Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-01 Thread Stefan Hepper
here my response to Endre's mail (http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200801.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED]): about Pluto V 1.x: Due to the JCP process guidelines at that time you could not have early public drafts and thus you are correct that the RI got to Apache very late. Ho

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-01 Thread Paul Fremantle
Stefan Thank you for you insights and response. Maybe the interesting question is whether you think - based on your experience - if is is really appropriate to try to create a JCP RI as an Apache incubator project? Paul On Feb 1, 2008 11:11 AM, Stefan Hepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > here my

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-01 Thread Endre Stølsvik
Stefan Hepper wrote: It is not true that after the JSR was final everything stopped. In fact once we had finished 1.0 there was still work done to get to a more stable 1.0.1 release. After that the pluto community re-structed the code which led to the pluto 1.1 stream, so you can see that it w

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-02 Thread Leo Simons
On Feb 1, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Endre Stølsvik wrote: this isn't exactly some court Exactly. Now, if I look through http://apache.markmail.org/search/?q=pluto#query:pluto+page:1 +state:facets pluto does not seem a problematic "code dump" project, and it also definitely isn't a "single deve

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-02 Thread Luciano Resende
On Feb 2, 2008 6:08 AM, Leo Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, much more importantly, proposals should be evaluated on > their own merits, not based on what happened to some other unrelated > project 4 years ago. > +1 -- Luciano Resende Apache Tuscany Committer http://people.apache.or

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-02 Thread Endre Stølsvik
Leo Simons wrote: Sure, activity is not that high, and there's not a *huge* developer community, but there does not really seem to be any problem, either. Apache doesn't require projects to be huge successes (by whatever metric) as long as they're healthy and self-sustaining. This was not h

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-02 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Feb 1, 2008 12:59 PM, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...Maybe the interesting question is whether you think - based on your > experience - if is is really appropriate to try to create a JCP RI as > an Apache incubator project?... IMHO, Jackrabbit is a successful example of such an

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-02 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Feb 2, 2008 10:24 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 1, 2008 12:59 PM, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...Maybe the interesting question is whether you think - based on your > > experience - if is is really appropriate to try to create a JCP RI as > >

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-02 Thread Bill Stoddard
Endre Stølsvik wrote: Leo Simons wrote: Sure, activity is not that high, and there's not a *huge* developer community, but there does not really seem to be any problem, either. Apache doesn't require projects to be huge successes (by whatever metric) as long as they're healthy and self-sustai

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-02 Thread Endre Stølsvik
Bill Stoddard wrote: Endre Stølsvik wrote: Leo Simons wrote: Sure, activity is not that high, and there's not a *huge* developer community, but there does not really seem to be any problem, either. Apache doesn't require projects to be huge successes (by whatever metric) as long as they're h

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-03 Thread Roland Weber
Bill Stoddard wrote: > Disclosure... I work for IBM. So do I. > IBM'ers participate on projects as individuals and it's the actions of > individuals that should be judged. I think that is a bit oversimplified. IBM has strict rules about open source participation. It is either "on private time",

RE: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-03 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> But it is not individuals that propose this particular project, as I > understand it: it is IBM and BEA. And it was IBM that, in my view, > dumped the JSR 168 RI and then fled - not any individuals as such. And IBM is also a significant force behind Tuscany, and have definitely not fled. The

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-04 Thread Stefan Hepper
I don't group all IBM'ers, really - I actually believe IBM'ers do tons of good in many open source projects. Also I think IBM itself is a somewhat good open source citizen in several regards. But it is not individuals that propose this particular project, as I understand it: it is IBM and BEA.

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-04 Thread Paul Fremantle
Stefan Thanks for the clearly thought out answer. Paul On Feb 4, 2008 5:55 AM, Stefan Hepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > I still think it is of value doing RIs at Apache, because it makes the > standard that is implemented more open and easier to consume. > > I also think that the new J

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-04 Thread Stefan Hepper
Paul, I still think it is of value doing RIs at Apache, because it makes the standard that is implemented more open and easier to consume. I also think that the new JCP process allows to do it more inline with Apache rules, however it still requires some special treatment (and some additional pat

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-04 Thread Santiago Gala
On Feb 4, 2008 7:24 AM, Stefan Hepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't group all IBM'ers, really - I actually believe IBM'ers do tons > > of good in many open source projects. Also I think IBM itself is a > > somewhat good open source citizen in several regards. > > > > But it is not individu

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-04 Thread Santiago Gala
On Feb 4, 2008 4:54 PM, William A. Rowe, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roland Weber wrote: > > I think that is a bit oversimplified. IBM has strict rules about > > open source participation. It is either "on private time", such > > as my involvement at Apache. Then the person is acting as an > >

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-04 Thread Bill Stoddard
William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: Roland Weber wrote: I think that is a bit oversimplified. IBM has strict rules about open source participation. It is either "on private time", such as my involvement at Apache. Then the person is acting as an individual. Or it is "on company time". Then the person is

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-04 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Roland Weber wrote: I think that is a bit oversimplified. IBM has strict rules about open source participation. It is either "on private time", such as my involvement at Apache. Then the person is acting as an individual. Or it is "on company time". Then the person is doing what he or she is paid

Re: [Proposal] NoNameYet - Pluto

2008-02-06 Thread Roland Weber
William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > > Perhaps we should force all initial committers to divulge if they > are strictly involved in the effort as a work assignment, or if they > have a broader interest in the new podling? +1 > That said, we never "judge" people per-say [...] I know. Just couldn't resi