Hi folks, I would like to propose that Velocity step out from the Jakarta umbrella and become a TLP at Apache. Here's why:
Jakarta is being pushed toward a focus on singular components. It is still my opinion that the core of Velocity fits this focus rather well. However, there has been over the years a (slowly) growing community of other Velocity projects. Some of these are very component-ish (like DVSL), but others are not (like VelocityView). So, while it is entirely feasible that Velocity could remain at home in Jakarta, it is not so for much of VelocityTools. Also, there are other Velocity based projects outside of the ASF (such as the Click framework) that are unlikely to be welcome to join the larger Velocity community so long as it is under the Jakarta umbrella and unlikely to want to be there. In light of all this, I feel that Velocity and its larger community will find greater benefit from each other's company and mutual interest than we would as a restricted part of the very disparate and rather segregated Jakarta "community." As a TLP, Velocity should be free to invite other Velocity-based projects to come alongside and continue to develop not-really-component-ish things like the bulk of the VelocityTools project. That said, i'd love to hear what the rest of you think about this. :) Votes and feedback on this proposal are quite welcome from both committers and non-committers! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
