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On Mar 16, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote: > 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/ >>> >>> >> >
