This is good point of view. I think one may also take a user cases and product distribution perspectives into account. For example, when both projects naturally come in one binary release, this may be feasible to have them joined.
-- With best regards / с наилучшими пожеланиями, Alexei Fedotov / Алексей Федотов, http://dataved.ru/ +7 916 562 8095 On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com>wrote: > On 20 November 2012 11:18, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > > <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> ...Nuvem has a great synergy with Apache Tuscany, and after > >>> discussion between the two projects, we are seeking IPMC approval to > allow > >>> graduation of Apache Nuvem as a sub-project under Apache Tuscany.... > >> > >> Can you clarify what this means? Do all members of the Nuvem PPMC > >> become Tuscany PMC members? > > > > Bertrand, this is a great opportunity to clarify the board's attitude > > toward 'subprojects'. Ever since the campaign to dismantle umbrellas, > > I've been confused about what structures the board would find > > reasonable. > > I don't speak for the board, but my opinion is that if a sub-project > is OK as long as it is actively managed by the same PMC as the parent > project. > > Where I start to get worried is when a sub-project takes on a life of > its own and significant portions of the parent PMC are not interested > in the sub-project and thus fail to provide appropriate oversight. The > more sub-projects there are in a project the more likely this is to > happen. > > I'm interested to hear if this is also the opinion of others and thus > I've changed the subject. In terms of Nuvem I'm interested in the > answer to Bertrands question. > > Ross > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
