Hi, +1 on accepting the proposal for incubation. I am also interested in personally contributing to this project as a committer, though I regretfully do not have the bandwidth to effectively mentor this proposal. I hope the proposal team doesn't mind that I've just added myself to the wiki as a member of the initial set of committers.
Yoav On 6/1/06, Davanum Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+1 from me. On 6/1/06, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 from me. > > Paul > > On 6/1/06, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now > > I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. > > > > A few editorial comments: at this point, I have little doubt that this > > codebase will attract a diverse and sustainable community. My concern > > is now the reverse: seeing talks of Rome join in and there being talk of > > these two merging with Roller... seems both very exciting... as well a > > bit premature. > > > > In my mind, the best way to find out what shape the community will take > > is to watch it incubate. Therefore, I'd like to explicitly propose that > > we neither predetermine nor rule out any possible destination for this. > > It could become a TLP. It could merge with Rome and/or other feed > > libraries, if they get proposed to the ASF. It could all get subsumed > > into Roller. My initial concerns are, respectively, critical mass, > > potentially divergent goals, and Umbrella -- each, of course, could be > > addressed/mitigated, that's why I am recommendating that we defer this > > decision until we have had a chance to observe the community. (Note: > > this is not a new idea, I've suggested it on number of occasions before). > > > > With all that said, here's my > > > > +1 > > > > - Sam Ruby > > > > - - - > > > > From http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/AbderaProposal : > > > > ## page was renamed from AriProposal > > = Abdera, an Atom Implementation Proposal = > > > > == 0. Rationale == > > > > The fundamental goal of the project is to provide a high-quality and > > functionally-complete implementation of the Atom Syndication Format > > (RFC4287) and the Atom Publishing Protocol specifications published by > > the IETF Atompub working group. > > > > (the ancient city of Abdera, Thrace was the birthplace of the Greek > > Philosopher Democritus, one of the > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democritus co-originators of "atomism"]) > > > > == 0.1 Criteria == > > > > === Meritocracy: === > > > > Apache was chosen for an incubator for the guidance the community can > > provide. > > > > === Community: === > > > > The contributed work was inspired by open source development and by the > > need to have functionally complete implementations of the Atom > > specifications available for developers to use. To be successful, the > > project needs to build a strong and diverse community to validate its > > mission and carry it forward. Further, the project needs to be guided by > > the same general principles of open and transparent development that has > > helped to shape the standards upon which the project is based. > > > > === Core Developers: === > > > > The initial committers for the project are employees of the donating > > company. Two of the developers have worked on open source projects > > before and have experience with and a deep understanding of open source > > principles. > > > > === Alignment: === > > > > The initial code has been implemented in Java and is based primarily on > > the same Apache Axiom / StAX XML parsing API that underpins the Apache > > Axis2 project. As such, the implementations draws heavily on the work > > of other existing Apache projects and will continue to do so. > > > > == 0.2 Warning signs == > > > > === Orphaned products: === > > > > The initial committers are users of this toolkit and have a long-term > > interest in use and maintenance of the code. > > > > === Inexperience with open source: === > > > > Several of the commiters are very experienced in Open Source > > environment. All efforts have and will be made to ensure that the work > > done and momentum will be in strict adherence to open source guidelines. > > > > === Homogenous developers: === > > > > As noted above, the initial list of developers consists of paid > > employees of the donating company. However, efforts will be made to > > actively expand the team of developers committing to the project. > > > > The current list of committers bring with them a broad range of > > experiences with open source, standards, emerging technologies, and > > product development. > > > > === Reliance on salaried developers: === > > > > The initial set of committers are salaried developers. Through the > > incubation process, more diversity will hopefully be achieved in many > > aspects, including reliance on salaried developers. > > > > === No ties to other Apache products: === > > > > The initial codebase relies heavily on existing Apache technologies and > > will continue to do so. > > > > === A fascination with the Apache brand: === > > > > The committers are intent on developing a strong open source community. > > We believe that the Apache Software Foundation's emphasis on community > > development makes it the most suitable choice. > > > > == 1. Scope of the subprojects == > > > > The initial scope of the project will be the development of a > > functionally-complete Java-language implementation of the Atom > > Syndication Format and Atom Publishing Protocol specifications, along > > with a selection of extensions and utility functions. It is expected, > > however, that C/C++ and possibly other language implementations will be > > explored in the future. > > > > The Atom Syndication Format implementation will include a > > high-performance parser and serializer for Atom documents, a set of > > API's for working with the Atom data model, support for a variety of > > extensions to the Atom format, and support for various advanced features > > such as XPath, XML Digital Signatures, Feed paging, etc. > > > > The Atom Publishing Protocol implementation will include both client and > > server implementations designed with the dual purpose of demonstrating > > the proper function of the protocol and providing the tools necessary to > > build and deploy Atom Publishing-based applications. > > > > == 2. Initial source == > > > > The initial source for the project was originally written to address the > > needs of the donating company's own internal Atom development > > activities. A snapshot of the initial source is available at > > http://www.snellspace.com/public/abdera.tar.gz. > > > > == 2.1 External Dependencies of the project == > > > > The current implemenation depends on the following components: > > > > * Apache Axiom 1.0 > > * StAX XML API's > > * The Woodstox XML Parser > > * Java Activation Framework (JAF) and JavaMail API > > * Jaxen (optional for XPath support) > > * Junit (for unit testing) > > * Apache Ant (for the build) > > > > == 3. Identify the ASF resources to be created == > > > > == 3.1 mailing list(s) == > > > > * abdera-ppmc (moderated subscriptions) > > * abdera-dev > > * abdera-commits > > * abdera-user > > > > == 3.2 Subversion repository == > > > > * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/abdera > > > > == 3.3 Bugzilla == > > > > * Abdera > > > > == 4. Identify the initial set of committers: == > > > > * James M Snell (IBM) > > * Sam Ruby (IBM) > > * Robert Yates (IBM) > > > > == 5. Identify Apache sponsoring individual == > > > > We request that the Apache Incubator PMC sponsor the Abdera Atom > > implementation as an incubating project. > > > > Champion: Sam Ruby > > > > Mentors: > > > > * Garrett Rooney > > * Paul Querna > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Paul Fremantle > VP/Technology, WSO2 and OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair > > http://bloglines.com/blog/paulfremantle > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Davanum Srinivas : http://wso2.com/blogs/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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