+1 (Not binding) On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Josimpson Ocaba <joc...@g2ix.net> wrote: > Good Day, In behalf of the NPanday community I would like to share with you > our proposal for the NPanday project to be included amongst one of the > incubation projects. > > Here is the link for the proposal in the incubation: > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/NPandayProposal > and here is the link for the current location of the project: > http://npanday.codeplex.com/ > > Please let us know any feedbacks or questions about the proposal. We would > very much welcome any volunteers to help us guide NPanday through this > incubation process. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > NPanday Proposal > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Abstract > > NPanday allows projects using the .NET framework to be built with Apache > Maven. NPanday allows .NET projects to be converted into Maven projects thus > allowing them to fully utilize the other technologies driven by Maven. > Proposal > > NPanday primarily provides two capabilities: a set of Maven plugins, for > constructing builds in Maven that use the .NET command-line tools; and a > Visual Studio Addin that keeps a Visual Studio project in sync with the Maven > POM and adds reference resolution from Maven artifact repositories. Together > this allows you to use a single tool across .NET, Java or any other > Maven-based projects, including the same benefits of dependency management, > automated release and source control management. > > Background > > When building .NET projects traditionally you would use the built in > components in Visual Studio or compile the source code by hand in the command > line using .NET frameworks. NPanday gives an alternative building management > option. > > NPanday also allows developers to continue to build and develop .NET projects > even without the aid of Visual Studio. > > Rationale > > NPanday allows developers to still use the .NET Frameworks and technologies > that they need and at the same time allow their projects to be distributed > and released with greater ease using Maven's conventions. NPanday also helps > those developers maintain and integrate their project in a continuus > integration that could host both Java and .NET projects. > > Initial Goals > > The initial goals for NPanday are: > > * Donate the existing codebase and import it. > * Setup the incubation infrastructure (svn repository, build system, > website) so we can run continuous builds with automated testing and publish > all available documentation and releases, and migrate from Codeplex > * Get people involved in advancing the code base in different directions, > integrating it with other projects at Apache. > * Work closely with current contributors and seek to add new committers > * Prepare for a point release that meets incubator and Apache criteria > * Start active development on NPanday 2.0 > > Current Status > > The current codebase is developed and tested in both .NET and Java. It was > developed at Codeplex for the last two years after originally being forked > from the failed NMaven incubator podling. > > We have a number of releases all of which have followed a clear transparent > process. Documentation for the project is currently available in > http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2/, which can be donated and converted to the > Apache NPanday website. The development team is currently using Codeplex > discussion forums as the primary colaborative process. > > Meritocracy > > Some of the core developers are already committers and PMC members at Apache, > so they understand what it means to have a process based on meritocracy. > > NPanday has been operating under an Apache-like model since its inception. > > Community > > We've seen a number of new contributors joining the community recently.. Most > of the community members have found NPanday through searching for Maven in > .NET and have donated their own tweaks as they continue to consume NPanday. > The community members have actively created issues that are improving the > behaviors and bugs in the current version. > > Core Developers > > The core development team started mostly with members from MaestroDev and has > been recently added with other independent developers. Most of the > development team members have experience in other Apache projects. > > Alignment > > The initial codebase came from NMaven in the incubator, and because of that > and the Apache committers involved it has always had an Apache development > philosophy. It is designed to work with Apache Maven, though has some value > to anyone that can use a POM. We would also like to reach out to other > .NET-based projects at Apache. > > Known Risks > > The primary risk to growth is attracting .NET developers to the project. > > Orphaned Products > > There is already a growing community in existence and the members of the > community are active towards enhancing NPanday even more, including some > existing Apache committers. NPanday has also been advertised in the > Philippines as a gateway for students and developers to get involved in open > source projects. There are no signs of the project being orphaned or > abandoned, but we realise that continuing to grow diversity of committers and > traction among users will be important to secure its future. > > Homogenous Developers > > The committers of NPanday are from at least 2 different companies, MaestroDev > and Itemis. NPanday also has contributors from other companies and are > interested to be committers as well. > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > > Although NPanday mostly consists of MaestroDev employees the work for NPanday > is done on billed time and non billed time. > > Initial Source > > NPanday has been in development within codeplex since 2008. Source and > Intellectual Property Submission Plan The contributions are from three > sources: > > * the original (cleared) NMaven code > * contributions by MaestroDev employees (will be covered under a software > grant/CCLA) > * contributions by active individuals (will submit CLAs) > > We wish to explore whether we should import this picking up the NMaven > history. > Required Resources > > Mailing lists: > > * npanday-...@incubator.apache.org > * npanday-comm...@incubator.apache.org > * npanday-us...@incubator.apache.org > * npanday-priv...@incubator.apache.org > > Subversion: > > * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/npanday > > Issue Tracking: > > * JIRA: Apache npanday (npanday) > > Wiki: > > * Confluence: Apache npanday (npanday) > > Initial Committers > > * Marecor Baclay <mbac...@apache.org> > * Odea Ching <och...@apache.org> > * Lars Corneliussen <l...@corneliussen.de> > * Joe Ocaba <joc...@maestrodev.com> > * Adelita Padilla <apadi...@maestrodev.com> > * Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> > * Wendy Smoak <wsm...@apache.org> > > note: We also have a number of emeritus committers, and one that has been > accepted but is awaiting approval from their employer. They are not initially > listed, but we expect that they would be welcome back if available. The > podling would vote on them as normal should that occur. > > Affiliations > > Brett Porter, Wendy Smoak, Odea Ching, Marecor Baclay, Joe Ocaba, and Adelita > Padilla work for MaestroDev and Lars Corneliussen works for Itemis. > > Sponsors > > We have approached both the champion and an initial list of mentors that have > agreed to mentor this project. Champion: > > * Brett Porter > > Mentors: > > * Dennis Lundberg > * Gavin McDonald > * Odea Ching > > Sponsor: > > * Apache Incubator > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
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