On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Bernd Fondermann <bernd.fonderm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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?
perhaps i still hope a few more developers will jump into this discussion thread... - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org
