No bad intent here. I just thought that it would be premature to start
discussing this in our developer community; it might very well be
possible that the Click community decides that Apache is not for them.
I Cc'ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will resend my mail to the dev list.
Best regards
Henning
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 07:17 -0400, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> Why aren't we discussing this on the Velocity dev list? It's not
> like this is really private, since we're cc-ing the click-dev list...
>
> geir
>
> On Mar 26, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Malcolm Edgar wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I would like to continue this discussion on Clicks future and the
> > proposal to make a Click an Apache project. First up I would like to
> > thank Henning for offering to be Click's "Incubation champion".
> >
> > Over the last few months we have had some on and off discussions about
> > Click becoming an Apache project. While the general consensus has
> > been positive, a number of developers and users have voiced their
> > reservations for this move.
> > The reason I am keen to make Click an Apache project is to see the
> > framework obtain the recognition that it deserves, and to see a larger
> > development community move the project forward.
> >
> > I have contributed a great deal of time to get Click to the position
> > it is today. I also acknowledge and am very grateful for the
> > contributions and guidance from the Click development community.
> > Going forward I will not be able maintain this same level of effort,
> > so building a broader development community is important for
> > sustaining Clicks future.
> >
> > I would like to see Click become a top level Apache project
> > (click.apache.org) at the same level as the other Apache web
> > application frameworks such as Struts and Tapestry. This would
> > maximize Clicks visibility and viability to Architects evaluating
> > whether to use Click in web application projects.
> >
> > The way I would like this proposal to be evaluated is through an
> > Apache style vote, where by a negative vote -1 will veto the proposal,
> > a +0 vote has no opinion and a +1 vote is supporting. While general
> > community votes are welcome, click-developer votes will be binding.
> >
> > [ ] Ahmed Mohombe
> >
> > [ ] Christian Essl
> >
> > [+1] Malcolm Edgar
> >
> > [ ] Phil Barnes
> >
> > [ ] Bob Schellink
> >
> > [ ] Stephen Haberman
> >
> > [ ] Naoki Takezoe
> >
> > If you make a -1 binding vote, please raise your issues so that they
> > can be discussed to see whether they can be addressed and a consensus
> > can be achieved.
> >
> > This approach is different from the benevolent dictatorship I have
> > been running so far.
> >
> > Regards Malcolm Edgar
> >
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