David N. Welton wrote: > robert burrell donkin wrote: >> ... an idea and >> community ... > >> i was wondering whether we might widen the general incubator list to >> include >> ideas for new projects provided that they are prefixed by [idea] in the >> subject so that anyone who's not interested can ignore. > > It would be difficult to bring an idea accompanied by a community. The > community bit usually happens when there is working code and people pick > it up and start using it.
Not always. Geronimo started without code, and so did Harmony. Granted, we started with clear specs and had some ideas about code reuse, but still... As another counter-example, Jakarta Commons was an idea several of us had, which was more important than the seed code, because we were rallying around the idea, not the specific seeds. So I do believe that we should [continue to] be open to motivated people with just an idea... And as to Robert's post, I don't see why people just can't throw them out here. Having too much [EMAIL PROTECTED] traffic because of new ideas people are discussing would be an excellent problem to have. geir --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
