+1 for path (3) Cheers, Daniel Sun
On 2024/10/15 22:18:45 Paul King wrote: > Hi folks, > > The Geb project[1][2] has been a pre-eminent web testing/browser > automation solution in the Groovy ecosystem for some time. Recently it > has become mostly a one-person project with the main maintainer now > being drawn in other directions. It has been proposed to bring Geb to > the ASF and with the CRA regulatory environment approaching, this > seems to make a lot of sense. > > There are three paths by which this could happen: > > (1) Geb could become a sub-module for Groovy. But since Geb is already > a focused self-contained project, I don't think it would be a good > fit. > > (2) Geb could become its own top-level project and enter via the > Incubator (or with the Groovy project sponsoring). > > (3) Geb can be a sub-project of Groovy with its own repos and mailing > lists. This is what I am proposing. There are a number of folks who > have expressed interest in building a community around Geb. Assuming > we can grow that community, there is nothing stopping Geb becoming a > top-level project later. If it's only a handful of folks who end up > contributing, it would make sense for Geb to remain a sub-project of > Groovy. > > Assuming folks are happy with path (3), the next step would be us > voting on accepting the donation. I'll do a separate VOTE thread > assuming successful discussion. The subsequent step is for an IP > clearance through the ASF Incubator Project. With that in mind I have > created the template for that[3]. Filling out the template also makes > it easier for us to understand the donation. > > So, let me know if you agree with (3) as the correct path and please > read [3] which explains what the donation is. Note: there are some > other repos of examples under GitHub/geb. I see no problem with us > moving those too at a later date, so I wasn't going to focus on those > in this discussion. > > Cheers, Paul. > > [1] https://gebish.org/ > [2] https://github.com/geb/geb > [3] https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/groovy-geb.html >
