Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-07 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Ted Husted wrote: At this point, I'm reconciled to do more work on the Jakata site using XML in the old-fashioned way. I can't resonate more with your feelings. That's exactly what made me started the 'forrest' effort: the coherence on xml.apache.org and the ease of update has been slowly

RE: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-07 Thread Paulo Gaspar
As a newbie (only 1.5 years around) I found the small bio posted by Stefano on the Cocoon-dev list very interesting and instructive. This post was triggered by curiosity and know-your-community concerns that popped up in a couple of Cocoon-dev threads less than 2 months ago. IMO, the fact that

RE: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-06 Thread Paulo Gaspar
Here we go again, -Original Message- From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 4:45 AM Playing Devil's advocate. I think it's fair to push back on adding things to Jakarta... On 1/5/02 9:53 PM, Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-06 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/6/02 12:18 PM, Paulo Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here we go again, Alas. -Original Message- From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 4:45 AM Playing Devil's advocate. I think it's fair to push back on adding things to

RE: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-06 Thread Paulo Gaspar
Again... -Original Message- From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 6:14 PM On 1/6/02 12:11 PM, Paulo Gaspar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Lots of is it server or is it client talk ... I just mean that sometimes saying that something is

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-06 Thread Peter Donald
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 04:14, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: BTW, do you know they use Velocity for something??? Who, POI? Cocoon have a VelocityGenerator (the first stage in their XML transformation pipeline). -- Cheers, Pete -- you've made a

RE: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment]POI@apache]

2002-01-06 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Answer inline -Original Message- From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 3:53 AM ... I can not express this POV better than Linus did in posts reported by this article: http://kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=398 Any corporation

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Sam Ruby
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: In my mind, all this long trail of thoughs yields the following equation: metacommunity size * community coherence * individual freedom = constant in result, if we unify the two projects, we double the size of the metacommunity and we must pay the price of

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Micael Padraig Og mac Grene
At 10:40 AM 1/5/02 -0500, you wrote: I would also like to personally commend Jon with his efforts to better document Jakarta. He has put a lot into the Web site (probably 90%), and we all owe him a great debt. -Ted. Despite Jon's candid remarks, as you put it, Ted, I too would like him to

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Chris Duprat
Hello, Each structure has a cost depending on his level of organization. I think there is today to many project in the jakarta and the xml project. I feel confuse about finding the right information at the right place. And I think it's high time to merge xml and jakarta. The way java is

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 15:31 05.01.2002 +0100, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: [Snip] In my mind, all this long trail of thoughs yields the following equation: metacommunity size * community coherence * individual freedom = constant This equation is misleading. Coherence and individual freedom are not inversely

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Chris, I think you are confusing project categorization with project community. These things are very much unrelated. Regards, Ceki At 23:44 05.01.2002 +0100, you wrote: Hello, Each structure has a cost depending on his level of organization. I think there is today to many project in the

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Sam Ruby
Ceki Gülcü wrote: IMHO, XML does not and will never have a community as long as two of its most important projects directly compete with each other. The success of one is related with the failure of the other. XML Community? Won't happen in a million years. How the did Crimson become an

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @ apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 18:02 05.01.2002 -0500, you wrote: Ceki Gülcü wrote: IMHO, XML does not and will never have a community as long as two of its most important projects directly compete with each other. The success of one is related with the failure of the other. XML Community? Won't happen in a million

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 1/5/02 3:02 PM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look closely, Xerces 2 is the designated successor to *both* Xerces 1 and Crimson. The developers *are* working together. I won't pretend that everything is 100% smooth sailing, but significant progress is being made. Yea...just like

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Not that I should have much of a role in this discussion but I'd like to contribute some thoughts stemming from an offline discussion I had. I think this discussion is still missing the point. There are a lot of outsider articles on what is wrong with Apache these days, most of them refer to

RE: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Paulo Gaspar
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache] on 1/5/02 3:02 PM, Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look closely, Xerces 2 is the designated successor to *both* Xerces

RE: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Paulo Gaspar
[was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache] Not that I should have much of a role in this discussion but I'd like to contribute some thoughts stemming from an offline discussion I had. I think this discussion is still missing the point. There are a lot of outsider articles on what is wrong

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Ted Husted
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: It's my understanding that Apache Projects' unity of purpose is to encourage a collaborative, consensus-based development process What does that exactly mean? Perhaps Stefano's original preamble said it best http://java.apache.org/main/constitution.html

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI@apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
On 1/5/02 7:28 PM, Ted Husted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not trying to be combative - I have watched this thread (and participated) with growing discomfort. I have to say that I think that bringing XML and Jakarta together might destroy the thing we are supposedly trying to 'save' (again, I

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/5/02 9:53 PM, Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/5/02 7:28 PM, Ted Husted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not trying to be combative - I have watched this thread (and participated) with growing discomfort. I have to say that I think that bringing XML and Jakarta together

Re: On unity and coherence [was Re: [Request For Comment] POI @apache]

2002-01-05 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
Playing Devil's advocate. I think it's fair to push back on adding things to Jakarta... On 1/5/02 9:53 PM, Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please read these posts and then tell me where you're not clear? http://www.mail-archive.com/general%40jakarta.apache.org/msg02681.html