Martin Cooper a écrit : > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Luc Maisonobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I would strongly protest against such a move. > > > I wasn't proposing such a move, merely speculating. > > >> Commons are used outside >> of the ASF and are successful there. I even think [math] is used almost >> only outside of ASF and not internally ... Commons appear also as low >> level libraries for general use and this should not be stopped. >> >> I have seen many projects that depend on a huge number of libraries. For >> such projects, a reliable set of reusable components with consistent >> look and feel is a sure gain. >> >> Low level components are important and from my experience often need >> specific development rules, very strict ones. The reason for that is >> that you can never make any assumptions on how a low level component >> will be called/integrated/reused from a random high level complete >> application. >> >> I see the views expressed in both the original post and the previous >> message as if high level applications were the only important thing and >> low level components were second class "toys" to share but not to care >> too much about. Is this really what you meant or did I misunderstood >> your point ? > > > I believe you misunderstood. I know that I did not mean to imply that, and > I'm certain that Hen didn't either. His uses of the word "toys" are a play > on an English idiom about "taking ones toys and going home", and are not > meant to imply that there's anything toy-like about Commons components. On > the contrary, I think we're both arguing that Commons components are > important enough that we want to find ways to encourage people to bring > reusable code here rather than simply keep it to themselves and not sharing > it.
That's fine, then. Sorry for my lack of cultural background. Luc > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > Luc >>> No answers here, I'm afraid. Just some additional thoughts to add to the >>> mix. >>> >>> -- >>> Martin Cooper >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>>> Apologies for writing this as a blog rather than an email - it felt >>>> more natural and will pull in other opinions: >>>> >>>> >>>> >> http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/the-open-and-federated-commons >>>> Hen >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
