Re: Two-phased code donation proposal

[Emmanuel Lécharny <el...@gmail.com>]

That is a sane sugestion. +1


Le 01/03/2017 à 00:20, Geertjan Wielenga a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to propose a two-phased code donation -- the first for all the
> parts necessary for building a Java SE distribution of NetBeans IDE and the
> second for all the other parts.
>
> I.e., the first code donation would be 5a-d in the link below and the
> second code donation would be 5e-f in the link below.
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+Transition
>
> The reasons for this is that the auditing process we're going through,
> i.e., auditing the NetBeans sources and meeting and discussing these within
> Oracle is taking up time.
>
> Therefore, by having a first donation done, while continuing with the
> auditing process on the sources for the second donation, enables us to:
>
> - show progress, i.e., we'll have code in Apache, enough to put together
> NetBeans for Java SE development.
>
> - produce a first release of NetBeans in the Apache incubator, which is
> what we need to do before being able to become a top level Apache project
>
> - be able to work on the Apache licensing checks on a significant part of
> the code, while the second part is being audited in Oracle
>
> - potentially, if the auditing for the second code donation takes too long,
> have at least enough to produce a NetBeans 9 for Java SE, though we don't
> expect the second code donation to take too long.
>
> The status right now is that we anticipate that the basic Java SE IDE
> functionality (i.e., 5d) would be audited by March 3rd. At that point, once
> having processed the comments, the code for the first donation should be
> ready.
>
> There'll be things to work through re syncing between the code at Apache
> and the code still at Oracle, though at least we will be able to gain from
> the four benefits listed above.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gj
>

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