So far I think the move to the Felix project from Karaf's Servicemix Kernel roots has been very positive. It has introduced new contributors and exposed Karaf to new ideas/concerns. That being said I think that moving Karaf again, this time to a TLP, will help promote another growth expansion, attracting a wider audience of users & contributors. I'm sure that karaf will retain a close connection to the Felix community as it has kept close to Servicemix.
Cheers, Jamie On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Chris Custine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >
