Yes, we reached out to them quite a while ago (informally). Board was also involved.
Also please note that almost all of the involved contributors are long time GIT users already! I also have personally reserved quite a few days to help out Infra with setting up the environment. LieGrue, strub ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org; Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 10:02 AM > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Apache DeltaSpike - CDI-Extensions project > > Wow, exciting proposal. > Curious if infra is already accepting git for this podling. Have your > reached out to them already? > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> JBoss, The Apache MyFaces CODI team and CDISource would like to propose the > Apache DeltaSpike project to the Incubator. >> >> We have added the initial proposal to the Wiki[1] and its content is also > included >> below for convenience. >> There are already a few people who expressed interest in contributing > additional CDI Extensions and would like to join this effort. Of course, we > are > thankful for every helping hand! >> >> >> We are looking forward to feedback and/or questions on the proposal. >> >> We already have five mentors, but would very much welcome >> additional volunteers to help steer Apache DeltaSpike through the > incubation >> process. >> >> >> LieGrue, >> strub >> >> >> [1] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/DeltaSpikeProposal >> >> >> >> Apache DeltaSpike Proposal >> ====================== >> >> >> >> Abstract >> ------------ >> >> Apache DeltaSpike is a collection of JSR-299 (CDI) Extensions for building > applications on the Java SE and EE platforms. >> >> Proposal >> ------------ >> >> Apache DeltaSpike will consist of a number of portable CDI extensions > that provide >> useful features for Java application developers. The goal of Apache > DeltaSpike is to create a de-facto standard of extensions that is developed > and >> maintained by the Java community, and to act as an incubator for >> features that may eventually become part of the various Java SE and >> EE-related specifications. >> >> Background >> ------------ >> >> One of the >> most exciting inclusions of the Java EE6 specification is JSR-299, >> Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) for Java. CDI builds on other >> Java EE specifications by defining a contextual component model and >> typesafe dependency injection framework for managed beans. It also >> defines a SPI that allows developers to write portable “extensions” that > can be used to modify the behaviour of the Java EE platform, by >> offering additional features not provided by the platform by default. >> Apache DeltaSpike builds on this portable extensions SPI by providing > baseline utilities and CDI Extensions which form the base of almost all > CDI applications. >> >> Rationale >> ------------ >> >> There presently exists a number of open source projects that > provide extensions for CDI, such as Apache MyFaces CODI, JBoss Seam3 > and CDISource. Apache DeltaSpike seeks to unify these efforts by > creating an > “industry standard” set of extensions, combining the best core features of > these projects. The >> project also aims to provide a rich, JBoss Arquillian based (license: >> ALv2), test environment to ensure that DeltaSpike portably runs in all > important CDI environments. >> >> Initial Goals >> ------------ >> >> The initial goals of the Apache DeltaSpike project are to: >> * Setup the governance structure of the project >> * Receive code donations from contributing members >> * Ensure all donated code is appropriately licensed under the Apache > License >> * Merge and rename code to reflect new project name >> * Merge code where feature overlap exists >> * Merge or produce documentation for all modules >> * Provide simple examples demonstrating feature usage >> * Produce release/s based on a schedule created by the PMC >> * Attract contributions from the greater Java EE community and other > Java EE development groups >> >> Current Status >> ------------ >> >> The initial codebase for Apache DeltaSpike will be populated with > mature code donations from project members, including JBoss Seam3, Apache > MyFaces CODI and CDISource. >> >> Meritocracy >> ------------ >> >> All >> contributors have a well established history in the open source >> community and are well aware of the meritocracy principles of the Apache > Software Foundation. >> Currently the Seam3 project is fortunate to receive the majority of its > code >> contributions from its large community of users. Many of the modules >> that are contained in the Seam project are led by volunteers from the >> community, who have both direct commit access, and discretion over the >> direction of their modules. >> Apache MyFaces CODI is a subproject of Apache MyFaces and thus > all contributors are already familiar with the meritocracy principles. >> The CDISource project has adopted the principles of meritocracy by the >> founding developers having control of different modules depending on >> their contribution to those modules. >> >> Community >> ------------ >> >> The JBoss Seam, Apache MyFaces CODI and CDISource projects already > have well established communities, consisting of many active users > and contributors. One of the primary >> goals of the Apache DeltaSpike project is to unify this community, and by > creating a project that is a “single source of truth” for CDI > Extensions. By > doing this, we hope >> to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts, i.e. to >> attract a much stronger community than that which currently exists >> across the separate projects. To this end, it is a goal of this >> project to attract contributors from the Java EE community in addition >> to those from the three projects already mentioned. >> >> Core Developers >> ------------ >> * Shane Bryzak (Red Hat) >> * Jason Porter (Red Hat) >> * Stuart Douglas (Red Hat) >> * Jozef Hartinger (Red Hat) >> * Brian Leathem (Red Hat) >> * Ken Finnigan (Red Hat) >> * Marius Bogoevici (Red Hat) >> * Pete Muir (Red Hat) >> * George Gastaldi (Independent contributor) >> * John Ament (Independent contributor) >> * Cody Lerum (Independent contributor) >> * Antoine Sabot-Durand (Independent contributor) >> * Pete Royle (Independent contributor) >> * Mark Struberg (individual, ASF member) >> * Gerhard Petracek (individual, ASF member) >> * David Blevins (individual, ASF member) >> * Matthias Wessendorf (individual, ASF member) >> * Jakob Korherr (individual, ASF committer) >> * Andy Gibson (Independent contributor) >> * Rick Hightower (Independent contributor) >> * Rob Williams (Independent contributor) >> >> Alignment >> ------------ >> >> The Apache DeltaSpike project is intended to be portable, and be > fully compatible with any >> compliant Java EE6 container. To promote the adoption of this project, we > believe that it is important that it remains free from corporate >> association and is perceived by the community to be vendor neutral. To > this end, the Apache Software Foundation with its values of >> transparency and community makes it an excellent fit for this project, >> not to mention that one of the contributing members (Apache MyFaces CODI) > is already an Apache project. >> >> Known Risks >> ------------ >> >> While many of the contributors to the Apache DeltaSpike project > are volunteers, the initial effort of setting up the project >> and driving ongoing releases may fall to corporate-sponsored members. >> It is recognized that there may be a slight risk based on the >> dependence of salaried contributors, however it can safely be said that > most if not all of these contributors began as community volunteers >> that recognized the merit of the project and began contributing as a >> result of their own passion. >> Documentation >> ------------ >> >> Documentation for the existing projects can be found as follows: >> * JBoss Seam - > http://docs.jboss.org/seam/3/latest/reference/en-US/html/ >> * Apache MyFaces CODI - > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EXTCDI/Documentation >> * CDISource - http://cdisource.org/site/ >> Documentation for the Apache DeltaSpike project would be created by > combining and editing material from the >> above sources, in addition to the writing of new material where >> required. >> >> Initial Source >> ------------ >> >> Source code contributions for the Apache DeltaSpike project would be made > from its member projects, and the initial goal would be to provide a common > core extension which contains a number of features considered essential for > building other extensions. Tests for this common core will be >> developed using the Arquillian integration testing framework, allowing >> the extension to be automatically tested extensively across various CDI > implementations and EE servers in the interest of providing a stable >> foundation for building other extensions. >> The ongoing goal of the project will be to gradually incorporate >> additional features as determined by the PPMC, extending on the >> foundation features provided by the common core. >> >> Source and IP Submission Plan >> ------------ >> >> The following resources will be moved to Apache infrastructure under the > Apache DeltaSpike project name: >> * Core JBoss Seam 3 codebase. Seam 3 is already licensed under the > Apache License V2. >> * Seam Core Reference Documentation >> * Apache MyFaces CODI codebase >> * Apache MyFaces CODI documentation >> * CDISource codebase under the Apache License V2 >> The existing Seam, MyFaces CODI and CDISource trademarks will be retained > by their respective owners. >> >> External Dependencies >> ------------ >> >> The following external dependencies have been identified: >> * Apache Maven - Java based build tool - Apache License 2.0, > (non-runtime) >> * Arquillian - Java EE integration testing framework - Apache License > 2.0, (non-runtime) >> * Shrinkwrap - Java deployment packaging - Apache License 2.0 > (non-runtime) >> * various Java EE API packages - all Apache License 2.0 (non-runtime) >> >> >> >> Required Resources >> ---------------------- >> >> >> Mailing Lists >> ------------ >> >> * deltaspike-us...@incubator.apache.org >> * deltaspike-...@incubator.apache.org >> * deltaspike-comm...@incubator.apache.org >> * deltaspike-priv...@incubator.apache.org >> >> Version Control >> ------------ >> >> It is proposed that the source code for the Apache DeltaSpike project > be hosted in the Apache Git repository, under the following directory: >> * incubator/deltaspike/ >> >> Issue Tracking >> ------------ >> >> The following JIRA project would be required to track issues for the Apache > DeltaSpike project: >> * DELTASPIKE >> >> Initial Committers >> ------------ >> >> * Shane Bryzak (sbryzak at gmail.com) >> * Jason Porter (lightguard.jp at gmail.com) >> * Stuart Douglas (stuart.w.douglas at gmail.com) >> * Jozef Hartinger (jozefhartinger at gmail.com) >> * Brian Leathem (bleathem at gmail.com) >> * Ken Finnigan (ken at kenfinnigan.me) >> * Marius Bogoevici (mariusb at redhat.com) >> * George Gastaldi (gegastaldi at gmail.com) >> * John Ament (john.d.ament at gmail.com) >> * Cody Lerum (cody.lerum at clearfly.net) >> * Antoine Sabot-Durand (antoine at sabot-durand.net) >> * Pete Royle (pete at screamingcoder.com) >> * Pete Muir (pmuir at redhat.com) >> * Mark Struberg (struberg at apache dot org) >> * Gerhard Petracek (gpetracek at apache dot org) >> * David Blevins (dblevins at apache dot org) >> * Matthias Wessendorf (matzew at apache dot org) >> * Jakob Korherr (jakobk at apache dot org) >> * Andy Gibson (contact at andygibson.net) >> * Rick Hightower (richardhightower at gmail.com) >> >> Affiliations >> ------------ >> >> The following contributors are full time employees of Red Hat: >> * Shane Bryzak >> * Jason Porter >> * Stuart Douglas >> * Jozef Hartinger >> * Brian Leathem >> * Ken Finnigan >> * Marius Bogoevici >> * Pete Muir >> >> Sponsors >> ------------ >> >> Champion >> ------------ >> >> * Mark Struberg >> >> Nominated Mentors >> ------------ >> >> * Mark Struberg >> * Gerhard Petracek >> * David Blevins >> * Matthias Wessendorf >> * Matt Benson >> Sponsoring Entity >> ------------ >> >> * Apache MyFaces PMC >> >> Project Name >> ------------ >> While DeltaSpike is intended to be used as the project’s code name during > the >> incubation process, it is intended that we will solicit suggestions >> from the greater community for a more suitable name before it becomes a > top level project at Apache. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
