Hi Stan, Hi all, This is really bad news for our community. I'm personally very sad that JBoss has decided to choose this path. Most of you probably know that relationship between JBoss and the ASF was not always free of conflicts in the past. It's also no secret that JBoss never was happy about the Apache licence - for reasons beyond my ken. You mentioned that this decision was because of time and resources. There is no reason to doubt, of course. Stan, don't get me wrong. I appreciate your contributions and thank you for your offer to commit the 1.2 stuff. Perhaps you where a little bit frustrated to get not much support from the community the last weeks. Ok, our fault. But, hey, this is Apache open source land. Many of us have day jobs not directly related to MyFaces. Many of us are currently working hard getting MyFaces 1.1.x stable. Everyone in the community is free to set his personal priorities. That's how it works. However, supporting Apache MyFaces further on would have been a strong signal from JBoss to the open source community. Too bad.
Regards, Manfred On 5/9/06, Stan Silvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have some news for everyone. The JavaOne Committers/Contributors meeting is cancelled – at least for me. I won't be attending JavaOne this year. Since nobody from JBoss will be at the MyFaces meeting, I don't think JBoss will be able to sponsor the event. If you still want the meeting to happen I will find out if the room is cancelled or not. If the room is cancelled then maybe another company can pick up the cost. It wasn't very expensive (I think around $500). Also, JBoss has decided to use the RI instead of MyFaces for JBoss 5. The decision was purely one of time and resources. By shipping the RI we will be able to pass the JEE 5 TCK sooner. It also means that I can be reassigned to other JSF-related projects. There is some good news: 1) I will commit the 1.2 code that I have already written. It is fairly substantial and should give MyFaces a good head start on 1.2 compliance. 2) Though I won't be as active as in the past few months, I'll still keep an eye on MyFaces work as time allows. 3) JBoss is upping its involvement in the JSF community. I can't say much at this point about that. You probably already know about JBoss Seam, but there is more cool JSF stuff where that came from. Best regards, Stan Silvert JBoss, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] callto://stansilvert ________________________________ From: Stan Silvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:54 PM To: MyFaces Development Subject: JavaOne MyFaces Committers/Contributors meeting In addition to the dinner, it sounded like there was interest in a MyFaces "Committers and Contributors" meeting. Please let me know if you are coming and if you are willing to lead a discussion. I got JBoss to sponsor the meeting and we now have a room booked for 20-30 people at the Hotel Palomar (across the street from the Marriott). We are booked on Wednesday, the 17th: - 20-30 people classroom style so you all will have desks - afternoon from 1pm to 5pm - 3pm break with refreshments – sodas and water. Maybe some light snacks? - LCD projector, one microphone, a screen and wireless mouse I'm open to the format, but I was thinking we could do it BOF-style with some short presentations and lots of Q&A. Here are some suggestions for topics: Project History and Overview (Manfred, would you be willing to do this one?) Project Infrastructure (SVN tips?, MVN tips?, How stuff is organized. Future Plans for component unification?) Tomahawk Tobago ADF The JSF Community and Ecosystem JSF Portlets (I'll do this one if folks are interested) JSF 1.2 Again, please respond if you will attend and if you can lead a discussion. Stan Silvert JBoss, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] callto://stansilvert
