FYI: The JBoss Seam3 team, Apache MyFaces CODI, CDISource and others are joining forces!
... and will create the Apache DeltaSpike project, a conjointly CDI-Extensions project which will rock the EE world. Feel free to discuss and help out over at [email protected]. LieGrue, strub ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: Mark Struberg <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:40 AM > Subject: [PROPOSAL] Apache DeltaSpike - CDI-Extensions project > > Hi! > > JBoss, The Apache MyFaces CODI team and CDISource would like to propose the > Apache DeltaSpike project to the Incubator. > > We have added the initial proposal to the Wiki[1] and its content is also > included > below for convenience. > There are already a few people who expressed interest in contributing > additional > CDI Extensions and would like to join this effort. Of course, we are thankful > for every helping hand! > > > We are looking forward to feedback and/or questions on the proposal. > > We already have five mentors, but would very much welcome > additional volunteers to help steer Apache DeltaSpike through the incubation > process. > > > LieGrue, > strub > > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/DeltaSpikeProposal > > > > Apache DeltaSpike Proposal > ====================== > > > > Abstract > ------------ > > Apache DeltaSpike is a collection of JSR-299 (CDI) Extensions for building > applications on the Java SE and EE platforms. > > Proposal > ------------ > > Apache DeltaSpike will consist of a number of portable CDI extensions > that provide > useful features for Java application developers. The goal of Apache > DeltaSpike > is to create a de-facto standard of extensions that is developed and > maintained by the Java community, and to act as an incubator for > features that may eventually become part of the various Java SE and > EE-related specifications. > > Background > ------------ > > One of the > most exciting inclusions of the Java EE6 specification is JSR-299, > Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) for Java. CDI builds on other > Java EE specifications by defining a contextual component model and > typesafe dependency injection framework for managed beans. It also > defines a SPI that allows developers to write portable “extensions” that can > be > used to modify the behaviour of the Java EE platform, by > offering additional features not provided by the platform by default. > Apache DeltaSpike builds on this portable extensions SPI by providing > baseline utilities and CDI Extensions which form the base of almost all > CDI applications. > > Rationale > ------------ > > There presently exists a number of open source projects that > provide extensions for CDI, such as Apache MyFaces CODI, JBoss Seam3 > and CDISource. Apache DeltaSpike seeks to unify these efforts by > creating an > “industry standard” set of extensions, combining the best core features of > these projects. The > project also aims to provide a rich, JBoss Arquillian based (license: > ALv2), test environment to ensure that DeltaSpike portably runs in all > important > CDI environments. > > Initial Goals > ------------ > > The initial goals of the Apache DeltaSpike project are to: > * Setup the governance structure of the project > * Receive code donations from contributing members > * Ensure all donated code is appropriately licensed under the Apache > License > > * Merge and rename code to reflect new project name > * Merge code where feature overlap exists > * Merge or produce documentation for all modules > * Provide simple examples demonstrating feature usage > * Produce release/s based on a schedule created by the PMC > * Attract contributions from the greater Java EE community and other Java > EE > development groups > > Current Status > ------------ > > The initial codebase for Apache DeltaSpike will be populated with > mature code > donations from project members, including JBoss Seam3, Apache MyFaces CODI > and > CDISource. > > Meritocracy > ------------ > > All > contributors have a well established history in the open source > community and are well aware of the meritocracy principles of the Apache > Software Foundation. > Currently the Seam3 project is fortunate to receive the majority of its code > contributions from its large community of users. Many of the modules > that are contained in the Seam project are led by volunteers from the > community, who have both direct commit access, and discretion over the > direction of their modules. > Apache MyFaces CODI is a subproject of Apache MyFaces and thus > all contributors > are already familiar with the meritocracy principles. > The CDISource project has adopted the principles of meritocracy by the > founding developers having control of different modules depending on > their contribution to those modules. > > Community > ------------ > > The JBoss Seam, Apache MyFaces CODI and CDISource projects already > have well > established communities, consisting of many active users > and contributors. One > of the primary > goals of the Apache DeltaSpike project is to unify this community, and by > creating a project that is a “single source of truth” for CDI > Extensions. By > doing this, we hope > to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts, i.e. to > attract a much stronger community than that which currently exists > across the separate projects. To this end, it is a goal of this > project to attract contributors from the Java EE community in addition > to those from the three projects already mentioned. > > Core Developers > ------------ > * Shane Bryzak (Red Hat) > * Jason Porter (Red Hat) > * Stuart Douglas (Red Hat) > * Jozef Hartinger (Red Hat) > * Brian Leathem (Red Hat) > * Ken Finnigan (Red Hat) > * Marius Bogoevici (Red Hat) > * Pete Muir (Red Hat) > * George Gastaldi (Independent contributor) > * John Ament (Independent contributor) > * Cody Lerum (Independent contributor) > * Antoine Sabot-Durand (Independent contributor) > * Pete Royle (Independent contributor) > * Mark Struberg (individual, ASF member) > * Gerhard Petracek (individual, ASF member) > * David Blevins (individual, ASF member) > * Matthias Wessendorf (individual, ASF member) > * Jakob Korherr (individual, ASF committer) > * Andy Gibson (Independent contributor) > * Rick Hightower (Independent contributor) > * Rob Williams (Independent contributor) > > Alignment > ------------ > > The Apache DeltaSpike project is intended to be portable, and be > fully compatible with any > compliant Java EE6 container. To promote the adoption of this project, we > believe that it is important that it remains free from corporate > association and is perceived by the community to be vendor neutral. To this > end, the Apache Software Foundation with its values of > transparency and community makes it an excellent fit for this project, > not to mention that one of the contributing members (Apache MyFaces CODI) is > already an Apache project. > > Known Risks > ------------ > > While many of the contributors to the Apache DeltaSpike project > are volunteers, the initial effort of setting up the project > and driving ongoing releases may fall to corporate-sponsored members. > It is recognized that there may be a slight risk based on the > dependence of salaried contributors, however it can safely be said that most > if > not all of these contributors began as community volunteers > that recognized the merit of the project and began contributing as a > result of their own passion. > Documentation > ------------ > > Documentation for the existing projects can be found as follows: > * JBoss Seam - http://docs.jboss.org/seam/3/latest/reference/en-US/html/ > * Apache MyFaces CODI - > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EXTCDI/Documentation > * CDISource - http://cdisource.org/site/ > Documentation for the Apache DeltaSpike project would be created by > combining > and editing material from the > above sources, in addition to the writing of new material where > required. > > Initial Source > ------------ > > Source code contributions for the Apache DeltaSpike project would be made > from its member projects, and the initial goal would be to provide a common > core extension which contains a number of features considered essential for > building other extensions. Tests for this common core will be > developed using the Arquillian integration testing framework, allowing > the extension to be automatically tested extensively across various CDI > implementations and EE servers in the interest of providing a stable > foundation for building other extensions. > The ongoing goal of the project will be to gradually incorporate > additional features as determined by the PPMC, extending on the > foundation features provided by the common core. > > Source and IP Submission Plan > ------------ > > The following resources will be moved to Apache infrastructure under the > Apache > DeltaSpike project name: > * Core JBoss Seam 3 codebase. Seam 3 is already licensed under the > Apache > License V2. > * Seam Core Reference Documentation > * Apache MyFaces CODI codebase > * Apache MyFaces CODI documentation > * CDISource codebase under the Apache License V2 > The existing Seam, MyFaces CODI and CDISource trademarks will be retained by > their respective owners. > > External Dependencies > ------------ > > The following external dependencies have been identified: > * Apache Maven - Java based build tool - Apache License 2.0, > (non-runtime) > * Arquillian - Java EE integration testing framework - Apache License > 2.0, > (non-runtime) > * Shrinkwrap - Java deployment packaging - Apache License 2.0 > (non-runtime) > * various Java EE API packages - all Apache License 2.0 (non-runtime) > > > > Required Resources > ---------------------- > > > Mailing Lists > ------------ > > * [email protected] > * [email protected] > * [email protected] > * [email protected] > > Version Control > ------------ > > It is proposed that the source code for the Apache DeltaSpike project > be hosted in the Apache Git repository, under the following directory: > * incubator/deltaspike/ > > Issue Tracking > ------------ > > The following JIRA project would be required to track issues for the Apache > DeltaSpike project: > * DELTASPIKE > > Initial Committers > ------------ > > * Shane Bryzak (sbryzak at gmail.com) > * Jason Porter (lightguard.jp at gmail.com) > * Stuart Douglas (stuart.w.douglas at gmail.com) > * Jozef Hartinger (jozefhartinger at gmail.com) > * Brian Leathem (bleathem at gmail.com) > * Ken Finnigan (ken at kenfinnigan.me) > * Marius Bogoevici (mariusb at redhat.com) > * George Gastaldi (gegastaldi at gmail.com) > * John Ament (john.d.ament at gmail.com) > * Cody Lerum (cody.lerum at clearfly.net) > * Antoine Sabot-Durand (antoine at sabot-durand.net) > * Pete Royle (pete at screamingcoder.com) > * Pete Muir (pmuir at redhat.com) > * Mark Struberg (struberg at apache dot org) > * Gerhard Petracek (gpetracek at apache dot org) > * David Blevins (dblevins at apache dot org) > * Matthias Wessendorf (matzew at apache dot org) > * Jakob Korherr (jakobk at apache dot org) > * Andy Gibson (contact at andygibson.net) > * Rick Hightower (richardhightower at gmail.com) > > Affiliations > ------------ > > The following contributors are full time employees of Red Hat: > * Shane Bryzak > * Jason Porter > * Stuart Douglas > * Jozef Hartinger > * Brian Leathem > * Ken Finnigan > * Marius Bogoevici > * Pete Muir > > Sponsors > ------------ > > Champion > ------------ > > * Mark Struberg > > Nominated Mentors > ------------ > > * Mark Struberg > * Gerhard Petracek > * David Blevins > * Matthias Wessendorf > * Matt Benson > Sponsoring Entity > ------------ > > * Apache MyFaces PMC > > Project Name > ------------ > While DeltaSpike is intended to be used as the project’s code name during the > incubation process, it is intended that we will solicit suggestions > from the greater community for a more suitable name before it becomes a top > level project at Apache. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
