On 7/3/03 7:24 PM, "Greg Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 3. Jakarta - IMHO this the best place for it. >> >> The division of XML vs Jakarta predates me for certain, but I think the main >> issues surrounding that are rusty. > > The problem is Jakarta itself. Centering a PMC around a *language* rather > than functionality is the inherent problem. These questions will continue to > arise over and over. >
What's done is done. As a Jakarta committer I always feel like the guy wearing a "I'm here I'm queer deal with it" shirt at a Republican National Convention. > When Grisha Trubetskoy wanted to contribute mod_python to the ASF, a good > number of people called for creating a 'python' TLP. The Board decided to > stop perpetrating the per-language concept. Instead, mod_python was added to > the Apache HTTP Server Project (it *is* a module for Apache httpd, after > all). mod_php, mod_perl, and mod_tcl fall under the same argument, of > course, but they get a Grandfather Pass :-) > I'm getting de ja vu... You don't like this community. I get it... I'll file this on the appropriate file system for such information. So Jakarta is the grandfather of them all... Etc etc > To that extent, I'd say it is an XML project. .... > However, I think it is mostly > up to the XMLBeans community to ask for one or the other. If that PMC says > "okay", then everything is fine. (and no... PMCs are not allowed to meet at > sundown to duel for an arriving project :-) > I agree. The question for them: "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" ;-) -Andy > Cheers, > -g -- Andrew C. Oliver http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI http://jakarta.apache.org/poi For Java and Excel, Got POI? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
