On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 10:46:26PM +0000, robert burrell donkin wrote: > here's my list of characteristics for groups: > > 1. products would still be affiliated with jakarta (and retain links from > the jakarta site) but would be managed by the apache-commons pmc.
+1 (Really, that's up to Jakarta, but I doubt they would be opposed to the idea). > 2. products would be grouped together with other similar products to form > a group creating synergy. it should be easier to recruit new products > since this synergy would be much clear than the general 'apache-commons'. +1 > 3, each group would have a name and a web page. each product within the > group would also have web pages organized underneath. +1 > 4. each group would be language agnostic based upon a topic. +1 It is fine for a particular implementation to be totally centered around one language, as long as it does not serve to exclude implementations in other languages. > 5. it would be possible for groups to be promoted to top level project > status (given sufficient momentum). -1 If a project is looking to become a TLP, then it should go to the incubator. > 6. there would be one development mailing list for each group. > 7. there would be one user mailing list for each group but products would > be entitled to retain their existing user lists. I'm -0 on these. We need more discussion on what the goals of the commons project will be before the proper solution to the single/multiple mailing lists question becomes clear. -aaron
