RE: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Sander Striker
From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:11 AM My understanding from discussion with Sam and Ken was that creation of a new TLP or migrating to an existing one would be an exit, not entry, issue. That's correct. However, it wouldn't make much

Re: Getting an XMLBeans distribution onto a download site somewhere

2003-09-18 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
David Remy wrote: Thinking about how to do the binary distribution for XMLBeans. We have a build target that creates xkit.zip which contains the xbeans.jar, some helpful utilities, some sample schemas, and the docs. This is what has been distributed to users in the past. Tetsuya already replyed

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:18:16 -0400 (Subject: RE: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)) Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that Nicola Ken Coar would do a fine job as PMC Chair. ;-) ;-) Ok, name games aside, I honestly don't know if Ken or Nicola Ken have any

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: ... Ok, name games aside, I honestly don't know if Ken or Nicola Ken have any substantively different views on what should happen with Incubator. From what I gather, Ken Coar is probably the one on the Incubator PMC that has more similar views to mine. On the whole though,

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Noel J. Bergman wrote: I think that Nicola Ken Coar would do a fine job as PMC Chair. ;-) heh! Ok, name games aside, I honestly don't know if Ken or Nicola Ken have any substantively different views on what should happen with Incubator. what should happen, or what it should do? i don't

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 08:16 PM, Greg Stein wrote: See my previous post. The Incubator itself can accept projects, if it so chooses. The project can then sit in the Incubator as long as the Incubator wants to allow it. But for exit, it will need *some* PMC to accept it, or for the

Re: XNode 1.1 API submission

2003-09-18 Thread Murray Altheim
Since I've had no reply to my request, could somebody at least point me to any existing process by which submissions to the incubator are made? I realize you're all busy with this voting over leadership, so I could begin putting together whatever package is expected for a proposal. I've read the

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
Can we all recall one big important thing: the PMC Chair's role is not to run the PMC (as we normally use that term). That is, in fact, the role of the PMC itself. The Chair has ultimate authority and responsibility and is also the one who reports to the board, but the power of the PMC is in the

Re: XNode 1.1 API submission

2003-09-18 Thread Paul Hammant
Murray, Please have a little patience with us dude. We're embroilled in discussion on PMC chair, and other incoming projects presently. - Paul Since I've had no reply to my request, could somebody at least point me to any existing process by which submissions to the incubator are made? I

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Please see: http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ApacheDirectoryProject What needs be done to adopt this project for inbubation, other than a vote to accept it, getting CLAs from the project members, and setting up the infrastructure? i'm +1 on accepting

RE: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Henri Yandell
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Sander Striker wrote: From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:11 AM My understanding from discussion with Sam and Ken was that creation of a new TLP or migrating to an existing one would be an exit, not entry, issue.

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 09:17 AM, Sander Striker wrote: From: Jim Jagielski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:07 PM I really hate to keep harping on this, but the whole idea of the PMC Chair having power somehow implies that the PMC itself is under the

Re: XNode 1.1 API submission

2003-09-18 Thread Murray Altheim
Paul Hammant wrote: Murray, Please have a little patience with us dude. We're embroilled in discussion on PMC chair, and other incoming projects presently. Paul, Yes, I understand that. I wasn't wanting or expecting anyone to spend a bunch of time on this right now, just wanting info on how I

Re: XNode 1.1 API submission

2003-09-18 Thread Davanum Srinivas
How about xml-commons? for example see resolver under http://xml.apache.org/commons/. you will need to post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing lists. -- dims --- Murray Altheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: Hi! Please go to

Re: XNode 1.1 API submission

2003-09-18 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
Ah, hah. I've read the xindice ml threads. ... http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xindice-devm=104757928505845w=2 and recent ones. ... Okay. If you have a question about the licensing issues, please contact to licensingATapache.org. (mailing list) There are many people who have concerns about

Re: XNode 1.1 API submission

2003-09-18 Thread Berin Lautenbach
G'day Murray, The process documentation for this is not yet something you can hang your hat on. However, you can have a look at some previous proposals : http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ASFProposalPages Cliff also started putting some stuff that may be of assistance together

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Paul Hammant
In shameless-plugThoughtWorks/shameless-plug we try to pair (no need to introduce XP is there?) on as much as possible... works well. It can even work distributed. - ph Hi, On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:51:13 +0200 Sander Striker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought the same thing. Also, to tell

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
Personally, I think it would be almost obscenely ironic if the Incubator, which is designed to help ensure the Apache Way in building communities and projects, has a PMC structure which is totally unique within the ASF. - To

Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Jim Jagielski wrote: Personally, I think it would be almost obscenely ironic if the Incubator, which is designed to help ensure the Apache Way in building communities and projects, has a PMC structure which is totally unique within the ASF. ?? you mean the chix and valences bit? or the

RE: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Ken, i see the incubator as having two roles. one is the entry path for new packages and their communities I think that everyone agrees on this, although not everyone may understand all of the nuances. For example, I wasn't clear on why a project should go through Incubator if there is an

RE: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Noel J. Bergman
I think that in Incubator, there need at least two or three persons who have real power. (One Chair and two Vice Chair?) I think we need people on the PMC who are doing the work, not expecting Chairs and Vice Chairs to do things for them. The people who work on the PMC, and in the projects,

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Ted Leung
On 9/18/2003 4:46 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 08:16 PM, Greg Stein wrote: See my previous post. The Incubator itself can accept projects, if it so chooses. The project can then sit in the Incubator as long as the Incubator wants to allow it. But for exit, it

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 03:07 PM, Ted Leung wrote: On 9/18/2003 4:46 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 08:16 PM, Greg Stein wrote: See my previous post. The Incubator itself can accept projects, if it so chooses. The project can then sit in the

RE: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)

2003-09-18 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: I don't know if everyone agrees, but I do favor a single point of reference for those documents. likewise. and since they're educational to new apache participants, the incubator seems like a good place to me. It will be interesting

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 03:40 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: Without a clear sense of responsibility, the end result are that podlings are essentially left on their own and every Incubator member thinks someone else is doing the oversight. :/ I really thought that I

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Sam Ruby wrote: Sander Striker wrote: From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:11 AM My understanding from discussion with Sam and Ken was that creation of a new TLP or migrating to an existing one would be an exit, not entry, issue. That's correct.

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Sam Ruby
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Sam Ruby wrote: Sander Striker wrote: From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:11 AM My understanding from discussion with Sam and Ken was that creation of a new TLP or migrating to an existing one would be an exit, not

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
Noel J. Bergman wrote: That is exactly what I said. It requires a shepherd; someone who is the go-to/go-between. On that we agree. The only point of difference appears to be the nature of the Shephard. You seem(ed) to be saying that it had to be a member of the Incubator PMC, whereas

RE: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Noel J. Bergman
I did not mean a PMC member, but any dedicated ASF member. I was simply reminding all that we needed someone to step up to be the podling's shepherd. Ah, ok. Sorry for the misunderstanding. From Nicola Ken's message, he seems to be offering that he'll act as the PMC representative for the

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Sam Ruby
Noel J. Bergman wrote: I would support JetSpeed+Pluto+WSRP4J+possibly others eventually becoming [a TLP]. Agreed. Other candidates that have been suggested by one person or another include: Turbine Velocity Lucene (or to db.apache.org?) Struts separately or in some semantically

Geronimo volunteer

2003-09-18 Thread Will Wood
My name is will wood, and I'm inquiring about contributing to Geronimo. My background includes over 23 years in IT including Software architecture and development including C/C++/Java and other dead languages, pascal, fortran, lisp, pl1 I'd like to contribute where I can. Thanks. Will K.

Re: XMLBeans website

2003-09-18 Thread Jeff Turner
On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 02:10:03PM -0700, David Remy wrote: I am getting close to having a revised XMLBeans website using Forrest ready for publication. I have a few questions that I am hoping someone will know about. 1) I am thinking of having the website as a top level directory under

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Roy T. Fielding
I think any ASF member that wants to be active in any part of incubation should be immediately placed on the PMC as soon as they request it. Non-ASF members should have to prove themselves worthy first, taking into consideration their involvement in other ASF projects, but they too should be

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Stephen McConnell
Sam Ruby wrote: James is the only project that I recall that did it of their own initiative. Correction - Avalon was of its own iniative. Cheers, Steve. -- Stephen J. McConnell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - To

Re: XNode 1.1 API submission

2003-09-18 Thread Murray Altheim
Aleksander Slominski wrote: Murray Altheim wrote: Hi all, This is a proposal for a metadata API for use in Xindice, though it can be used more generally for adding an XML metadata wrapper around an XML node. In short, it's SOAP-like, but *actually* simple. Brian suggested I join this list

Re: XMLBeans website

2003-09-18 Thread Berin Lautenbach
From: Jeff Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] The website needs to be periodically updated from CVS (xml-site module). I think Berin Lautenbach has established a cron job to update XML sites, so all you need to do in future is render the docs and update xml-site/targets/xmlbeans. If you guys can get

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-18 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Noel J. Bergman wrote: I would support JetSpeed+Pluto+WSRP4J+possibly others eventually becoming [a TLP]. Agreed. Other candidates that have been suggested by one person or another include: Turbine Velocity Lucene (or to db.apache.org?) Struts I have a question, which has (IMO) not