I think that Karaf being part of Felix has been constructive for both projects, and has certainly exposed Karaf to a wider community (moving out of ServiceMix). I do hope that some Felix committers will want to come along as well if Karaf goes TLP, and that the community at large will follow the project wherever it may be.
I have always hoped that Karaf could go TLP at some point, and I actually think that it will be easier to expand the community and encourage community participation with a more focused project. I think that developers interested in Karaf aren't always interested in the building blocks, and the scope of all the Felix subprojects can be daunting for those wanting to get involved only with Karaf. I think there are quite a few out there in this category based on the feedback I have received. Expanding and opening up the Karaf community would be a big boost to the project, and I think being a TLP will help make that possible. Just my 2 cents :-) Chris On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Richard S. Hall <[email protected]>wrote: > On 5/14/10 6:20, Guillaume Nodet wrote: > >> Karaf has been brought into the Felix TLP nearly one year ago. >> Things have not been too bad, but I still see the karaf community as >> being very disjoint from the other felix community, as it looks that none >> of the existing felix committers did really get involved in Karaf. I >> really >> don't blame anyone, i think it's just that the interest are not the same >> (not sure >> where they actually diverge though). >> I don't really see what benefit Karaf would have in continuing being part >> of >> Felix, so >> I'd like to open the discussion about moving it to a TLP. >> >> > > I'd say the biggest benefits are the additional oversight and a bigger > community getting to listen and respond to any OSGi-related issues that were > encountered. > I hope that > > Ultimately, perhaps, the Felix community is more geared toward creating > general building blocks rather than trying to create an overarching effort > to integrate those building blocks for a specific purpose. Creating such > OSGi-related building blocks was the goal of the original project proposal > and is a reason why I try to push for getting general OSGi-related building > blocks into Felix. > > Overall, I think things have gone well, but if the people directly involved > with Karaf want to take it TLP, then I support that decision. We'll still > continue to collaborate through the building blocks. > > -> richard >
