Re: [VOTE] Graduation for Sanselan
+1 ++Vamsi On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Craig L Russell wrote: > Hi, > > Sanselan has been in incubation since September 2007. Sanselan is a > pure-java image library for reading and writing a variety of image formats. > > Monthly and then quarterly reports can be found at > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/sanselan/board/ > The first official Apache Sanselan incubating release occurred on July > 30th, 2008. > A few months back we took a final look at Sanselan's status with regard to > exiting the incubator. We concluded that while the code and the committer > for Sanselan were ready to exit the incubator, community was an issue. We > didn't see the prospect for getting enough of a community to graduate > Sanselan as a TLP. But Apache Commons was eager to adopt Sanselan, and they > voted to do so. > Sanselan is now ready to graduate the incubator and assume its role as a > subproject of Apache Commons. > Please review the checklist at > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/sanselan.html and verify that > Sanselan is ready. > > +1 graduate Sanselan into Apache Commons > +-0 don't care > -1 don't graduate because... > > Voting will remain open until Thursday June 25. > > Craig L Russell > Incubator PMC, DB PMC, OpenJPA PMC > c...@apache.org http://db.apache.org/jdo > > > > >
Re: Graduate Tuscany as a top level project
I am glad that I brought up the discussion on Tuscany graduation with Bill Rowe at ApacheConEU 2008. Happy to see this gain momentum and the positive responses :). ++Vamsi On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 13 April 2008 19:30, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > > IMHO the emphasis on committer affiliation is misguided. overloading > > the word diversity was also probably a mistake. maybe we need to focus > > on narrower concepts with alternative names. > > > > 1. the incubator should be concerned about the composition of the > > proposed PMC. > > > > 2. for a top level project to succeed, it needs to be able to > > encrourage, recruit and mentor new independent developers. > > +1. > > Also, my personal and highly subjective interpretation of the (if present) > intent around diversity boils down to one scenario; > > * A company pulls the plug for paid developers - will the project survive? > > Other cases of dominance have been brought up, such as forcing the > company's > will upon the community, rejection to expand the developer community and > PMC > membership, and so forth. I find these issues less important, as ASF > Members > can (and should) monitor PMCs in general and raise flags to the board if > misuse is happening, and we have been there before and can deal with it. > > So, for the case of Tuscany; I am satisfied with the diversity goal, and > encourage Tuscany community with the aid of Mentors to move for > graduation. > > > Cheers > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > > I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er > I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc > I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: [VOTE] Apache Tuscany Graduation as TLP
+1 ++Vamsi On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:21 AM, ant elder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After 29 months in the incubator, 19 releases, 25 new committers, and > tons of emails the Apache Tuscany community (with support from our > mentors) again feels that we are ready to graduate to an official top > level project at Apache as indicated by the community vote recorded > at: http://apache.markmail.org/message/lss5jhjxail7m67r > > We would like the resolution below to be presented to the board for > consideration at the next possible board meeting. > > For additional information, the Tuscany status file is here: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/tuscany/STATUS > > Thanks in advance for your time and consideration. > > ...ant > > X. Establish the Apache Tuscany Project > > WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best > interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's > purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with > the creation and maintenance of open-source software for > distribution at no charge to the public, that simplifies the > development, deployment and management of distributed applications > built as compositions of service components. These components > may be implemented with a range of technologies and connected > using a variety of communication protocols. This software will > implement relevant open standards including, but not limited to, > the Service Component Architecture standard defined by the OASIS > OpenCSA member section, and related technologies. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Tuscany Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Tuscany Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to Apache Tuscany; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Tuscany" be > and hereby is created, the person holding such office to > serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair > of the Apache Tuscany Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Tuscany Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and > hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the > Apache Tuscany Project: > >* Adriano Crestani >* ant elder >* Brady Johnson >* Frank Budinsky >* Ignacio Silva-Lepe >* Jean-Sebastien Delfino >* kelvin goodson >* Luciano Resende >* Mark Combellack >* Matthieu Riou >* Mike Edwards >* Paul Fremantle >* Pete Robbins >* Raymond Feng >* Simon Laws >* Simon Nash >* Venkata Krishnan > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ant Elder > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Tuscany, to > serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the > Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until > death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, > or until a successor is appointed; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Tuscany Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Tuscany podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Tuscany podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: TLP migration: Adding Tuscany to http://www.apache.org
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Mike Edwards < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raymond Feng wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> One of the steps for TLP migration is to add Tuscany to >> http://www.apache.org. We need to have a title (hover text) for Tuscany. >> What should we have? >> >> What about "A Distributed Composite Application Framework Implementing >> SCA"? >> >> Thanks, >> Raymond >> > Raymond, > > I think that's a little long - how about something shorter and punchier? > > "Composite SOA Applications using SCA" Sounds better. > > > > Yours, Mike. > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: TLP migration: Adding Tuscany to http://www.apache.org
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Simon Laws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Vamsavardhana Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Mike Edwards < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Raymond Feng wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> One of the steps for TLP migration is to add Tuscany to > > >> http://www.apache.org. We need to have a title (hover text) for > > Tuscany. > > >> What should we have? > > >> > > >> What about "A Distributed Composite Application Framework Implementing > > >> SCA"? > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Raymond > > >> > > > Raymond, > > > > > > I think that's a little long - how about something shorter and > punchier? > > > > > > "Composite SOA Applications using SCA" > > > > Sounds better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yours, Mike. > > > > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > I fall in between Mike and Raymond... > > "Composite SOA Application framework using SCA" > or > "Build composite SOA Applications using SCA" +1 for the second one. > > > As we are not actually delivering composite SOA applications but the means > to build them. > > Simon >
