Author: brett
Date: Thu Nov 16 22:32:04 2006
New Revision: 476059
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=476059
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add the NMaven incubator proposal
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maven/site/trunk/src/site/apt/proposals/incubator/
maven/site/trunk/src/site/apt/proposals/incubator/nmaven.apt
Added: maven/site/trunk/src/site/apt/proposals/incubator/nmaven.apt
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+ -----
+ NMaven Incubator Proposal
+ -----
+ Brett Porter
+ -----
+ 10 November 2006
+ -----
+
+NMaven Proposal
+
+ The following presents the proposal for creating an NMaven project at the
Apache Software Foundation, as a subproject of
+ the Apache Maven project.
+
+* Abstract
+
+ NMaven develops plugins and integration for Maven to make building and using
.NET languages a first-class citizen in Maven.
+
+* Proposal
+
+ NMaven ({{http://nmaven.sourceforge.net/}}) is a set of Maven 2.x plugins
for assembling .NET applications. While it
+ targets the .NET platform, it is still authored in Java running on the JVM
like other Maven plugins. This has the
+ advantage of making it easier for existing Maven developers to review
development without requiring as much detailed knowledge
+ of the .NET platform.
+
+ Maven already has a pre-alpha implementation in it's sandbox, however has
not attracted further contributors until recently.
+
+ It is our desire to bring NMaven to the ASF and merge the existing code into
it to consolidate efforts, and to harness the
+ current interest in the projects to increase the number of active developers.
+
+ NMaven will support the Windows .NET platform, the Mono platform, and DotGNU.
+
+* Rationale
+
+ There is increasing demand for Maven to support .NET-based projects, and to
support mixed-language projects.
+
+* Initial Goals
+
+ The initial tasks of the project will be to:
+
+ * Move the existing Maven codebase to the incubator SVN
+
+ * Import the NMaven codebase to a separate module and proceed with IP
clearance
+
+ * Import the plexus-compiler-csharp codebase to a separate module and
proceed with IP clearance
+
+ * To begin consolidating the codebase and encouraging additional
contributors
+
+* Current Status
+
+** Meritocracy and Community
+
+ Existing members of the Maven community will be participating and overseeing
the project to ensure that it is
+ operating as a meritocracy and in a fashion that is suitable for graduating
to the Maven TLP.
+
+** Core Developers
+
+ Currently each effort only has a small number of developers (1 or 2), being
the main reason for combining efforts.
+
+ We would aim to have 3-5 developers *regularly* committing to the project
before looking to graduate the podling.
+
+ We would give all of the current Maven plugin committers automatic access to
the podling.
+
+** Alignment
+
+ This proposal is specifically targetted at the Apache Maven TLP.
+
+* Known Risks
+
+** Orphaned products
+
+ Given the small number of developers on each codebase there is a risk of the
code being orphaned. We will make it a
+ priority to consolidate the work and grow the number of active committers to
prevent this.
+
+** Homogenous Developers
+
+ All initial committers work for different companies.
+
+** Reliance on Salaried Developers
+
+ None of the initial committers are directly paid to contribute to this
project, rather being a side effect of their
+ regular work, so the risk of being orphaned is no greater than already
stated above.
+
+* Initial Source
+
+ * NMaven - {{http://nmaven.sf.net}}
+
+ * Plexus Compiler component -
{{http://svn.codehaus.org/plexus/plexus-components/trunk/plexus-compiler/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-csharp/}}
+
+ * Maven Sandbox - {{http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/sandbox/csharp/}}
+
+* Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan
+
+ Existing sources are all ASLv2 and MIT/X. NMaven will submit a software
grant and CLA for its contributors.
+
+ The Plexus compiler is the work of existing Maven contributors and will be
committed with that information.
+
+* External Dependencies
+
+ Other than the .NET framework executables which are run as separate
processes, the project has only an external dependency on
+ nunit, which is licensed under the zlib/libpng license.
+
+* Required Resources
+
+** Mailing Lists
+
+ The project will set up -private (all initial committers will be part of the
PPMC), -dev and -commits lists:
+
+ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+
+ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+
+ * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+
+** Subversion Directory
+
+ https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/nmaven
+
+** Issue Tracking
+
+ Some existing issues are in Maven's JIRA instance, so we will setup a JIRA
project there and move those issues into it.
+
+* Initial Committers
+
+ * Shane Isbell (shane.isbell AT gmail DOT com)
+
+ * Dan Fabulich (dfabulic AT bea DOT com) - Current Maven committer
+
+ * Chris Stevenson (chris.stevenson AT gmail DOT com) - Current Maven
committer
+
+ * James Strachan (james.strachan AT gmail DOT com) - Current Maven committer
+
+ * Trygve Laugstol (trygvis AT apache DOT org) - Current Maven committer
+
+ * Jason van Zyl (jvanzyl AT maven DOT org) - Current Maven committer
+
+ * Brett Porter (brett AT apache DOT org) - Current Maven committer
+
+* Sponsors
+
+** Champion
+
+ * Jason van Zyl
+
+ * Brett Porter
+
+** Nominated Mentors
+
+ * Jason van Zyl
+
+ * Brett Porter
+
+** Sponsoring Entity
+
+ The Apache Maven PMC
+
+
