Actually I think as with FTPServer the people on the Asyncweb project should also be on the PMC to have binding votes. Or else they cannot vote to release etc.
Alex On Jan 21, 2008 2:33 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Timothy ! > > > Timothy Bennett wrote: > > > > On Jan 21, 2008 1:07 AM, Trustin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> And, I personally think providing the codecs for essential protocols > >> such as HTTP, FTP and SMTP as a part of the main MINA distribution > >> makes a developer's life much easier when what he wants is just a > >> minimal client / server. That's what I've been talking in ApacheCons > >> and you can see that clearly in my slide files, which were uploaded in > >> the official site since 2005. It's interesting that nobody argued > >> about the road map I proposed since then. Actually we got some > >> positive feed back related with the HTTP codec from users due to this > >> decision. > >> > > > > > > That's all well and good, but I doubt anyone understood that the method > > utilized would be to lobotomize and existing project in order to grow > the > > core codecs. As an original and core committer of the AsyncWeb project > over > > at Safehaus, when I was asked to give permission for the code to be > donated > > to the Apache Mina project, the impression was *not* that it was going > to be > > gutted and absorbed into the Mina core. My impression was that Mina > was > > going to host AsyncWeb until we gained enough momentum to enter the > > incubator of our own accord. In fact, the Directory-Mina model was > > specifically noted as an example. > > > I think this is still the way it should go. And as the project is > already in MINA, it won't be necessary to go through incubation to > become a TLP (or a subproject). > > I'm not arguing that Mina doesn't need a HTTP codec in its core, but I > > certainly don't agree that codec should be an absorption of the AsyncWeb > > codebase. I believe the AsyncWeb project has a lot of potential as a > > separate project on its own, and I've very exciting that it is finally > in > > ASF where we can start to build a thriving community around it. > > > The clock is ticking ;) Let's build this community now ! > > I know my vote doesn't count for anything in the Mina project, > Not true. Even if there are some binding votes and some unbinding votes, > what is important is what people are bringing on the table, much more > that the vote. So your vote is important to us. > > Remember that we try to reach concensus, and we often succeed in doing > so. In this case, your -1 is not just a lonely shout in the outer space ;) > > Thanks a lot for AsyncWeb, btw ! > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
