Hi Olivier, nice to talk with you again. I agree with yours and others comments on this proposal: in short we will setup a page in the OFBiz website with a list of OFBiz related projects in Apache Extras mentioning the license and a small description of what they do and their status; the OFBiz PMC will decide by vote the projects that will be listed in that page and how to describe them.
Jacopo On Mar 16, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Olivier Heintz wrote: > There are multiple Extra Types : > - technical improvement (ex: new tags or attributes in form, screen, ... xml > engine) > - technical implementation of other tools (ex: a script jsr-233 > implementation) > - functionality (ex: stock tracability) > - user interface for a dedicated business (ex: order B2B versus B2C ) > - ... > > for each, there are multiple status : > - available but without user help or unitTest, without OFBiz best practice > review > - available with user help, unitTest and following OFBiz best practices > - with or without a (large) community > - with a Apache license 2.0 > - with a GPL license > - with a commercial license > - ... > - ... > > Depending of type and status an extras ofbiz brick can have different life > process. > > For end user (or beginner in the community) it's necessary to be very clear > about type and status. > > In my point of view I see 6 main categories (and so repository and rules) > > - Apache OFBiz Kernel :-) not an extra, in Apache repository > - Apache OFBiz extra : for all which are validated by Apache OFBiz community > and ready to use ( ~ like specialpurpose today) > - Apache OFBiz extra archives : for part which are, in the past in Apache > Ofbiz, but which have no more enough contributors to be usable for the trunk > ofbiz (but usable for some other release) > > - Apache OFBiz extra incubator : step before being accepted as Apache OFBiz > extra > > - OFBiz Extra - <name of project> : own repository, own community, ready to > use, OFBiz best practice following and maybe more specific project rules. > - OFBiz Extra - <name of project> -dev : step before, maybe no help or no > test, .... > > License constraints should be very visible in each "OFBizExtra repository", > and the same license for all single subcomponent OFBizExtra. Dependency > between part of different OFBizExtra is allowed only if it's compatible with > its "repository License". ex: a component on Apache License can have a > dependency to a GPL technical OFBizExtra brick only if it's stored on a GPL > OFBIzExtra repository. > > The rules applied to each "OFBiz Extras-project" are defined and checked by > the <<OFBiz PMC, Apache and Extra>>. > > Hoping to be clear, and answer or complete the Jacoppo proposition. > > Olivier > > ps: I did not argue much, to have a short mail, but :-) I'm able to argue a > lot :-) > > Le 14/03/2012 10:47, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : >> Hi all, >> >> this is a draft of a proposal for a new strategy to setup an ecosystem of >> extranal projects related with OFBiz (OFBiz Extras). >> >> THE GOAL >> >> * In the past from time to time we had contributors interested in working on >> a specific enhancement for OFBiz: because of the nature of their >> participation and because of the way the community works they could not >> become OFBiz committers and this made the collaboration more difficult >> * Recently a committer suggested the use of Apache Extras as a way to >> implement an OFBiz custom component that could not find its way in the >> framework >> * we have also a lot of code in the OFBiz trunk (framework, themes, >> specialpurpose and applications) that may find a better location outside of >> the trunk: this could slim down the codebase and in the same time help the >> grow of an OFBiz ecosystem. While some of the code we have is probably old >> and could be removed (of course it will always live in the svn history and >> we will also document the event somewhere) some other code may still be of >> some interest to a smaller audience: Apache Extras could be a good fit. >> >> THE DRAFT OF THE PROPOSAL (inspired by the references at the bottom of this >> page) >> >> Apache Extras is a community of open source projects related to Apache >> Software Foundation projects or based on their technology. It provides the >> infrastructure services typically required by open source projects, such as >> code repositories, bug tracking, project web sites/wiki. Apache Extras is >> hosted by Google Code Project Hosting, so it will be very familiar to >> developers already using Google Code Project Hosting. The projects in Apache >> Extras that accept to follow the rules stated below and are related to >> Apache OFBiz are grouped under the name "OFBiz Extras". >> >> The following rules apply to projects in the "OFBiz Extras" group: >> >> * do not include the word Apache in their name but use the name "OFBiz >> Extras -<name of the project>" >> * do not use the org.apache and the org.ofbiz namespace for their bundles or >> package names; exceptions to this guideline must be approved and documented >> through official discussion by the Apache OFBiz PMC on its public mailing >> lists and will be dealt with on a case by case basis (in these cases the >> projects could use org.ofbiz.extras) >> * use the Apache License 2.0 >> * do not include or link to any code that is not compatible with Apache >> License 2.0 >> * keep track of all contributions and ensure they are contributed under an >> Apache License 2.0 compatible license >> * discussions about the projects will happen in the project's community >> * an official web page in the OFBiz site will be dedicated to projects in >> "OFBiz Extras" >> * the OFBiz PMC may ask for additional requirements/constraints on a case by >> case basis >> >> Note: we could even drop the 3 requirements about the license: I have added >> them because they will be required if the project will ever want to initiate >> the Incubator process to become an official ASF subproject (part of OFBiz) >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Jacopo >> >> Some references: >> http://community.apache.org/apache-extras/faq.html >> http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/hosting/ >> >> >
