James isn't in the incubator though. Geronimo is. My understanding of the difference is that ideas can be tried, and then removed subsequently (or even replaced with the Sun API).
IMHO this is the strongest point... Geronimo is in incubator, so I'm not so concerned about what the Apache community is obligating itself to maintain. If Alex wants to climb the Java-equivalent of Ben Nevis, more power to him in the incubator environment.
If I am the only person actually interested in this JavaMail API then it is clearly a bad thing if I go elsewhere/don't come back. And I had hoped that there would be a little more support for wanting the JavaMail APIs in the James group (hence the original cross-posting of the announcement), or indeed for other Apache projects (maven, ant, turbine) that may require the use of JavaMail.
I want it. But I also understand Danny's concerns about long-term maintenance issues. I don't think Sun is doing very much maintenance either though, and I never understood why they didn't hand it over to Apache.
I would encourage to run with it and keep climbing through the clouds!
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