On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote:
<snip> > Folks, > > The question is whether you want to encourage mime4j to evolve into a > separate project with a community of its own or want to keep it closely > aligned with James. A separate dev list certainly will not help with the > latter. james is a big project covering a lot of different topics. it's rare for any developer to be actively interested in every area. the server provides a focus for James by drawing together all the products developed. this focus creates a core community for the project. as products are factored out, they start to attract use cases beyond the core server. this helps to improve the quality of the library. the james server-dev list is high volume. this creates a barrier to entry for those who are interested in developing these new use cases. so IMHO as interest develops in the libraries, it's healthy to encourage them to develop their own communities safe in the knowledge that there will still be considerable intersection. it's hard to predict how active and popular FOSS projects will become and - of course - one does not necessarily imply the other. i'm happy to see a healthy community developing for mime4j and think the time is right to allow it a little more space. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org
