+1 Le 7 oct. 2013 12:58, "Jean-Louis MONTEIRO" <jeano...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> Hi Jochen, > > Well summarized. > And I think you figured out what the real problem is. > > We could work as in Incubator, isn't it? > Having one big umbrella and real subprojects. > > > > JLouis > > > 2013/10/7 Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com> > > > I believe that the problem is Commons structure. To have one big project > > which such a lot of subprojects blocks building a small community. You're > > not supposed to be a part of the small subproject, but the big community > > "Commons". While the former would be appealing for a newcomer, the latter > > just doesn't work (too many unknown people). > > > > I have no alternatives to offer, but my feeling is we should attempt to > > build smaller, more centralized parts with separate mailing lists, etc. > > Obviously, this might lead to a Jakarta-ization, but there are worse > things > > than being split into subprojects. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 8:30 PM, James Carman <ja...@carmanconsulting.com > > >wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > > > The Apache Commons project seems to be languishing as of late and we > > > need some rejuvenation. Perhaps we should try to define our mission > > > as a project. What are our goals? What do we want to accomplish? > > > Who are our users/customers? What non-functional qualities do we want > > > our software to exhibit? How do we want to conduct ourselves? How > > > often do we want to do releases? What else? > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > James > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "That's what prayers are ... it's frightened people trying to make > friends > > with the bully!" > > > > Terry Pratchett. The Last Hero > > > > > > -- > Jean-Louis >