Justin Erenkrantz wrote, On 07/06/2003 0.46:
--On Friday, June 6, 2003 8:23 PM +0200 Nicola Ken Barozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Let me explain.
- Jakarta has Jakarta Commons. - Xml has xml-commons. - DB has db-commons. - Almost all projects I know of have a sandbox/scrathpad.
Why?
It seems that Sam is right, locality is important.
None of the projects I'm involved with have a sandbox, nor will their PMCs support any sandboxes as furthering their mission as they have very focused charters and don't wish to expand beyond their charters. -- justin
Not having used a sandbox is not a good reason IMHO to dismiss the concept. Overmore, sandboxes are not made to expand beyond charters. They are there to experiment new ideas while still staying in scope of the original charter.
As for the commons, they are a very nice way of refactoring parts that are common to subprojects in a single place, to favor reuse and collaboration accross subprojects. I have seen them work well.
Anyway, I still don't understand what Apache Commons is about. Scott says he wants it to succeede... in what?
I guess I'll still have to wait and see.
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Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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