Hi... On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Alex Karasulu <akaras...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Alex Karasulu <akaras...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Has nothing to do with incubation. You're talking about Foundation-wide > >> policy. You cannot impose different naming rules on podlings, than what > is > >> imposed on TLPs. Please see my response in the original thread. You > need a > >> Board resolution and rationale. > >> > >> > > I'm glad you phrased it like this. It totally takes us out of the scope > of > > the perceived problem. As you say you have to apply the same rules until > > policies change, if they change. You're amazingly cogent dude! It's a > > strong argument that I can't disagree with even though I am convinced the > > perceived problem is quite serious. > > > > I'll withdraw my veto on the other VOTE thread but I really want to > > evaluate this in this discussion thread. > > > > > OK to get back on track with this discussion I've taken a snippet from the > original thread and pasted it here: > > > >> They remain. > >> > >> Keeping them is the right thing for our community and product. That is > our > >> determination, and is our Right. > >> > >> > > Sorry but I don't think that's right. > > > > > >> Sqoop has determined backwards compatibility is important to their > >> community and wants to keep this (deprecated) interface for a while. So > >> where is the problem here, people? > >> > >> > > It's fine but those com.cloudera packages don't need to be hosted here. > > They can be hosted elsewhere and the backwards compatibility issue can > > still be handled. > > > > > >> Really. What is the problem with the extra interfaces? > >> > >> > > The package namespace is not ours. It's that simple G. > > > > > >> There is no legal (trademark or copyright) problem that I'm aware of. > >> There > >> is no technical problem that I'm aware of. > > > > > > OK do we have the right to create any kind of package or class under > > com.cloudera (or any other companies packages)? > > > > I'd like to approach it by answering this question. Because if we look at > it like this then we'll start seeing the issues this could cause. > That is a good question! > > -- > Best Regards, > -- Alex > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
