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Author: brett
Date: Thu Nov 16 22:32:04 2006
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+ -----
+ NMaven Incubator Proposal
+ -----
+ Brett Porter
+ -----
+ 10 November 2006
+ -----
+
+NMaven Proposal
+
+  The following presents the proposal for creating an NMaven project at the Apache Software Foundation, as a subproject of
+  the Apache Maven project.
+
+* Abstract
+
+  NMaven develops plugins and integration for Maven to make building and using .NET languages a first-class citizen in Maven.
+
+* Proposal
+
+  NMaven ({{http://nmaven.sourceforge.net/}}) is a set of Maven 2.x plugins for assembling .NET applications. While it
+  targets the .NET platform, it is still authored in Java running on the JVM like other Maven plugins. This has the
+  advantage of making it easier for existing Maven developers to review development without requiring as much detailed knowledge
+  of the .NET platform.
+
+  Maven already has a pre-alpha implementation in it's sandbox, however has not attracted further contributors until recently.
+
+  It is our desire to bring NMaven to the ASF and merge the existing code into it to consolidate efforts, and to harness the
+  current interest in the projects to increase the number of active developers.
+
+  NMaven will support the Windows .NET platform, the Mono platform, and DotGNU.
+
+* Rationale
+
+  There is increasing demand for Maven to support .NET-based projects, and to support mixed-language projects.
+
+* Initial Goals
+
+  The initial tasks of the project will be to:
+
+    * Move the existing Maven codebase to the incubator SVN
+
+    * Import the NMaven codebase to a separate module and proceed with IP clearance
+
+    * Import the plexus-compiler-csharp codebase to a separate module and proceed with IP clearance
+
+    * To begin consolidating the codebase and encouraging additional contributors
+
+* Current Status
+
+** Meritocracy and Community
+
+  Existing members of the Maven community will be participating and overseeing the project to ensure that it is
+  operating as a meritocracy and in a fashion that is suitable for graduating to the Maven TLP.
+
+** Core Developers
+
+  Currently each effort only has a small number of developers (1 or 2), being the main reason for combining efforts.
+
+  We would aim to have 3-5 developers *regularly* committing to the project before looking to graduate the podling.
+
+  We would give all of the current Maven plugin committers automatic access to the podling.
+
+** Alignment
+
+  This proposal is specifically targetted at the Apache Maven TLP.
+
+* Known Risks
+
+** Orphaned products
+
+  Given the small number of developers on each codebase there is a risk of the code being orphaned. We will make it a
+  priority to consolidate the work and grow the number of active committers to prevent this.
+
+** Homogenous Developers
+
+  All initial committers work for different companies.
+
+** Reliance on Salaried Developers
+
+  None of the initial committers are directly paid to contribute to this project, rather being a side effect of their
+  regular work, so the risk of being orphaned is no greater than already stated above.
+
+* Initial Source
+
+  * NMaven - {{http://nmaven.sf.net}}
+
+  * Plexus Compiler component - {{http://svn.codehaus.org/plexus/plexus-components/trunk/plexus-compiler/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-csharp/}}
+
+  * Maven Sandbox - {{http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/sandbox/csharp/}}
+
+* Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan
+
+  Existing sources are all ASLv2 and MIT/X. NMaven will submit a software grant and CLA for its contributors.
+
+  The Plexus compiler is the work of existing Maven contributors and will be committed with that information.
+
+* External Dependencies
+
+  Other than the .NET framework executables which are run as separate processes, the project has only an external dependency on
+  nunit, which is licensed under the zlib/libpng license.
+
+* Required Resources
+
+** Mailing Lists
+
+  The project will set up -private (all initial committers will be part of the PPMC), -dev and -commits lists:
+
+  * nmaven-private@incubator.apache.org
+
+  * nmaven-dev@incubator.apache.org
+
+  * nmaven-commits@incubator.apache.org
+
+** Subversion Directory
+
+  https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/nmaven
+
+** Issue Tracking
+
+  Some existing issues are in Maven's JIRA instance, so we will setup a JIRA project there and move those issues into it.
+
+* Initial Committers
+
+  * Shane Isbell (shane.isbell AT gmail DOT com)
+
+  * Dan Fabulich (dfabulic AT bea DOT com) - Current Maven committer
+
+  * Chris Stevenson (chris.stevenson AT gmail DOT com) - Current Maven committer
+
+  * James Strachan (james.strachan AT gmail DOT com) - Current Maven committer
+
+  * Trygve Laugstol (trygvis AT apache DOT org) - Current Maven committer
+
+  * Jason van Zyl (jvanzyl AT maven DOT org) - Current Maven committer
+
+  * Brett Porter (brett AT apache DOT org) - Current Maven committer
+
+* Sponsors
+
+** Champion
+
+   * Jason van Zyl
+
+   * Brett Porter
+
+** Nominated Mentors
+
+   * Jason van Zyl
+
+   * Brett Porter
+
+** Sponsoring Entity
+
+   The Apache Maven PMC
+
+