies > - each component will have no configuration > - each component provides an extension to the J2SE > - code judged by would it be out of place in the J2SE > - a component typically has a broad API (many callable methods) > - each method typically does relatively little processing > - have mailing lists (user/dev/commit) > - not have a sandbox > - use jakarta-general (or jakarta-dev?) for cross group issues > > > For some, this may invoke an immediate negative reaction. But I'd ask > you to pause and reflect a while.
That was a good idea - the pause and reflect bit ;-) I am +1, as long as we agree informally to keep the "overlap" stuff mentioned here and elsewhere alive. Phil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
