> The point is labs is too restrictive for something that is not an > experiment, but this is the case for (arguably) good reason (the topic of > this thread). It's the goals of the collaborator that are important not the > depth of experimentation that make the difference.
OK. So if I want to try something out, Labs is ok. if I try something out and want to bring it to a project, I should go looking for a sandbox? This is exactly what I mean. Goals are flexible and change. Sometimes you don't know what your goals is. Sometimes you have a goal but no idea if it works out or not. Why do Labs differ or why should they do? >> If every idea/experiment is welcome at the Labs to support >> inter-project collaboration (oh I love this term somehow), > > That is not one of the goals as labs is currently defined. That could be a > case made for that though. However, as was pointed out earlier PMCs can open > up portions of their repositories to other committers. I'd have thought > keeping inter-project experiments inside those project communities would be > a good idea. >> >> But as my stuff is "intended to be used", I have not considered Labs. >> Maybe its all just a big misunderstanding ;-) > > Maybe it is. If all you want to do is experiment with Jane from Apache Foo > on plugin bar then Labs is fine, but so would a limited sandbox area in > Apache Goo. Opening limited sandbox access is additional work for PMCs. How many PMCs do offer that? Labs is quicker and probably easier to setup. Thats the charm of it. The other good thing on labs is, everything is developed within ASF - ip is clear (or should be). Probably I see Labs as some kind of Sandbox project which gives asf-committers not part of project X the chance to host X related code for later inclusion. Anyway, I have now understood your opinion better on Labs. Cheers Christian > >> >> Cheers >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > -- http://www.grobmeier.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
