Re: mailing lists for components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-05 Thread Felipe Leme
Martin Cooper wrote: +1 to just one dev and one user list, shared for all components, a la Jakarta Commons. Me too... - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: new components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-03 Thread Phil Steitz
robert burrell donkin wrote: Agreed. After a little more discussion, we should rewrite this. +1 anyone feel like jumping volunteering to come up with a draft? Working on this now... Phil - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [

Re: new components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-03 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 12:27 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > Martin Cooper wrote: > > On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Interpreted literally, 17 goes against standard practice in jakarta (or >

Re: mailing lists for components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-03 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Sat, 2005-07-02 at 14:33 -0400, Martin Cooper wrote: > On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > > > 4.1 in the guidelines repeats the error that I thought was fixed in the > > > j-c guidelines saying that each p

Re: new components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-02 Thread Phil Steitz
Martin Cooper wrote: On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: Interpreted literally, 17 goes against standard practice in jakarta (or apache, to my knowledge, other than in the incubator). I would recommend that new

Re: new components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-02 Thread Martin Cooper
On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > > > Interpreted literally, 17 goes against standard practice in jakarta (or > > apache, to my knowledge, other than in the incubator). I would > > recommend that new packag

Re: mailing lists for components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-02 Thread Martin Cooper
On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > 4.1 in the guidelines repeats the error that I thought was fixed in the > > j-c guidelines saying that each package has its own mailing list. If > > that is intentional, I th

Re: [POLL] drop point 12 [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-02 Thread Martin Cooper
On 6/25/05, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > robert burrell donkin wrote: > > this has proved impractical in the jakarta commons. i propose we drop > > point 12. > > "12. The subproject will also provide a single JAR of all stable package > releases. It may also provide a second JAR

Re: sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-07-02 Thread Martin Cooper
On 6/25/05, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rahul Akolkar wrote: > >>is boils down to the question: does this subproject need it's own > >>sandbox or will neophyte components start in the jakarta commons > >>sandbox? > > > > +1 for sandbox (non-binding) > > > > Its slightly hard to

Re: configuration files [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-25 Thread Phil Steitz
Stephen Colebourne wrote: robert burrell donkin wrote: On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: 9 or somewhere else should speak to J2EE or other external config requirments, which should be fine, even encouraged in some cases is 9 needed? are any configuration guidelines nee

Re: configuration files [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-25 Thread Stephen Colebourne
robert burrell donkin wrote: On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: 9 or somewhere else should speak to J2EE or other external config requirments, which should be fine, even encouraged in some cases is 9 needed? are any configuration guidelines needed? if they are then i agre

Re: [POLL] drop point 12 [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-25 Thread Stephen Colebourne
robert burrell donkin wrote: this has proved impractical in the jakarta commons. i propose we drop point 12. "12. The subproject will also provide a single JAR of all stable package releases. It may also provide a second JAR with a subset of only JDK 1.1 compatible releases. A gump of nightly

Re: sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-25 Thread Stephen Colebourne
Rahul Akolkar wrote: is boils down to the question: does this subproject need it's own sandbox or will neophyte components start in the jakarta commons sandbox? +1 for sandbox (non-binding) Its slightly hard to imagine anything otherwise, but maybe I'm just used to seeing how commons and tagli

Re: sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-24 Thread Oliver Zeigermann
I would love to see a very light weight WebDAV servlet which could be taken from Tomcat. Oliver On 6/24/05, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just looking within Jakarta, the following all jump out as initial code: > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/commons/sandbox/servlet/

Re: [POLL] drop point 12 [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Phil Steitz
Frank W. Zammetti wrote: I'm not sure I understand #12... is it talking about providing a JAR of a release for archival purposes? I think that in the early (actually as recently as a year or so ago) days of Jakarta Commons, a "combo jar" was produced that included *all* of the commons compone

Re: sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Phil Steitz
Frank W. Zammetti wrote: In reading through this all, I have a concern that it will be difficult for any outside code to come in. Indeed it has proven difficult for many people I have spoken to to get code into any Commons project (although I myself had some things accepted, so clearly it is n

Re: sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Henri Yandell
Just looking within Jakarta, the following all jump out as initial code: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/commons/sandbox/servlet/ has a couple of classes (as you know :) ). Taglibs of course, I estimate half a dozen to ten taglibs. Commons FileUploa. Commons Http (http://svn.apache

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-23 Thread Henri Yandell
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Stephen Colebourne wrote: robert burrell donkin wrote: there have been a number of long running threads in the commons discussing the possibility of commons components for use in web applications. the consensus emerged that it would be best if a new subproject with a stru

Re: sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Rahul Akolkar
On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > > > I guess 18 refers to the sandbox? I do not understand what the intent > > of this is. > > is boils down to the question: does this subproject need it's own > sandbox o

Re: [POLL] drop point 12 [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Rahul Akolkar
On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > > > Don't know what kind of goo 12 would result in or who would use such a > > thing ;-) > > this has proved impractical in the jakarta commons. i propose we drop > point 1

Re: mailing lists for components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Rahul Akolkar
On 6/23/05, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > 4.1 in the guidelines repeats the error that I thought was fixed in the > > j-c guidelines saying that each package has its own mailing list. If > > that is intentional, I th

Re: [POLL] drop point 12 [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
I'm not sure I understand #12... is it talking about providing a JAR of a release for archival purposes? I would like to see this project adopt the packaging scheme my own Java Web Parts project has in that each actual Java package is JAR'd separately. That way a developer can easily pick and ch

Re: [POLL] drop point 12 [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
I'm not sure I understand #12... is it talking about providing a JAR of a release for archival purposes? I would like to see this project adopt the packaging scheme my own Java Web Parts project has in that each actual Java package is JAR'd separately. That way a developer can easily pick and

Re: sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
In reading through this all, I have a concern that it will be difficult for any outside code to come in. Indeed it has proven difficult for many people I have spoken to to get code into any Commons project (although I myself had some things accepted, so clearly it is not impossible). What is

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-23 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > One final thing to think about. I know lots of apache people are > opposed to "umbrella projects" for lots of reasons, one of which is the > fragmentation and abandonment that can result. We have certainly not > been immune to that in

sandbox [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > I guess 18 refers to the sandbox? I do not understand what the intent > of this is. is boils down to the question: does this subproject need it's own sandbox or will neophyte components start in the jakarta commons sandbox? - robert

new components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > Interpreted literally, 17 goes against standard practice in jakarta (or > apache, to my knowledge, other than in the incubator). I would > recommend that new packages require existing committers to support them. > I would at least recom

[POLL] drop point 12 [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > Don't know what kind of goo 12 would result in or who would use such a > thing ;-) this has proved impractical in the jakarta commons. i propose we drop point 12. - robert --8<---

configuration files [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > 9 or somewhere else should speak to J2EE or other external config > requirments, which should be fine, even encouraged in some cases is 9 needed? are any configuration guidelines needed? if they are then i agree that they should encourage

mailing lists for components [WAS Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications]

2005-06-23 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > 4.1 in the guidelines repeats the error that I thought was fixed in the > j-c guidelines saying that each package has its own mailing list. If > that is intentional, I think that is a *bad* idea, especially to start. it was intentional in

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-23 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > Here are some comments on the draft charter. > > It is nice to see so much borrowed from the (at least I think) > successful j-c model ;-) everything borrowed, in fact. not that it'll stay that way for long... > > A couple of things s

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:40 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > Stephen Colebourne wrote: > > robert burrell donkin wrote: > > > >> there have been a number of long running threads in the commons > >> discussing the possibility of commons components for use in web > >> applications. the consensus emerged

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-22 Thread Phil Steitz
Stephen Colebourne wrote: robert burrell donkin wrote: there have been a number of long running threads in the commons discussing the possibility of commons components for use in web applications. the consensus emerged that it would be best if a new subproject with a structure similar to the co

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 16:53 -0400, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > I'll step back and let you guys get it off the ground then... no one's asking you to step back :) the reason why this discussion was moved to this forum was to encourage people to get involved with the discussion and help to shape the

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-22 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
I'll step back and let you guys get it off the ground then... However, the one point that I believe to be very relevant at this junction, in light of what Robert has said about a name being required up-front, is that I may not be willing to give up the Java Web Parts name. Since that was one

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-22 Thread Martin Cooper
Can we please separate the two different topics being discussed here? The original purpose of this discussion was to see if there is general concensus that a Webapp Commons (or whatever name we end up with) is a good idea. If we think it is, then we need to develop a charter, come up with a na

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-22 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
robert burrell donkin wrote: that's understandable but is likely to cause wrinkles in the approval process. a subproject needs a name and a charter before it can be approved. no guarantees could be offered since accepting new committers is something that sould be delegated to the new community.

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 15:34 -0400, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > robert burrell donkin wrote: > > web parts is a good name. > > I thought so... that's why I chose it ;) > > > trademarks are of particular importance for > > the ASF but it's also important to do the right thing ethically. i > > wou

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-19 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
First of all, happy Father's Day to all my fellow male parental units out there... hope you got to sleep in... I didn't :( robert burrell donkin wrote: web parts is a good name. I thought so... that's why I chose it ;) > trademarks are of particular importance for the ASF but it's also impo

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-19 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 19:38 -0400, Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > Java Web Parts is the name of the SF project I began that is exactly > what is being described here. Not that I have a trademark on it or > anything, and besides, I don't have enough lawyers to trademark common > words, like oh, I d

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-17 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
Java Web Parts is the name of the SF project I began that is exactly what is being described here. Not that I have a trademark on it or anything, and besides, I don't have enough lawyers to trademark common words, like oh, I don't know, Windows?!? :) Incidentally, I was one of the people invo

Re: [PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-17 Thread Stephen Colebourne
robert burrell donkin wrote: there have been a number of long running threads in the commons discussing the possibility of commons components for use in web applications. the consensus emerged that it would be best if a new subproject with a structure similar to the commons was created for compon

[PROPOSAL] subproject that's a home for bricks reusable in java web applications

2005-06-16 Thread robert burrell donkin
there have been a number of long running threads in the commons discussing the possibility of commons components for use in web applications. the consensus emerged that it would be best if a new subproject with a structure similar to the commons was created for components intended for use in web ap