Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
Le 17/09/14 12:35, Pierre Smits a écrit : RE: but only 2 active committers Having such a low number of committers is a great risk for any project under the ASF umbrella. It affects releasing on time, keeping the issues list manageable and reactions to user questions. Actually, the number of

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Pierre Smits
For sure, my previous post was not intended to discourage all the people who have contributed in the past or are committing their time to bring the project and its work forward. I am a user of the latest stable version and am using both Server and Studio 2.0 versions in our SIT environments.

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
Le 17/09/14 13:33, Pierre Smits a écrit : For sure, my previous post was not intended to discourage all the people who have contributed in the past or are committing their time to bring the project and its work forward. Your mail wasn't read that way ! I am a user of the latest stable version

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
Le 16/09/14 22:17, Stefan Seelmann a écrit : Hi Shawn, On 09/16/2014 01:32 PM, Shawn McKinney wrote: Hello, In order to increase the number of contributers and broaden adoption I am considering contributing Fortress to the Apache Directory project. I am offering this donation under the

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Pierre Smits
Would a tweet like the following help you get the contributors needed? Are you an Java developer working on directories? http://directory.apache.org project appreciates your contributions. Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM http://www.orrtiz.com* Services Solutions for Cloud- Based

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
Le 17/09/14 14:11, Pierre Smits a écrit : Would a tweet like the following help you get the contributors needed? Are you an Java developer working on directories? http://directory.apache.org project appreciates your contributions. Anything that could bring new committers is good. I'll do the

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Pierre Smits
Maybe then it is better when you tweet it, and I'll retrweet. I am no Java developer and just a contributor of the mediocre stuff. Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM http://www.orrtiz.com* Services Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-17 Thread Shawn McKinney
On 09/16/2014 03:44 PM, Shawn McKinney wrote: On 09/16/2014 03:17 PM, Stefan Seelmann wrote: However I also have concerns. The Directory project already has 5 subprojects, 3 of them with more then 200k LOC each, but only 2 active committers. I just want to avoid that we inject yet another code

Contributions (was: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project)

2014-09-17 Thread Pierre Smits
Did I write being a contributor of mediocre stuff? Whoah, that is a freudian slip. And other may perceive it as such. But what I meant to write was: contributor of minor and trivial stuff. Nonetheless, I do appreciate credit/recognition and well-meant gratitude for my contributions. Regards,

Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-16 Thread Shawn McKinney
Hello, In order to increase the number of contributers and broaden adoption I am considering contributing Fortress to the Apache Directory project. I am offering this donation under the advisement of Emmanuel Lecharny who is also a committer on the Fortress project. Emmanuel has focused his

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-16 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
Le 16/09/14 13:32, Shawn McKinney a écrit : Hello, In order to increase the number of contributers and broaden adoption I am considering contributing Fortress to the Apache Directory project. I am offering this donation under the advisement of Emmanuel Lecharny who is also a committer on

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-16 Thread Pierre Smits
Plus there is a talk by Emmanuel on the levering aspects of ApacheDS with Fortress. See here: http://sched.co/1pbm9HK Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM http://www.orrtiz.com* Services Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On

Re: Notice to donate Fortress to the Apache Directory Project

2014-09-16 Thread Shawn McKinney
On 09/16/2014 03:17 PM, Stefan Seelmann wrote: Thanks for the proposal. I agree that Fortress is a good fit to the other projects at Apache Directory. So if you and others think that Fortress should be a sub-project then I won't oppose. Appreciate that. On 09/16/2014 03:17 PM, Stefan