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Posted to general@commons.apache.org by gs...@apache.org on 2002/11/04 20:24:33 UTC

cvs commit: commons STATUS

gstein      2002/11/04 11:24:33

  Modified:    .        STATUS
  Log:
  forward motion
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.52      +16 -40    commons/STATUS
  
  Index: STATUS
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /home/cvs/commons/STATUS,v
  retrieving revision 1.51
  retrieving revision 1.52
  diff -u -r1.51 -r1.52
  --- STATUS	28 Oct 2002 15:16:45 -0000	1.51
  +++ STATUS	4 Nov 2002 19:24:32 -0000	1.52
  @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
   
   Resolved Issues:
   
  +    o Commons is a parent of reusable code projects. These projects
  +      may be used by other projects of the ASF, but it is not a
  +      requirement.
  +
       o The Commons will be language-agnostic.
   
       o Projects that are "in scope" are defined as:
  @@ -33,6 +37,13 @@
           of last refuge if the component does not match the Apache
           Commons' goals.
   
  +      - Reusable libraries
  +        [ gstein: we should expand this definition for the mission
  +          statement; examples provided were serf and regexp ]
  +
  +      - Components that do not fit cleanly into any other top-level
  +        project, but they do fit the goals of Commons.
  +
       o Voting will follow the "standard Apache voting guidelines"
   
         [ be nice to refer to an Incubator doc here ]
  @@ -98,7 +109,7 @@
       o Style for the mailing lists:
       
         One community mailing list, with specific breakouts:
  -        +1: fitz, jerenkrantz, sanders, 
  +        +1: fitz, jerenkrantz, sanders, coar,
               donaldp (lets start here and evolve)
         +0.5: mas
           -0: aaron (too early)
  @@ -107,11 +118,12 @@
           +1: gstein, scolebourne, acoliver, striker
           -0: aaron (too early), jerenkrantz
         -0.1: mas, sanders (too early for this), donaldp
  +        -1: coar
         
         Per-language mailing lists:
           -0: aaron (too early)
         -0.1: mas
  -        -1: gstein, sanders, fitz, jerenkrantz, striker
  +        -1: gstein, sanders, fitz, jerenkrantz, striker, coar
   
         Per-component mailing lists as a default (breakouts will create
             these as a matter of course, this is about the default)
  @@ -125,6 +137,7 @@
         deal with each of these, in terms of new components and
         how those components will contain code projects. This list
         is only meant to keep record of all the issues:
  +
           - Releasable pieces
           - Release rules
           - Voting scope
  @@ -166,19 +179,6 @@
    and broken; gstein notes that we're refining the board-provided
    charter)
   
  -    o Should it be a parent of reusable code projects used by other
  -      parts of the ASF?
  -      +1: coar, donaldp (if compatible communities), gstein,
  -          striker (but not excluded to), sanders (non-binding), aaron
  -      +0: fitz
  -      -0: jerenkrantz, jim
  -     CLOSE THIS? (as "passed")
  -
  -    o Can it contain components which are NOT used by other ASF
  -      projects?
  -      +1: gstein, mas (non-binding), jerenkrantz, sanders (non-binding)
  -          donaldp, striker, aaron
  -
       o Should commons have an sandbox component to ease infrastructure
         burden on smaller code bases?
         +1: coar, donaldp, jerenkrantz, gstein, sanders (non-binding)
  @@ -196,15 +196,6 @@
           -0: donaldp (prefer a tools PMC for that)
           -1: aaron (too broad, don't belong here)
   
  -      - Reusable libraries?
  -        Hypothetical: serf, regexp
  -        +1: jerenkrantz, gstein, striker, donaldp, fitz,
  -            sanders (non-binding)
  -        -0: aaron (not directly, but +1 for each being part of
  -                   a larger funtional unit)
  -        -1:
  -       CLOSE THIS? (as "passed") (I'd like to see more votes)
  -
         - Development frameworks?
           Hypothetical: avalon
           +1: fitz
  @@ -212,21 +203,6 @@
                        accept it if it was new?)
           -1: gstein (the avalon components, but not the whole bugger),
               striker, sanders (non-binding)
  -
  -      - Components that do not fit cleanly into any other top-level project,
  -        but they do fit the (TBD) goals of Commons?
  -        +1: gstein, jerenkrantz, striker, fitz, sanders (non-binding), 
  -            donaldp
  -
  -      FOLD BELOW VOTES INTO ABOVE? (i.e. eliminate the "donation" wording)
  -      - Donations that don't cleanly fit into any other projects, but
  -        do fit the goals of the commons?
  -        +1: coar, jerenkrantz, fitz (incubator gets 1st dibs),
  -            donaldp (if it fits the community reqs),
  -            gstein (but the Incubator can claim a donation first; it
  -                    only arrives here if the Incubator says it is worthy),
  -            striker (but expand the wording greg proposes above)
  -        -1: aaron, jim (otherwise commons becomes a junk drawer)
   
        - Components that fit the (TBD) goals of Commons, have a more
          "logical" home elsewhere in the ASF, but were rejected by that