On 2008-12-29, Robert Burrell Donkin <robertburrelldon...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
+1 mime4j more than other products within James has a chance to develop its own life and lifecycle. Let's support this proactively. We should have a formal vote, shouldn't we? Bernd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org
