Hi,
I appreciate this addition to the web-framework competition at the
ASF. If you have any interest in interfacing to JSF and Apache
MyFaces, I'd be happy to help out.
regards,
Martin
On 7/26/06, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This has my hearty +1! This is great news as I've always admired the
> framework and the community behind it, and this will further
> facilitate the inter-framework discussions we (Struts) has been
> periodically having with Wicket.
>
> Let me know of any way I can help,
>
> Don
>
> On 7/26/06, Upayavira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The Wicket developers (http://wicket.sourceforge.net) have expressed a
> > desire to incubate their project within the ASF.
> >
> > I personally think that Wicket would fit very well at Apache with its
> > flavour of innovation and its strong, meritocracy based community.
> >
> > The proposal follows (which can also be found at:
> > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WicketProposal)
> >
> > Regards, Upayavira
> >
> > = Wicket Proposal =
> >
> > This proposal outlines the creation of a new top-level Wicket project
> > within the Apache Software Foundation.
> >
> > == Rationale ==
> >
> > Wicket is a unique web application framework that focusses on bringing
> > plain object oriented Java programming to the web tier. It is unique in
> > it's focus amongst the (many) web frameworks that exist today. Due to
> > it's unmanaged nature and reliance on plain Java, it is a very good
> > match for frameworks like OSGi and Eclipse RSP. Wicket has been gaining
> > a very steady increase in popularity, and with two books coming out and
> > vastly improved new releases we are working on, we expect this trend to
> > continue. We consider moving to Apache being an additional boost, and we
> > hope it will open the way for possible future cooperation with other
> > Apache projects.
> >
> > The maintainers of Wicket are interested in joining the Apache Software
> > Foundation for several reasons:
> >
> > * Apache has a widely recognized name, which will help Wicket get an
> > increased visibility and acceptance.
> >
> > * We'd like to enjoy the benefits of utilizing Apache's infrastructure
> > and legal protection.
> >
> > * Most team members have been enthusiastic users of Apache software for
> > many years and would like to be part of the family with it's get
> > togethers etc.
> >
> > * It might open the door for cooperation with other projects, such as
> > Felix or Jetspeed.
> >
> > * Apache seems to attract great communities around its projects, we
> > hope joining Apache will help as make our growing community even bigger.
> >
> > * We hope to contribute to Apache's ongoing success by delivering an
> > innovative, dynamic project with an enthusiastic user base.
> >
> > == Criteria ==
> >
> > === Community ===
> >
> > Wicket has striven to foster a diverse community that is open to
> > everyone. It is released
> > under a non-reciprocal license (Apache License 2.0) to encourage the
> > maximum possible adoption by all
> > potential users and developers. The Wicket community encourages
> > suggestions and
> > contributions from any potential user, and more developers have joined
> > as contributors
> > since the project's inception in 2004.
> >
> > === Meritocracy ===
> >
> > Wicket was originally created by Jonathan Locke in April 2004. Then it
> > was taken over in September 2004 by Eelco Hilenius, Johan Compagner and
> > Martijn Dashorst. Chris Turner and Juergen Donnerstag were invited to
> > join that same week based on their contributions and discussions. The
> > project now has committers and users from around the world, and Jonathan
> > Locke is back with the project again. The newer committers of the
> > project joined in subsequent years by initially submitting patches, then
> > having commit privileges for some of the applications (wicket-stuff),
> > and then privileges over a larger range of applications. The project
> > members understand the importance of letting motivated individuals
> > contribute to the project after they have proven themselves.
> >
> > == Scope of Sub projects ==
> >
> > Wicket is distributed as one large subversion tree, but contains several
> > distinct parts: the core framework, a couple of extensions project that
> > are endorsed by the core developers, an examples project (which includes
> > a component reference), a quick start project and a developer sandbox.
> > One of the extensions projects, called wicket-extensions, has a dual
> > purpose. The first is to ensure the core project does not get too large,
> > while still having a place to put interesting components and utility
> > classes. The second purpose of that project is to provide a place where
> > components can prove themselves before potentially graduating to the
> > core project.
> >
> > Whilst Wicket has these various subprojects, access to the subversion
> > tree is maintained with a single ACL. Once voted in as a committer, an
> > individual will have access to the entire tree, and trust is used to
> > ensure that they only touch the parts of the tree that they are
> > knowledgeable enough to change.
> >
> > == Features ==
> >
> > Wicket is a Java web application framework that takes simplicity,
> > separation of concerns and ease of development to a whole new level.
> > Wicket pages can be mocked up, previewed and later revised using
> > standard WYSIWYG HTML design tools. Dynamic content processing and form
> > handling is all handled in Java code using a first-class component model
> > backed by POJO data beans that can easily be persisted using your
> > favorite technology.
> >
> > == Initial Source ==
> >
> > The source for Wicket that is to be imported is currently within the
> > Wicket project at SourceForge, and is all ASL2.0 licensed.
> >
> > == Resources to be Created ==
> >
> > * user, dev, private and Announce mailing lists.
> > * Copy current subversion code, and create a commits mailing list.
> > * Copy Sourceforge issues into Apache system, if possible
> > * Confluence Wiki.
> >
> > == Potential Issues ==
> >
> > These are a few details of how incubation will need to work in order to
> > maintain compatability for existing users whilst moving forwards to
> > adopt an Apache approach for newer code.
> >
> > === Versions ===
> >
> > Wicket currently has three versions of their code base, 1.2 (the current
> > release), 1.3 (planned) and 2.0 (unreleased).
> >
> > We would like to keep all three versions on the same infrastructure, and
> > would thus like to bring all three versions over to Apache.
> >
> > This would involve the need to be able to make releases of 1.2 and 1.3
> > during incubation, as they have a current user base to serve that is
> > already using the product.
> >
> > The exact manner of producing these releases would need to be clearly
> > understood by the Wicket team before incubation can start.
> >
> > === Package Naming ===
> >
> > Wicket Java code uses the wicket.* package hierarchy. At this point, we
> > would propose that code in versions 1.2 and 1.3 would switch to ASF
> > servers, but maintain the wicket.* namespace, but code in 2.0 would
> > switch to an org.apache.wicket.* namespace.
> >
> > Anything else would cause an unnecessary disruption to our users.
> >
> > == Other Potential Concerns ==
> >
> > === Likelihood of Becoming an Orphaned Product ===
> >
> > Assuming an "orphaned product" is one that arrives at the Apache
> > Incubator and then slowly dies before being ready to incubate, Wicket is
> > unlikely to fit into this category.
> >
> > The Wicket code is currently used and maintained by the authors and
> > others, who depend
> > on it for their livelihood. Continued development of Wicket continues on
> > a daily basis. Statistics can be found here:
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/?group_id=119783&ugn=wicket, where
> > the commit statistic form a sub view:
> >
http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=119783&ugn=wicket&type=svn.
> >
> > === Experience with Open Source ===
> >
> > Most of the developers have been actively involved in multiple other
> > open source projects for years (jakarta regex, Eclipse plugins,
> > jWebUnit, Subclipse, SquirrelSql, JetSpeed, etc). But for all of the
> > developers the involvement in Wicket currently is the major one.
> >
> > === Heterogenous Developers ===
> >
> > The developers are diverse, both geographically and in terms of their
> > employers. Of our 12 committers, no more than two work for the same
> > employer.
> >
> > * Jonathan Locke is from the US and is involved in various startups as
> > a software engineer and co-owner, and pursues a movie script writing career.
> >
> > * Eelco Hillenius is from the Netherlands but is in the process of
> > moving to the US (Seattle/ San Francisco). He currently is employed
> > through his own company, Code Droid, but will be working for Teachscape
> > Inc. from October on as a software engineer.
> >
> > * Martijn Dashorst is from The Netherlands and works for Topicus as a
> > software engineer
> >
> > * Johan Compagner is from The Netherlands and is an independent
> > consultant for its own company J-COM (regularly hired by Topicus) and is
> > working at a company Servoy that also uses wicket technology in its core.
> >
> > * Igor Vaynberg is from the USA working as a software engineer for
> > Teachscape Inc.
> >
> > * Juergen Donnerstag is from Germany and works for EDS as an IT Architect.
> >
> > * Gwyn Evans is from the UK and works for SmartTrust as a Solution
> > Consultant
> >
> > * Janne Hietamäki is from Finland and works for Cemron (that also uses
> > wicket technology in its core) as a technical director
> >
> > * Matej Knopp is from The Slovak Republic is a CS student and works for
> > EEA as a software engineer
> >
> > * Ate Douma is from The Netherlands as a software engineer
> >
> > * Jan Blok is from The Netherlands and works for Servoy as a software
> > engineer
> >
> > * Chris Turner is from the UK and works as an independent consultant.
> > He does not intend to move with us to Apache.
> >
> > In addition, there are other contributors from France, Germany, Spain,
> > the UK, US, Canada, Brazil, India, Japan, China, Iran, and various other
> > countries.
> >
> > All contributors come from a software background, but we - informally -
> > have some different tasks. For instance, Martijn is in charge of the
> > releases, Gwyn of maintaining the WIKI and possibly more site related
> > things and Jonathan provides regular code reviews. But any one of the
> > team has committed code, and may do so.
> >
> > === Reliance on Salaried Developers ===
> >
> > None of the developers rely on Wicket for consulting work, though two -
> > Martijn and Eelco - are writing Wicket In Action (publisher Manning) in
> > their spare time. Most of the developers use Wicket for their day jobs,
> > some for multiple projects, and will do so for a considerable while as
> > their companies (specifically Topicus, Cemron and Teachscape) choose
> > Wicket as their development framework of choice.
> >
> > === Ties to other Apache Products ===
> >
> > Wicket uses Jakarta Commons Logging and Log4j and adopted some code from
> > Jakarta Commons Upload. It uses Maven for it's build process. Wicket
> > tries to stay as lean as possible though.
> >
> > === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand ===
> >
> > The ASF has a strong brand, and that brand is in itself attractive.
> > However, the developers of Wicket have been quite successful on their
> > own and could continue on that path with no problems at all. We are
> > interested in joining the ASF in order to increase our contacts and
> > visibility in the open source world. Furthermore, we have been
> > enthusiastic users of Apache from the earliest hour (remember JServ
> > anyone?), and feel honored at getting the opportunity to join the club.
> >
> > == Committers ==
> >
> > * Jonathan Locke
> > * Eelco Hillenius
> > * Johan Compagner
> > * Martijn Dashorst
> > * Juergen Donnerstag
> > * Igor Vaynberg
> > * Gwyn Evans
> > * Matej Knopp
> > * Janne Hietamäki
> > * Ate Douma
> > * Jan Blok
> >
> > == Proposed Apache Sponsor ==
> >
> > Incubator PMC
> >
> > == Champions ==
> >
> > * Upayavira
> > * Alex Karasulu
> > * Sylvain Wallez
> >
> > == Mentors ==
> >
> > * Upayavira
> > * Alex Karasulu
> > * Sylvain Wallez
> >
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