So, to make this a little more clear, when Wicket performed a few
non-ASF
releases on their old project site was their old Subversion
repository
shutdown and the ASF Subversion repository exclusively used?
Yes. We are volunteers. Having to maintain 2 repositories would have
been prohibitive. We made it absolutely clear that if we were not able
to create releases from our code base, and had to maintain 2
repositories, we would not have joined Apache.
I can also say the same for JSPWiki. Having to maintain two code
repositories, two issue trackers and a total of four mailing lists
would be too much of a pain. Both to developers and users.
I don't think JSPWiki would've attempted Apache Incubation if that
were a requirement.
Yes. When we imported our repository we included everything (full
history) from our old SVN repository.
Ditto. The Incubation work has been concentrating on relicensing the
code under AL 2.0, and learning the Apache ways of working. We
release updates to the old releases using our own distribution
mechanism (for the general user, there is no trace of Apache
anywhere, except the fact that the issue tracker is on ASFs site, and
so is the mailing list). However, this gives us a great way to
practice the Apache way of working with minimal disruption to
development.
Since JSPWiki code has been under various versions of GPL since 2001,
this relicensing stuff has taken quite a while, including pieces of
code which needed to be completely rewritten from scratch. If that
work had to be done in two repositories at the same time, we might as
well have forgotten about it.
It was clear from the beginning that the transition of a large
project into Apache would not be easy or fast, especially since all
of the committers are working on a volunteer basis. I find the
Incubator to be an excellent "safe haven" where this work can be done.
Yes, but older versions are no longer maintained (we currently only
support ASF releases, provided there are no security issues).
This is also our plan; there is no desire to continue maintenance of
the LGPL-version of the code, once the ASF transition and incubation
is complete.
/Janne, who is sorry he can't contribute much to this conversation -
I'm on holiday behind a slow cell connection...
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