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svn commit: r613516 - /httpcomponents/project/src/site/apt/charter.apt
Author: rolandw
Date: Sat Jan 19 23:48:59 2008
New Revision: 613516
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=613516&view=rev
Log:
new draft charter, plus history and TLP resolution
Modified:
httpcomponents/project/src/site/apt/charter.apt
Modified: httpcomponents/project/src/site/apt/charter.apt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpcomponents/project/src/site/apt/charter.apt?rev=613516&r1=613515&r2=613516&view=diff
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--- httpcomponents/project/src/site/apt/charter.apt (original)
+++ httpcomponents/project/src/site/apt/charter.apt Sat Jan 19 23:48:59 2008
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-Project Charter
+Charter (Draft $Revision$)
-* Project scope
+ The Apache HttpComponents project is responsible for creating and
+ maintaining a toolset of low level Java components focused on HTTP
+ and associated protocols.
+
+ We develop and maintain a component called <<HttpCore>>, which addresses
+ the basic needs for communicating via HTTP on the client and server side.
+ HttpCore defines a framework for extending the provided functionality
+ beyond the basic needs.
+
+ We develop and maintain a component called <<HttpClient>>, which builds
+ on HttpCore and adds functionality typically required for client-side
+ HTTP communication. In particular, HttpClient adds support for cookies,
+ authentication, and client-side connection management.
+
+ <<HttpCore>> and <<HttpClient>> are at the center of the
+ Apache HttpComponents project. All other activities orbit around this duo.
+
+ We maintain the codebase of the Jakarta Commons HttpClient, also known as
+ Commons HttpClient 3.1, until such time that the new HttpClient based on
+ HttpCore is considered ready for use in production systems.
+
+ We are looking for new components that build upon and extend the
+ functionality of the existing ones.
+ We are also looking for new components that complement the
+ functionality of the existing ones and make them more useful
+ or easier to use.
+
+ We are open to give a home to applications that derive a significant part
+ of their functionality from our components, if approached by such projects.
+
+
+
+History
+
+ The history of the HttpComponents starts with the now retired
+ {{{http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/}Jakarta Slide}} project.
+ Slide was a WebDAV server including a client component, and the
+ WebDAV protocol builds on HTTP. There was interest in using the
+ client-side HTTP implementation independently of Slide.
+ The code was spun off from Slide in 2001 to become the HttpClient
+ subproject of the Jakarta Commons.
+
+ Since it generated a disproportional amount of traffic on the
+ Commons mailing lists, HttpClient activity was moved to separate
+ mailing lists. This started the dissociation of HttpClient from
+ Commons.
+ The shortcomings in the design of HttpClient, as explained in the
+ {{{./commons-httpclient-lessons.html}Lessons Learned}},
+ created interest in redesigning the API from scratch.
+ To that end, the Jakarta HttpComponents project was created in 2005.
+ The tasks of the new project were to develop a successor for
+ HttpClient 3.x and to maintain the existing codebase until the
+ new one is ready to take over.
+
+ The {{{http://commons.apache.org/}Commons}}, cradle of HttpClient,
+ left Jakarta in 2007 to become an independent Top Level Project.
+ Later in the same year, the HttpComponents project also left Jakarta
+ to become an independent Top Level Project, taking the responsibility
+ for maintaining HttpClient 3.x with it.
+ The TLP resolution is presented below.
+
+
+Resolution
+
+ The Apache HttpComponents project was established
+ as an Apache top level project in November 2007,
+ when the Apache Board approved the following resolution:
+
+~~ The following is a verbatim copy of the TLP resolution.
+~~ DO NOT EDIT, not even to fix typos
+------------------------------
+Establish the Apache HttpComponents project
+
+WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and
+consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with
+the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to a toolset of low level Java
+components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and of applications based on these components,
+for distribution at no charge to the public.
+
+NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as "Apache
+HttpComponents Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be
+it further
+
+RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and
+maintenance of a toolset of low level Java components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and
+of applications based on these components; and be it further
+
+RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache HttpComponents" be and hereby is created, the
+person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the
+Apache HttpComponents Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects
+within the scope of responsibility of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further
+
+RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the
+initial members of the Apache HttpComponents Project:
+
+ * Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk AT apache DOT org>
+ * Sebastian Bazley <sebb AT apache DOT org>
+ * Erik Abele <erikabele AT apache DOT org>
+ * Ortwin Glück <oglueck AT apache DOT org>
+ * Roland Weber <rolandw AT apache DOT org>
+ * Ant Elder <antelder AT apache DOT org>
+ * Paul Fremantle <pzf AT apache DOT org>
+ * Asankha Perera <asankha AT apache DOT org>
+
+NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Erik Abele be appointed to the office of Vice
+President, Apache HttpComponents, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the
+Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or
+disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further
+
+RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and
+rationalization of the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject; and be it further
+
+RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and
+maintenance of the codebase formerly known as Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient until it is
+obsoleted by the components of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further
+
+RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject and
+the former Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient codebase encumbered upon the Apache Jakarta Project are
+hereafter discharged.
+------------------------------
- * Apache HttpComponents is responsible for the creation and maintenance of a toolset of low
- level Java components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and of applications based on
- these components
-
- * Apache HttpComponents continues the development of Apache HttpClient (formerly Jakarta Commons
- HttpClient) based on the toolset of HTTP components. This tool focuses on the client side of
- HTTP.
-
- * Apache HttpComponents is additionally charged with the maintenance of the existing Jakarta
- Commons HttpClient component.
-
- * Apache HttpComponents collaborates with other projects to develop specialized HTTP services
- for production use based on the toolset of HTTP components.
-
-* Targeted specifications and standards
-
- * RFC1945 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
-
- * RFC2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
-
- * RFC2617 HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
-
- * RFC2109 HTTP State Management Mechanism -- Cookies
-
- * RFC2965 HTTP State Management Mechanism -- Cookie2
-
- * A standard for robot exclusion <http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/norobots-rfc.html> - robots.txt parser
-
-* Initial set of committers
-
- PMC Chair
-
- * Erik Abele
-
- []
-
- PMC
-
- * Sebastian Bazley
-
- * Ortwin Glueck
-
- * Roland Weber
-
- * Ant Elder
-
- * Paul Fremantle
-
- * Asankha Perera
-
- * Oleg Kalnichevski