I would like to become Pluto's committer.

[Zhong ZHENG <he...@gmail.com>]

Hi there,

I like the Pluto project very much. In my spare time, I have also read lots 
of Pluto's code (especially the 1.1 branch), and have done some work to 
improve it. I would like to know if it will be possible that I become a 
Pluto committer. I am really willing to contribute my time and my code to 
this wonderful project.

I am an experienced java developer. Now I am working on a java CMS at 
Edifixio (http://www.edifixio.fr) in Paris. Here is my resume, if you want 
to know more about me:

http://heavyz.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/MyWiki.cgi/Heavyz/ResumeInEnglish

I believe that I have a thorough understanding of the portlet specification 
as well as Pluto's architecture: how the container implements the spec, how 
the portal integrates the container, etc. I read the "how the ASF works", 
and want to find a way to become a real member of this project. The article 
states that only PMC members have the right to propose a contributor for 
committership, so I post on this mailing list. For Pluto PMC members, if you 
think that I can be a qualified committer and can help the project, would 
someone accept my request, to propose me for the committership? Or if there 
are something that I should do, would you please tell me? Thanks.

I look forward to working with you!

Regards.

-- 

ZHENG Zhong
heavyzheng{aT}gmail{d0t}com

Reopening 1.1 Discussions [was: Re: I would like to become Pluto's committer.]

["David H. DeWolf" <dd...@apache.org>]

> 
> There was some discussion about pluto refactoring for 1.1 and how we can
> have nice interfaces between pluto and different portals implementations
> using it in Stuttgart, at the portals "Birth of a Feather" session, with
> Carsten, from cocoon portal, Raphael and myself, from Jetspeed, and
> Henning, involved in velocity, turbine, and some other web tools in
> jakarta. Also Noel Bergman was there. He is specially interested in how
> to specify services for portals in a portable way.
> 
> I think we can reopen the discussion and invite people from other
> projects using pluto, so that the re-factoring for 1.1 has a nice,
> stable API that allows easy interface with different portals.
> 

Would you mind reopening it by giving us a summary of the specific 
things you've discussed. . . .do you (those mentioned above and others) 
think that 1.1 as it exists today is a good start to providing a "nice 
stable API"? what specific things would you like to refactor? etc. . .

Also, what will it take to get 1.1 moving faster and more community 
involved?  IMHO, one of the biggest things holding the refactoring back 
is that lack of community involvement and collaboration.  How can we 
encourage these discussions (which seem to happen every 6 months or so) 
to turn into a stronger community and gain momentum?

David

Re: I would like to become Pluto's committer.

[Zhong ZHENG <he...@gmail.com>]

On 8/5/05, Santiago Gala <sg...@apache.org> wrote: 
> 
> 
> Are you trying to use pluto "as is", or integrating it into your own
> portal solution?

  Currently, i am working on IBM Aptrix CMS 1.1 (the name is changed to 
ILWWCM, IBM Lotus Workspace Web Content Management, which is not very human 
readable), and integrating it with IBM's portal server. IBM's portlet 
interface is not specification-compatible, so i looked at the JSR168, and 
thus pluto, the RI. That interests me a lot.
 I am learning how to integrate Pluto to a portal server. That's why I 
prefer the 1.1 branch to 1.0.1, which is a little confusing, and more 
difficult to integrate. I strongly agree that 1.1 should have a nice and 
stable interface that makes the container easier to be integrated in any 
portal solution. Personally, I also studied some source code of Lutece (
http://lutece.paris.fr), an open source portal engine that powers the site 
http://www.paris.fr. I'd like to integrate pluto 1.1 to it.
 I hope to see a more beautiful 1.1 release. It should be as it's expected 
to be: a 100%-compatible portlet implementation, as well as a pretty and 
clear integration API. Surely, I will also try my best to participate in its 
development, and contribute to it.
 Regards.

-- 

ZHENG Zhong
heavyzheng{aT}gmail{d0t}com

Re: I would like to become Pluto's committer.

[Santiago Gala <sg...@apache.org>]

El jue, 04-08-2005 a las 20:17 +0200, Zhong ZHENG escribió:
> Hi there,
> 
> I like the Pluto project very much. In my spare time, I have also read
> lots of Pluto's code (especially the 1.1 branch), and have done some
> work to improve it. I would like to know if it will be possible that I
> become a Pluto committer. I am really willing to contribute my time
> and my code to this wonderful project.

Nice to know.

> I am an experienced java developer. Now I am working on a java CMS at
> Edifixio (http://www.edifixio.fr) in Paris. Here is my resume, if you
> want to know more about me:
> 
> http://heavyz.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/MyWiki.cgi/Heavyz/ResumeInEnglish
> 
> I believe that I have a thorough understanding of the portlet
> specification as well as Pluto's architecture: how the container
> implements the spec, how the portal integrates the container, etc. I
> read the "how the ASF works", and want to find a way to become a real
> member of this project. The article states that only PMC members have
> the right to propose a contributor for committership, so I post on
> this mailing list. For Pluto PMC members, if you think that I can be a
> qualified committer and can help the project, would someone accept my
> request, to propose me for the committership? Or if there are
> something that I should do, would you please tell me? Thanks.

> I look forward to working with you!

There was some discussion about pluto refactoring for 1.1 and how we can
have nice interfaces between pluto and different portals implementations
using it in Stuttgart, at the portals "Birth of a Feather" session, with
Carsten, from cocoon portal, Raphael and myself, from Jetspeed, and
Henning, involved in velocity, turbine, and some other web tools in
jakarta. Also Noel Bergman was there. He is specially interested in how
to specify services for portals in a portable way.

I think we can reopen the discussion and invite people from other
projects using pluto, so that the re-factoring for 1.1 has a nice,
stable API that allows easy interface with different portals.

Raphael, by the way, he is in Paris too, will further this vague email
when he gets off a heavy swamp of work he is going through right now.
Hopefully next week.

Are you trying to use pluto "as is", or integrating it into your own
portal solution?

Regards
Santiago
-- 
VP and Chair, Apache Portals (http://portals.apache.org)
Apache Software Foundation