> -----Original Message----- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 7:09 PM > > ... > > When do you decide to actually step up and try to make a change? I hope > it's *before* the outside perception of Jakarta changes from that > of a place of high-quality projects with strong communities and colorful > characters, to Apache Sourceforge for Java. I believe that Jakarta will not be "Sourceforge for Java" while the "high-quality projects with strong communities" part is enforced and there is pressure to merge what can be merged.
And notice that I do not mean doing things like merging LogKit and Log4J. I like to have them BOTH and they are small enough to keep it that way while evolution takes care of finding another path. But with larger projects that are just the same thing per definition (XML parsers? and respective standard) it makes sense trying to unify them. And this does not mean that alternative solutions should not be attempted as they are in any project. It is quite different with SourceForge. Anyway, I just hope we keep having a SourceForge in the future. Its role as an Open Source nursery/farm is extremely important. Apache is just something different. It is not fair to depreciate SourceForge. Have fun, Paulo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
