Gomez Henri wrote:
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> The future of Tomcat 3.3 seems to be outside Apache
> now. It's really sad.
As Pier recently said on another mailing list "You can't stop open source
developers...".
Is this really what everybody wants? I'm sure it could be made to happen.
And quickly upgraded to the latest servletapi. And gather a substantial
following.
Obviously a fork is a nightmare scenario.
It is an ironic twist. One has to wonder if such a fork is inevitable.
Not for any technical reason. But rather because those that worked so hard
to create the place where everyone was to come together have become
intolerant of exactly the spirit that makes open source successful.
Innovation. Exploration. Revolution. And, yes, dead ends.
My recommendation: put your energies into the proposal that most gets your
juices flowing. Keep the discussion to the technical merits.
> I propose to commiters to vote to drop my COMMITER STATUS.
Note to other PMC/ASF members - we should probably institute a mandatory 48
hour cooling off period before requests such as the one above are
considered.
- Sam Ruby
