> From: Sam Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > One thing I would like people to think about. I see viceral > reaction at times to putting things in commons. Or in > Avalon/Turbine/Struts, etc. And often there is lengthy > debates about whether something belongs in Jakarta or not. > Yet, curiously, there seems to be little consideration as to > whether something belongs in Apache or not.
Agreed. > > How many people here know what the Apache board does? :) > > Here's a concrete example to illustrate the issue: I've > always been under the assumption that at some point a few > people in Jakarta land would take a sustained interest in > contributing code to Gump, at which point, I would propose it > to be a formal subproject. At the present time, it looks > like there is a greater possibility of interest of > contributing by people in XML land. This lead to a bit of > soul searching, and I came to conclusion that if that were to > come to pass, I would follow the community. After all, what > does it really matter whether the code is jakarta-gump or > xml-whatever? You should *always* follow the community. The community gives life to the codebase. Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
