On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Part of the Incubation process is to ensure that there is sufficient >>community to maintain the code after incubation. > > >>It seems a bad idea to allow artefacts into the main repository where >>they can become dependencies unless there is some chance that they >>will be maintained. > > This is an argument for saying that TLP Apache projects can't depend on > incubator artifacts then. Otherwise those projects suddenly don't work > because a dependency disappeared. > > I personally don't think this should be the case. If they are released > and someone wants to use them, then they should go into central where > they live forever like everything else. Just because the community goes > away does not mean the artifact should disappear too. >
But, doesn't that somewhat hurt the Apache name if we have a bunch of orphaned projects sitting out there in limbo with our name on it? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
