----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:50 AM Subject: Re: The organization of xml.apache.org
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:21:19PM -0800, Ted Leung wrote: > > Probably my largest concern has to do with ensuring that ASF style > > processes are being followed on all projects. This includes subjective > > measures such as "the health of the community" for a project, and > > proposal of project committers for membership in the ASF. > > So.. how would making more projects top-level fix this? As part of > xml.apache.org, subprojects at least have PMC members with some local > knowledge of the projects. Would the ASF board have known what to do with > the SOAP/WASP Lite/Axis issue? Would board members lurk on project > lists, like XML PMC members do currently? I'm not convinced that top-leveling will fix this. My original message contained a list of possiblities. You'll also note that I proposed expanding the existing PMC. > > Then there's the legal stuff, which includes the visibility to the > > board, jar files, code without copyright, code with incompatible > > copyright, code with patent infringements, etc. > > Hmm.. anyone care to guess how many patents Cocoon infringes? I hope none. But right now, I have to hope, because there's no way I can know -- I can't keep up w/ all the commits to all of xml. > > > Then there's the issue of support from and participation in the general ASF > > infrastructure. That's "where do I go for this or that", or "You're > > really an awesome security hack, you know, they could use some help on > > security@". > > infrastructure@ is an open list, as I recently discovered. Yes, but how did you discover the list... > > --Jeff > > > Ted > ... > > > Let's clarify exactly what is broken before fixing it. > > > > > > > > > --Jeff > > > > > > > Ted > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
