i'm interested in the web of trust as well. i've just started following the incubator/ infrastructure lists. is there a summary of the proposals some where?
i imagine there are a number of apache committers in the SF bay area, making it possible to physically verify identity.. cheers, andy > -----Original Message----- > From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Exiting Incubation - Status Check > > > Jochen Wiedmann wrote: > > > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > I don't know off-hand, so I'll ask you: isn't hsqldb's license > BSD-style? > > > What makes it incompatible? > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=incubator-general&m=1063308196 > 25235&w=2 > > That makes the project unavailable for changing the license > (to become an > ASF project), but I don't see why the license is incompatible. > > > using Axion is not an option, as long as Axion doesn't > support composed > > primary keys. > > Are they aware of it? Not that it matters for your status. > > > > Why is hsqldb required to compile the code? Is the code > not using JDBC? > > > Some part of JaxMe is able to generate code by querying for > JDBC metadata. > > The test suite uses hsqldb to verify that part. And building the > > distribution includes building the test suite. > > So make the process conditional upon finding what it needs, > and generating a > warning that certain test cannot be performed because > something is missing. > I think that would be fine, too. > > > The project's STATUS file > > > (http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/site/projects/jax > me.cwiki), > > which needs updating. > > > How do I update that file? > > The PPMC concept makes this much easier, IMO. I think that > you could make > with either review-then-commit or commit-then-review, but > either way the > PPMC would vote on the changes. At the moment, I think that > the committers, > along with dims, could vote on the status changes as the > project's statement > to the PMC. > > > > Does any one organization control the project? How diverse is the > > > community? > > > No. Made of individuals. > > And since it will be part of the WS project, that helps. > > What would really help is for projects to adopt the philosophy that: > > (1) Seeks to get all active Committers onto the PMC in a > manner based upon their being trusted to participate > in decision making. > > (2) Accept that only PMC member votes are binding. > > (3) Every Committer has karma for every module. > > It is just one project with multiple, related, codebases. > > > > Conflict != tantrum. :-) Has there never been a > disagreement, a debate > > > over something? > > > There have been discussions and votes, but so far no true > disagreements. > > Sound good so far. :-) > > > > Have the developers generated PGP keys and started to get > signed into > the > > > web of trust? > > > That second part is the interesting thing: How do we add > our keys to the > > "web of trust"? (Not that I know what it is. :-) > > In fairness, that is something we (the ASF) need to help you with. We > cannot, in my opinion, expect you to know. There are some > proposals, but I > do not believe that anything is final. > > Are any of you geographically co-located? > > --- Noel > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
