Funny, your conclusion is exactly contrary to my reasoning. It strikes me that you are talking about extending the decentralized governance of the org.apache.oodt.* namespace (i.e., the ability to add branches and new types) to an external effort that, coincidentally, happens to be conducted by a member of the Apache OODT project and not within the structure of the project itself.
It is ok for you to have a plugin there. And you can certainly use org.apache.oodt.* types in the manner in which they are established by Apache OODT. I just don't think the ability to expand the namespace travels so easily. Would you grant the same capability to someone who had no affiliation with the Apache OODT project? - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Mattmann, Chris A (388J) [mailto:chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 13:07 To: dev@community.apache.org; dennis.hamil...@acm.org Subject: Re: Apache Extras Question Hey Dennis, On Dec 29, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Thanks Chris, > > Just one caution. I mentioned authority over namespaces, not authority over > Apache Extras. The question is what constitutes authorized use of additions > to the org.apache.* hierarchy for namespaces. On reflection, I think the > answer should be independent of Apache Extras. > > And the notion of decentralization of authority over package names by use of > the namespace hierarchies is a bit different than delegation to and within > Apache projects. (E.g., I would expect the body having authority over > community.apache.org to have authority over namespace branches of > org.apache.community.* and be reluctant to delegate that beyond their > subordinate hierarchy.) Yep totally agreed. I'm chair of the PMC having authority over org.apache.oodt, and that's why I'm pushing that it be OK for me to have that plugin there. I think the PMC would support me in this decision but am trying to get ComDev to see that what I'm proposing is fine before going back and recording an official decision then. Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
