Re: request: terms/definitions for the glossary

2002-11-04 Thread John Keyes
Thats a great page Ken. I think this is one of the most valuable resources on the Apache site I have read. The definition of some of these phrases is not obvious so it helps to have them written down. I think it would be good to have this link publicised when someone joins a mailing list so the

RE: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Martin van den Bemt
The general impression that that is too much info for a generic approach. Unless your goal is to redefine the project pages ;) I was more thinking in line of a "quick" view page, with all the projects with the most basic info (description, lists, cvs repo, latest version, project page link) So peop

Re: Hackathon

2002-11-04 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On Monday, November 04, 2002 14:18:30 -0500 Rich Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Having not been to a hackathon before, I'm not sure how this all works, but I wanted to mention some of the things that I was hoping to work on there, so that people can be thinking about it. Likewise, it would be

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
So do it. I put the link up for POI on this page: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html but I was afraid of retribution if I put it up for others. -Andy Costin Manolache wrote: On a related issue - I think it would be very nice to include a link to gmane news gateway. There are quite a fe

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
So just use gmane.org or pier's new nifty news.betaversion.org onces its off his DSL (somehow I don't think he wants everyone using it just yet ;-) ...but Pier is weird so maybe he does ;-) ) Henri Yandell wrote: On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Chuck Murcko wrote: I've

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
since i answer the asf email, this is something that has bugged the crap out of me, and about which i have complained several times to no avail. there is no canonical /mailing-lists.html location to which i can point people for j random project, so i have to tell them to search the project site fo

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Is this just driven by the number of config questions and "suscribe" (and other) trolls to the dev lists? Or the rising percentage of doofuses in the net world? I knew we should never have let AOL hook up that gateway to the net. 8^) yes. yes. agreed.

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Martin van den Bemt wrote: We can always write a maven plugin to get the unified form spit out, for mavenized projects (don't know forrest, so cannot talk about that..).. Yes, this is sort of what I was thinking, we can easily do the same. Personally I prefer to have two files: one describes the pr

Re: request: terms/definitions for the glossary

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2002-11-04 at 16:02, Vadim Gritsenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > Here are some suggestions of terms to add: > > - CVS (my boss confused this one with drug store once) - it's quite >related to apache on my taste, > - hybernated project (as on navbar of xml.a

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > > Bear in mind that is -this- is the number one aim - we can do > > that without a PMC > no, we can't. please see roy's several messages on this subject. Perhals not with our current bylaws. But that can be changed. It is a matter of how on

RE: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Martin van den Bemt
We can always write a maven plugin to get the unified form spit out, for mavenized projects (don't know forrest, so cannot talk about that..).. Mvgr, Martin > > Actually, Gump has its own from the Alexandria one, and basically all > Java projects already have theirs. > Forrest extended it and add

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Daniel Rall wrote: Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Chuck Murcko wrote: I've noticed in looking around the Apache sites that there's a lot of inconsistency in providing links (usually in the sidebars) where people can get on the mailing lists. since i answer th

Re: request: terms/definitions for the glossary

2002-11-04 Thread Vadim Gritsenko
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: there have been several mentions over the last three weeks concerning the need for an apache glossary. i've started roughing this out; if you're interested, please take a look at http://incubator.apache.org/drafts/glossary.html and let us know what terms/definitions s

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Daniel Rall
Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > > Chuck Murcko wrote: > > > > >>I've noticed in looking around the Apache sites that there's a lot of > >>inconsistency in providing links (usually in the sidebars) where people > >>can get on the mailing lists. > > since i

RE: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Martin van den Bemt
Pier already has one running (last week or so). The discussion about that is on infrastructure though. Mvgr, Martin > -Original Message- > From: Costin Manolache [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 21:38 > To: community@apache.org > Subject: Re: Subtle barriers to

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Costin Manolache
On a related issue - I think it would be very nice to include a link to gmane news gateway. There are quite a few people using it ( I'm no longer directly subscribed to any list ), and I think it should be at least mentioned. I don't know if a news server taking the feed for US distribution or ou

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Ben Laurie
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Chuck Murcko wrote: I've noticed in looking around the Apache sites that there's a lot of inconsistency in providing links (usually in the sidebars) where people can get on the mailing lists. since i answer the asf email, this is something that has bugged the crap out

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Aaron Bannert
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 03:14:24PM -0500, Henri Yandell wrote: > The mail archives also seem to be a joke. They lack a common look and > feel, sometimes they don't cover certain mail lists and other times they > just feel like poor quality user interfaces. There has been some action lately to try

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Henri Yandell
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > Chuck Murcko wrote: > > > > I've noticed in looking around the Apache sites that there's a lot of > > inconsistency in providing links (usually in the sidebars) where people > > can get on the mailing lists. > > since i answer the asf email, thi

Re: Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Chuck Murcko wrote: > > I've noticed in looking around the Apache sites that there's a lot of > inconsistency in providing links (usually in the sidebars) where people > can get on the mailing lists. since i answer the asf email, this is something that has bugged the crap out of me, and about whi

Subtle barriers to entry

2002-11-04 Thread Chuck Murcko
I've noticed in looking around the Apache sites that there's a lot of inconsistency in providing links (usually in the sidebars) where people can get on the mailing lists. Some projects, like Foundation, HTTP Server, Cocoon and Forrest, provide wide gateways for participation. Big, friendly, co

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Sam Ruby wrote: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/site/management.html thank you.

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Sam Ruby
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Sam Ruby wrote: I'm planning on submitting a proposal to change the bylaws of Jakarta to bring Jakarta's PMC structure closer to the HTTPD one. btw, sam, where are the current bylaws? or do they go by another name? http://jakarta.apache.org/site/management.html - Sam

Re: community-digest broken

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
"Daniel F. Savarese" wrote: > > I hate to digress, but the community-digest list is unusable. working on it..

community-digest broken

2002-11-04 Thread Daniel F. Savarese
I hate to digress, but the community-digest list is unusable. I (and others) can't handle the volume of email in non-digest mode and the digest is for the most part broken (i.e., impossible to sift through efficiently because topic summaries are missing). My following email to community-digest-own

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Sam Ruby wrote: > > I'm planning on submitting a proposal to change the bylaws > of Jakarta to bring Jakarta's PMC structure closer to the > HTTPD one. btw, sam, where are the current bylaws? or do they go by another name?

Re: Hackathon

2002-11-04 Thread Aaron Bannert
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 02:34:43PM -0500, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > i'm kinda hoping that jeff, nicola, david, and other forrest > people will be there so we can butt heads.. :-) Any of you guys want to give us lazy fold a quick tutorial/demo of forrest? > oh, and likewise for discussing th

Re: Hackathon

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
i'm kinda hoping that jeff, nicola, david, and other forrest people will be there so we can butt heads.. :-) oh, and likewise for discussing the new commons and incubator projects in person.

Re: Hackathon

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
[repost in case you've missed it. james/jimw, would you please forward to any php committers list? php committers are invited, too..] In case you had missed it, we'll be having a two-day Hackathon in Las Vegas before ApacheCon. It'll be the Sunday and Monday before the conference (17-18 Nov

Re: Hackathon

2002-11-04 Thread David N. Welton
As far as documentation is concerned, I would be happy to demonstrate/discuss DocBook and XSLT, if anyone else is interested in using that for their documentation. I'm quite happy with it for the Rivet docs, although I'm a bit embarassed to say that at the moment, we use xsltproc instead of anyth

Hackathon

2002-11-04 Thread Rich Bowen
Having not been to a hackathon before, I'm not sure how this all works, but I wanted to mention some of the things that I was hoping to work on there, so that people can be thinking about it. Likewise, it would be nice to know what other people intend to be working on. Mads Toftum and I have discu

request: terms/definitions for the glossary

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
there have been several mentions over the last three weeks concerning the need for an apache glossary. i've started roughing this out; if you're interested, please take a look at http://incubator.apache.org/drafts/glossary.html and let us know what terms/definitions should be added/changed..

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 06:51:04PM +0100, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: >... > Now if this would be all - no worries. However I personally think that the > transition from that one HTTP crowd to one for HTTP, one for APR, etc, etc > was already showing that something is a bit amiss in the scaling; e

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 10:26 04.11.2002 -0800, Costin Manolache wrote: If someone is active in jakarta he probably has all the reasons to be active in the PMC as well - because most issues will affect him. Not necessarily. I am not in my town's municipality although many things that the municipality decides affect me

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > On 4 Nov 2002, Costin Manolache wrote: > > > The protection of the PMC matters the most for those > > who actually write code and actively participate in jakarta. > > Bear in mind that is -this- is the number one aim - we can do > that without a PMC no, we can'

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 4 Nov 2002, Costin Manolache wrote: > The protection of the PMC matters the most for those who actually write > code and actively participate in jakarta. Bear in mind that is -this- is the number one aim - we can do that without a PMC and simply start tracking committers better; or even wid

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Costin Manolache
I partially agree with Dirk's opinion. A very large PMC where people don't feel a direct need to participate is wrong. That's the reason I think 'active participants who volunteer for PMC' is the right solution. If someone doesn't feel 'active' in jakarta or doesn't have the time or wish to act

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Costin Manolache
I do agree with every point of the proposal - but I can't be fully +1 until the non-normative guidelines are well defined. I believe everyone who is actively developing code and participate in jakarta should have the option ( and be encouraged ) to be in the jakarta PMC. That's the goal ( IMO

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > > > And I do think it is; as a PMC of a hundred members will > > never act quicker or more focused/quick as a group of 5-10 > > people recruited out of those 100 who have a task (say > > investigate a license is

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > And I do think it is; as a PMC of a hundred members will > never act quicker or more focused/quick as a group of 5-10 > people recruited out of those 100 who have a task (say > investigate a license issue) and know that there are > a 100 people looking at them to g

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Scott Sanders
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 03:52:17AM -0500, Sam Ruby wrote: > I'm planning on submitting a proposal to change the bylaws of Jakarta to > bring Jakarta's PMC structure closer to the HTTPD one. Before I do so, > I would like to gather the opinions of a self selecting cross section of > both Jakarta

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Can you tell me what's wrong with a PMC which is almost silent, is > composed by committers and manages just one codebase? sounds like an > ideal situation for a PMC.

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: >Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > >>I fundamentally believe that the HTTP PMC model is flawed in >>its current form; and simply generates another 'layer' and a >>weird birthday cake. > >oh, ah? reminds me of 'democracy is

RE: Apology for messing the vote count about the "Ant to top-level" proposal

2002-11-04 Thread Martin van den Bemt
>(discussions get forgotten, just code remains) You should be ok ;) Mvgr, Martin

Apology for messing the vote count about the "Ant to top-level" proposal

2002-11-04 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
I would like to apologise for my messing up Costin's vote about the "Ant to top-level" proposal. It was a mistake, because I failed to understand that distinction he made over having a pmc and being top-level (ie leaving jakarta), which he wanted to convey. I'll be more careful in collecting v

Re: [vote result] openness

2002-11-04 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Ted Husted wrote: In the interest of precision, my vote on the second item was actually 0 (not -1) [10/30/2002 09:30:10]. hoopss :) sorry about that. I think we do need a more automatic system or human accounting will always be buggy like this :/ I personally believe the list should be open, but

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > I fundamentally believe that the HTTP PMC model is flawed in > > its current form; and simply generates another 'layer' and a > > weird birthday cake. > > oh, ah? reminds me of 'democracy is the worst system of

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > I fundamentally believe that the HTTP PMC model is flawed in > its current form; and simply generates another 'layer' and a > weird birthday cake. oh, ah? reminds me of 'democracy is the worst system of government -- excepting all the others'. :-) > By simply '

Apachecon on mail footers at sf ;)

2002-11-04 Thread Martin van den Bemt
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Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Sam Ruby wrote: > I'm planning on submitting a proposal to change the bylaws of Jakarta to Now this seems an excelent idea to address the immediate and short term issues around oversight and management. However I am not sure if this is a good idea in the long run. I fundam

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
It smells like a pretty good idea to me. One question thoughdo you ever sleep? (3:52AM)? Sam Ruby wrote: I'm planning on submitting a proposal to change the bylaws of Jakarta to bring Jakarta's PMC structure closer to the HTTPD one. Before I do so, I would like to gather the opinions of a s

Re: [discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Conor MacNeill
Sam Ruby wrote: Thoughts? +1 to all items. I think this will help to address the oversight, legal and management issues that have been raised for the short term. It gives us time for any reorg (is that a dirty word on this list?) to occur as subprojects desire it, without having these issues ov

[discussion] Jakarta PMC bylaws change

2002-11-04 Thread Sam Ruby
I'm planning on submitting a proposal to change the bylaws of Jakarta to bring Jakarta's PMC structure closer to the HTTPD one. Before I do so, I would like to gather the opinions of a self selecting cross section of both Jakarta and non-Jakarta committers, and it occurs to me that this mailin

Re: [vote result] openness

2002-11-04 Thread Ted Husted
In the interest of precision, my vote on the second item was actually 0 (not -1) [10/30/2002 09:30:10]. I personally believe the list should be open, but respect the wishes of others who have a different opinion. At this point, I thought it best to err on the side of inclusion (of the Committ