Hi Jan It seems there are different communities, so I understand the purpose. Thanks for the details!
Regards JB On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > On 30. Jan 2025, at 09:43, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> wrote: > > > > Hi Jan > > > > It sounds great ! > > I just have a very stupid question: there's no chance to gather > > CouchDB/PouchDB in the same project ? It's not clear to me if CouchDB > > and PouchDB have their own communities or it's a more "technical" > > split. > > They have their own communities with some overlap. Most PouchDB users > are also CouchDB users, and some CouchDB users are also PouchDB users. > > But most PouchDB maintainers are not CouchDB maintainers or vice versa. > > CouchDB is written in Erlang and PouchDB in JavaScript. These are > sufficiently separate worlds that maintainers on either side would > not be in a good position to make judgements about the other world, > either in day-to-day operations or in ASF relevant things like > voting on releases or technical decisions. > > Imagine a pure Java or C++ developer having to vote on a motion to, > say, deprecate a particular Ruby or Python runtime version. > > > If you need a mentor/champion, please let me know if I can help. > > Yes please, we do need all of these :) > > Best > Jan > — > > > > > Thanks ! > > Regards > > JB > > > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> Dear Incubator, > >> > >> I’m writing on behalf of the PouchDB[1] project. PouchDB is a > >> sister-project to Apache CouchDB that has existed since 2010, > >> albeit outside of the ASF. I’ve included more details below. > >> > >> PouchDB is looking to join the ASF as per a recent discussion[2] > >> on the current project issue tracker. > >> > >> And as per The Apache Incubator Cookbook[3]: our next task is: > >> > >>> Finding a champion and mentors > >> > >> On behalf of the current PouchDB maintainers I am hereby soliciting > >> volunteers to champion and mentor the PouchDB project at the ASF > >> incubator. > >> > >> — > >> > >> PouchDB is a JavaScript reimplementation of Apache CouchDB’s APIs, > >> data model and replication mechanism for running in a web browser. > >> > >> It is a popular deployment companion to Apache CouchDB and is used > >> in many commercial, open-source and humanitarian projects around > >> the world that require full offline-capable database access in web- > >> based applications. > >> > >> The current maintainers would like to reflect the relative im- > >> portance of PouchDB by joining the ASF to ensure, among other > >> things, its longevity and transparency of development. > >> > >> Apache CouchDB as been a top-level project at the ASF since 2009 > >> and it only makes sense to the maintainers PouchDB to follow along > >> rather than, say, join a JavaScript specific foundation like the > >> OpenJS Foundation. > >> > >> The PouchDB maintainers further prefer to be an independent project > >> within the ASF rather than a sub-project to Apache CouchDB as the > >> technologies and day-to-day operations as well as releases vary > >> widely enough as to not burden the Apache CouchDB developers with > >> the additional overhead. In previous private talks, various CouchDB > >> members largely agree with this assessment. Where needed, the CouchDB > >> and PouchDB maintainers have a proven track record of collaborating > >> productively across organisational boundaries so that both sides > >> feel a sub-project relationship not to be beneficial let alone > >> required. > >> > >> — > >> > >> I am personally the PMC Chair for Apache CouchDB and while I am > >> technically eligible for the champion position, I’d rather the > >> rest of the PouchDB maintainers meet more ASF folks rather sooner > >> than later. > >> > >> — > >> > >> Do let us know if you have any further questions, advice or other > >> points of discussion. > >> > >> Best > >> Jan > >> — > >> [1]: https://pouchdb.com <https://pouchdb.com/> > >> [2]: https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb/issues/8999 > >> [3]: https://incubator.apache.org/cookbook > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
