On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:19 PM, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists wrote:
IBM has together with in a joint effort with Covalent developed a
JBoss to Geronimo conversion tool. This tool is used when
converting applications from JBoss to Geronimo, and automatically
converts the configuration file from one app server to the other.
We feel that this piece of software adds value to Geronimo and
users adopting Geronimo and would like to see this effort continue
as part of the Geronimo project, a plugin or a sub project of
Geronimo.
The initial donation is for version 1.0 of this tool, and while a
1.1 is in the making to improve 1.0, 1.1 is not yet complete but
will be donated as soon as the community feels that this tool
belongs at the ASF, more specifically within the Geronimo project.
If you'd think this tool is valuable, but believe it should go
through incubation, we would hope that a Geronimo committer would
step up and champion this effort.
The tool, including IBM's CCLA, can be found at http://
people.apache.org/~fhanik/j2g/j2g.html (Covalent will file the CCLA
upon request)
Thanks Filip. Sounds very useful.
One initial comment -- I see most files are copyrighted by IBM, but
two files (ant config files) are copyrighted by Axmor Software. I
would hope that all of the copyrights would be removed and an Apache
src license header added to the files...
All,
Concerning process... It's my understanding that a code donation such
as this must be cleared by the Apache Incubator. Here's some more
info -- http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html.
Seems that the process is something like:
1) The Geronimo PMC votes on whether or not to accept the donation
2) Assuming that the donation is accepted, the Geronimo PMC must
complete an IP Clearance Form -- http://incubator.apache.org/ip-
clearance/ip-clearance-template.html. Note that this form must be
"executed" by an ASF Officer or Member.
3) The completed form must be committed to the incubator svn repository.
4) The incubator web site is updated with info about the donation.
5) A note is sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to inform the incubator of the
donation.
6) Assuming no dissent from the incubator, after a lazy consensus
period of 48 hours, we can commit the code.
First step is to take a look at the submission, discuss, and decide
if we want to accept the donation...
--kevan
