> -----Original Message----- > From: Xavier Hanin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: jeudi 7 juin 2007 11:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Destination upon graduation (was Re: Steps toward graduation) > > On 6/7/07, Xavier Hanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One point we will have to discuss before these votes is the destination: > > should we try to graduate as a top level project or as a sub project of > Ant > > (our sponsor). This is also something that deserves its own thread for > > discussion. > > Since we have started discussing graduation, I think one important point > which may have influence on our capacity to graduate is the decision of > our > destination. Should we try to graduate as a TLP or as a sub project of Ant > (our sponsor). > > IMO I think graduating as a TLP is more difficult and needs a broader > community. With only 3 committers, I think we are far from being ready to > graduate as a TLP. OTOH graduating as a sub project means that we will get > a > close relationship with a TLP (Ant in our case). Several Ant committers > have > shown interest in Ivy, and I think we have a good relationship with the > Ant > community. Moreover Ivy is still used mainly as a plugin for Ant (even > though it's possible to use it without, and I'd like to keep this > feature). > So IMO the best option would be to graduate as a sub project of Ant. Of > course this does not depend only on what we think, but the Ant project has > already sponsored Ivy, and our four mentors are Ant PMC members, so I > think > they are not fully opposed to this idea :-) > > Opinions?
Yes, the same as yours. Gilles
