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On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Gerhard Petracek wrote: > Hello, > > Please vote on the acceptance of DeltaSpike into the Apache Incubator. > > The proposal is available at [1] and its content is also included below for > your convenience. > > Please vote: > > [ ] +1 Accept DeltaSpike for incubation > [ ] +0 Don't care > [ ] -1 Don't accept DeltaSpike for incubation because... > > The vote is open for 72 hours. > > Thanks, > Gerhard > > [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
