+1 On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Jim Jagielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 > > On Jul 14, 2008, at 7:14 AM, Henning Schmiedehausen wrote: > >> This vote will run until Monday, July 21st, 2008. >> >> [ ] +1 Accept Click for incubation >> [ ] 0 Don't care >> [ ] -1 Reject for the following reason: >> >> ------------ >> = Click Proposal = >> >> This proposal specifies the migration of Click web application framework >> to the Apache Software Foundation as a Top Level Project. >> >> http://click.sourceforge.net/ >> >> == Rationale == >> >> Click is a modern J2EE web application framework released under the >> Apache License 2.0. It takes a component and page orientated approach to >> web applications with its main goals being ease of use and low barrier >> to entry. A major difference between Click and other component oriented >> frameworks, is that Click is stateless by design, although stateful >> pages are supported. It is an optimal framework, always trading off >> bloating features to its main goals of simplicity. Another important >> focus of the project has been to provide high quality documentation and >> examples to get people started as quickly as possible. >> >> We see Click becoming an Apache project as a logical step in its >> evolution. Becoming part of the Apache community will increase >> visibility and expose the framework to a larger community of developers. >> >> === Current Status === >> >> == Meritocracy == >> >> Click was developed by Malcolm Edgar in 2003 publicly released in March >> 2005. Since then there have been contributions from a number of >> developers across the world. New contributors are encouraged to provide >> patches, and later commit privileges are assigned to them. In 2008 Bob >> Schellink joined Malcolm Edgar as a joint lead on the project after >> contributing to the project for a number of years. >> >> == Community == >> >> Click is a small but growing community of users and developers. Its two >> mailing lists receive around 200 messages per month. >> >> == Core Developers == >> >> * Malcolm Edgar >> * Bob Schellink >> * Naoki Takezoe >> * Ahmed Mohombe >> >> == Alignment == >> >> Click has already built up relationships with existing Apache projects >> especially Velocity and Cayenne. Using Velocity as its default rendering >> engine, Click has formed a close relationship with the Velocity >> community. Click also supports good integration with the Apache Cayenne >> ORM framework. >> >> == Known Risks == >> >> * Orphaned Software: Click has a healthy community of users and >> developers and has a very low risk of becoming orphaned. Experience With >> Open Source: Click was started as an open source project in 2005 and has >> remained so for 3 years. >> * Homogeneous Developers: The community is very diverse with users >> and developers from all over the world. >> * Reliance on salaried developers: None of the Click developers are >> compensated for their contributions. It is a complete voluntary project. >> * Relationships with Other Apache Products: As mentioned in the >> Alignment section, Click has formed close relationships with Velocity >> and Cayenne. Other Apache products used include commons-* and log4j. >> * An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand: Although it is >> true that the Apache Brand will increase visibility of the framework, we >> are more interested in building stronger relationships and influence >> Apache projects such as Velocity. >> >> >> == Scope of the project == >> >> Currently Click consists of the following parts: the core framework, an >> extras package for non core controls, an examples project and a quick >> start project. There is also an Eclipse plugin called ClickIDE. >> >> == Initial Source == >> >> Click sources is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/click >> >> == External Dependencies == >> >> There are some concerns over incompatible licensed libraries Click >> depends on. >> >> * calendar.js is released under a LGPL licensed library from >> http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/ >> * Hibernate is released under a LGPL licensed library from >> http://www.hibernate.org/ >> * HSQLDB is released under the license specified here: >> http://hsqldb.org/web/hsqlLicense.html >> >> >> == Required Resources == >> >> == Mailing lists == >> >> Create new mailing lists >> >> * click-dev >> * click-private >> >> >> == Subversion Directory == >> >> Migrate the current subversion code from sourceforge to Apache >> >> * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/click >> >> >> == Issue Tracking == >> >> * Need to create a new JIRA project called CLICK for the Click >> framework >> * Migrate the current JIRA issue tracker from >> http://www.avoka.com/jira/ >> >> >> == Other Resources == >> >> Need to create a new Confluence Wiki >> >> * CLICK >> >> >> == Initial Committers == >> >> The initial committers for the project should include: >> >> * Malcolm Edgar >> * Bob Schellink >> * Naoki Takezoe >> * Ahmed Mohombe >> * Henning Schmiedehausen >> * Will Glass-Husain >> * Ted Husted >> * Andrus Adamchik >> >> >> == Sponsors == >> >> === Champion === >> >> * Henning Schmiedehausen >> >> >> === Nominated Mentors === >> >> * Will Glass-Husain >> * Ted Husted >> * Andrus Adamchik >> >> >> === Sponsoring Entity === >> >> * Velocity >> ---------------- >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] > >
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