sounds good. A minor question: do you plan to graduate under the umbrella of the Maven TLP or becoming an own TLP?
LieGrue, strub ----- Original Message ---- > From: Josimpson Ocaba <joc...@g2ix.net> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Thu, July 29, 2010 12:10:29 PM > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] NPanday Project > > Hi, > > We would like to inquire if there are any more comments before we could > start >a vote. > > note: We also have a current vote for a new committer at codeplex, so we > will >wait for the results on that and adjust the proposal before the vote if >needed. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josimpson Ocaba" <joc...@g2ix.net> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:23:18 PM > Subject: [PROPOSAL] NPanday Project > > 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 y 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
