Gilles, Sorry. "they don't use the apache name." is a non-starter for me :(
-- dims On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Gilles Scokart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the vote (and discussions) about the use of extra distribution > channel is going in a bad direction. > > I would like to try to summarize the two positions, see if we could > not reconcile the two positions and found a better consensus. > > Here is what the 2 camps say: > +1 : say: > - We can not forbid the incubator artefact to be published in the > maven repository. Once an incubating release is done, anyone is free > to redistribute it. > - It bring benefits for the incubating project (more users, more > visibility) > > -1 say: > - It allow the user to ignore the disclaimer. > - It is useless. There is work around. > - We want to put obstacles to incubating project in order to motivate > them to graduate. > - We should not take decision on it without consensus, so -1 is better. > - The maven repository present some security issues > > I think the main reason of the -1 is to protect the name of Apache. > The incubating project are not allowed to have an excessive > fascination for the apache brand [1]. The incubating project should > not abuse the Apache brand. That's why the incubator distributions > are done only on channel well controlled by the ASF. > > I think both arguments are valuable. And it is maybe possible to > reconciliation them. > > The alternative proposition that I think could reconciliate both camp is: > Why not allow the incubating project to release to any channel they > want, provided that they don't use the apache name. > > > > PS: Please, don't discuss the specific case of the maven repository. > Start an other thread somewhere else if you want to discuss it. > > > -- > Gilles Scokart > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Davanum Srinivas :: http://davanum.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
