RE: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
I have a question, which has (IMO) not been answered in the current discussion: What is the advantage for me as an Apache user (client, whatever you call those mere people like me which are simply following from the outside, doing downloads from time to time). First of all, I hope that no one

Re: Setup Incubator resources for WS jUDDI Project

2003-09-19 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:11:45 -0700 Greg Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:59:29AM -0700, Steve Viens wrote: ... Create jUDDI mailing lists and archives: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is the size of this

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Noel J. Bergman wrote: ... I don't doubt it, and the proof ought to be in the ones that have already done so. I do ask if the PMC doing anything to help encourage other projects to matriculate? Last time I proposed that the Jakarta PMC asks some projects if they wanted to go top-level it did

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Jochen Wiedmann wrote: ... A word quite frequently used here is community. Don't you think that the communities of jakarta, db, or xml are worth being kept? They would not even exist if anything were a top level project. Even if all Jakarta projects get top-level (which I doubt), Jakarta as a

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:27:52 +0200 Jochen Wiedmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no idea of the organisational rationale behind the desire for more TLP's. Personally I have serious doubts that it is a good decision: AFAIK any TLP is sending his chair to the board, and I do not believe,

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Noel J. Bergman wrote: We have not voted on any definitive resolution about this, but currently there is an informal rule sprung out of necessity that each incubating project should have someone from Apache that sponsors and actively works with the project, and a shepherd from the PMC that

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Noel J. Bergman wrote: ... 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 project, and I'll act as project sponsor. Then you understood me quite correctly. You are an ASF member, you can be the sponsor.

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Even if all Jakarta projects get top-level (which I doubt), Jakarta as a community can still remain. It is a place where Java developers can get together on common issues. Jakarta doesn't have to dite, it just needs to find it's own correct space, more about

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: On Friday, Sep 19, 2003, at 05:21 Europe/Rome, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 19/09/2003 08:42:26 AM: It took repeated attemps to get Ant to matriculate. And significant effort for Avalon. James is the only project that I recall that did

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Hence, if the sponsor, as we said, shall be an Apache member, he is already legally safe, and does not need to be on the PMC. I doubt that an Apache member that does his first incubation is knowledgeble as a PMC member that has seen more than one. actually, i

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Henri Yandell
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Hence, if the sponsor, as we said, shall be an Apache member, he is already legally safe, and does not need to be on the PMC. I doubt that an Apache member that does his first incubation is knowledgeble as a

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: ... the members came to consensus agreeing that project umbrellas are a pain in the ass and a PMC should be as close as possible to the code it develops, as to increase the ability to do proper legal oversight. [note: this notion is in *strong* contrast with this

Why top level is good for you [was Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project]

2003-09-19 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
On Friday, Sep 19, 2003, at 10:08 Europe/Rome, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Even if all Jakarta projects get top-level (which I doubt), Jakarta as a community can still remain. It is a place where Java developers can get together on common issues. Jakarta doesn't have to

Re: Why top level is good for you [was Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project]

2003-09-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: 2) Problems in the Avalon community that the jakarta PMC was unaware of (there was not Avalon representation in that PMC at that time) There was Avalon representation in the Jakarta PMC at that time. - Sam Ruby

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Henri Yandell wrote: On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: actually, i can see a point in mentors/shepherds being on the pmc: they should be aware of procedural and policy discussions and decisions, and be able to provide input on how such will affect their podlings. Seems

Time to rethink incubation? [was Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project]

2003-09-19 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
On Friday, Sep 19, 2003, at 13:56 Europe/Rome, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Hence, if the sponsor, as we said, shall be an Apache member, he is already legally safe, and does not need to be on the PMC. I doubt that an Apache member that does his first incubation is

Re: ASF member role - accountable to whom

2003-09-19 Thread Stephen McConnell
... and, to whom is the ASF Member accountable? In all contexts, to himself/herself, but if you mean in terms of ASF related behavior, that would be governed by our Bylaws and policies. To imply that ASF Members are not accountable would be a horrid stretch. I am specific asking this in the

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
On Friday, Sep 19, 2003, at 14:05 Europe/Rome, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: ... the members came to consensus agreeing that project umbrellas are a pain in the ass and a PMC should be as close as possible to the code it develops, as to increase the ability to do proper

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

2003-09-19 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 06:27 PM, Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:29:16 -0400 (Subject: Re: [VOTE] New Chair (Re: cvs commit : incubator STATUS)) Jim Jagielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I think it would be almost obscenely ironic if the Incubator, which is

Re: Time to rethink incubation? [was Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project]

2003-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I still believe that the Incubation PMC doesn't make any sense at all. oh, please, let's not start another flamewar about whether it's needed or not. it's here; can we please just deal with it and make it work as well as possible? The incubation PMC is seen by many

Re: ASF member role - accountable to whom

2003-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Stephen McConnell wrote: I am specific asking this in the context of the incubator policies. If I understand correctly, the policies require project sponsorship by a member and from what member only sheparding. While parhaps with best intent - it is excluding non-members from sponsorship

Re: ASF member role - accountable to whom

2003-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Stephen McConnell wrote: Given a policy that equates to an exclusion of Apache contributors - they needs to be some form of accountability by members towards non-members on matters concerning incubation. i forgot to add: this is not a democracy. it is a meritocracy. -- #kenP-)} Ken

[VOTE] dims for incubator PMC

2003-09-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Davanum Srinivas is an ASF member and an ASF officer and chair of the web services PMC. He is very interested in the incubation of the WSRP4J and Pluto podlings. I would like to see him included in the incubator PMC. Let me start things off with my: +1. - Sam Ruby

Re: [VOTE] dims for incubator PMC

2003-09-19 Thread Jim Jagielski
+1 On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 10:15 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: Davanum Srinivas is an ASF member and an ASF officer and chair of the web services PMC. He is very interested in the incubation of the WSRP4J and Pluto podlings. I would like to see him included in the incubator PMC. Let me

Re: [VOTE] dims for incubator PMC

2003-09-19 Thread Roy T. Fielding
+1, though I'd really appreciate it if people would stop proposing votes on individuals in public, and further that the results on voting for a new chair be declared effective or defunct so that I can start asking the right person to manage these votes and announce a decision when one has been

Re: ASF member role - accountable to whom

2003-09-19 Thread Stephen McConnell
Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Stephen McConnell wrote: I am specific asking this in the context of the incubator policies. If I understand correctly, the policies require project sponsorship by a member and from what member only sheparding. While parhaps with best intent - it is excluding

RE: Setup Incubator resources for WS jUDDI Project

2003-09-19 Thread Andy Cutright
our current user/ dev lists had about 24 messages yesterday, evenly split between the two lists. that's not an unusual amount of traffic, but currently some days go by without much traffic on either list. cheers, andy -Original Message- From: Nicola Ken Barozzi [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: ASF member role - accountable to whom

2003-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Stephen McConnell wrote: Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: correct and by design. part of the purpose of the incubator is to make sure new projects fit into our technical and cultural framework. assigning the mentoring process to a member, who has become a member by virtue of demonstrating

Software License grant - where can I find the form?

2003-09-19 Thread Sam Ruby
I see the ASF Contributor License on the incubator site, but I have not found any equivalent for a Software Licence Grant. Nor do I see any such in the incubator or committers CVS. I have found software-grant.txt, license-grant.pdf, and license-grant.txt in the foundation CVS. Can we pick

RE: Software License grant - where can I find the form?

2003-09-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Sam, AFAIK, software-grant.txt is it. The license-grant appears related to the original license grant for the ASF. Seems to me that the software grant ought to be PDF'd nicely like the others, and put along side the CLA, so that outside projects have it ready to use when submitting to the

Re: Software License grant - where can I find the form?

2003-09-19 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Sam, AFAIK, software-grant.txt is it. The license-grant appears related to the original license grant for the ASF. Seems to me that the software grant ought to be PDF'd nicely like the others, and put along side the CLA, so that outside projects have it ready to

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:05:26 +0200 From: Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project Jochen Wiedmann wrote: ...

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Henri Yandell
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Craig R. McClanahan wrote: On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:05:26 +0200 From: Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to

RE: Why top level is good for you [was Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project]

2003-09-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Jochen Wiedmann wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: I think that you are raising an orthogonal issue. You are talking about wanting to be able to keep up with the ASF more easily and effectively. I agree, that this topic *can* be ortogonal. However, currently it isn't, as you well know. Well,

RE: Why top level is good for you [was Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project]

2003-09-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Jochen, With respect to your comments regarding Community, many of us have never worked on a code project with one of the other folks here, but we are all part of a Community; the Apache Community. I have more in common with some of the HTTPd developers than with many other Jakarta contributors

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Henri Yandell wrote: Do you think that the quietness of [EMAIL PROTECTED] is due to the TLP expansion? No, I think its due to the fact that Jakarta is (IMHO) a group of communities that often have overlapping memberships, not a community itself. The TLP migration didn't

Re: [PROPOSAL] PMC Vote to incubate Directory Project

2003-09-19 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Craig R. McClanahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you think that the quietness of [EMAIL PROTECTED] is due to the TLP expansion? No, I think its due to the fact that Jakarta is (IMHO) a group of communities that often have overlapping memberships, not

RSS and Apache NEWS (Re: Why top level is good for you)

2003-09-19 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:23:00 -0400 Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For example, what if we had an RSS aggregator and RSS feeds from different projects? Or what if we had a portal site where people could customize their view? Strongly agree. This is what I wanted to talk @

RE: RSS and Apache NEWS (Re: Why top level is good for you)

2003-09-19 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote For example, what if we had an RSS aggregator and RSS feeds from different projects? Or what if we had a portal site where people could customize their view? Strongly agree. This is what I wanted to talk @ infrastructure mailing list. cf.

Re: RSS and Apache NEWS (Re: Why top level is good for you)

2003-09-19 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:34:49 -0400 Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cf. http://nagoya.apache.org/poi/news/ POI News page is hit roughly a dozen times an hour, which is actually far more often than I would have imagined. I haven't looked to see how many of those hits are from