http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WebWork2Proposal
= PROJECT PROPOSAL =
WebWork 2: A Java web application development framework
A proposal to merge the WebWork 2 community and codebase into the Apache
Struts project. The new codebase is slated to become Struts Action 2.
= RATIONALE =
The members of the Apache Struts project and the members of the
OpenSymphony WebWork 2 project would like to work together on a
next-generation web application framework utilizing an action/request
architecture. WebWork was initially created by Rickard Oberg to improve
on the ideas and functionality of the Jakarta Struts framework. (Now
known as the Apache Struts Action framework.) Since then, the WebWork
community has continued to extend and refine the framework's
capabilities through a long series of releases, the latest of which,
2.2, brings advanced Ajax, templating, and Java 5 capabilities to its
solid WebWork 2 foundation. While, to date, the WebWork and Struts
Action codebases have overlapped, recent movements to bring
consolidation to the web framework landscape have inspired both
communities to work together. Apache Struts has recently reorganized our
codebase into multiple subprojects, two of which, Shale and Action,
represent two separate but equal web frameworks. Struts Shale serves the
nascent JSF community, while Struts Action serves the established JSP
community. The WebWork 2 code would be brought into the Action
subproject as the 2.x branch. The WebWork 2 developers are excited by
the prospect of joining the ASF and collaborating to solve our common
need for a solid, action-based MVC2 web framework.
= CRITERIA =
== Meritocracy: ==
The WebWork 2 community is a healthy meritocracy with multiple
developers who do not share a common employer. The creator of the
project has already "passed the torch" to another generation of
developers, who earn commit privileges through their individual
contributions.
== Community: ==
The WebWork 2 community has a strong following with active mailing lists
and forums.
https://webwork.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectMailingListList
== WebWork Developers: ==
The WebWork developers includes individuals who have been with the
project for a very long time and individuals who have only recently
earned commit privileges. Contributions come steadily from all segments
of the community, developer and user alike. Despite being used by many
well-known corporations, WebWork 2 has not received any direct corporate
contributions.
http://www.opensymphony.com/webwork/members.action
== Alignment: ==
WebWork and Struts Action are both action-oriented web frameworks, and
the basic underlying models of the two are similar in many respects.
Thus both projects strive to serve largely the same community of Java
web application developers.
== License ==
WebWork 2 is under the OpenSymphony 1.1 license, a modified Apache
Software License 1.0.
* 2001-2006 http://www.opensymphony.com/webwork/license.action
= AVOIDING THE WARNING SIGNS =
== Orphaned products: ==
WebWork 2 will form the base of Struts Action 2.0 and is under heavy
active development.
== Inexperience with open source: ==
The WebWork 2 project has been operating as a successful open source
project for over four years.
== Homogenous developers: ==
The current list of committers includes developers from several
different companies who are geographically dispersed. The developers are
experienced with working in a distributed environment, and with
resolving differences outside the scope of a common employer.
== Reliance on salaried developers: ==
WebWork does not rely on contributions from salaried developers, nor
have commit privileges been extended based on an individual's employer.
== No ties to other ASF products: ==
The heritage of WebWork yields many close ties with the Apache Struts
community. Many users have used one framework, then the other, and have
different projects in the field that use either. The WebWork 2 codebase
also uses several Jakarta Commons libraries.
== A fascination with the ASF brand: ==
After several years of independence, the WebWork developers are ready to
work within a larger community and expose the WebWork technology to a
wider audience. The WebWork community is not seeking the ASF brand but
seeks to collaborate with like minds in the Apache Struts projects. Both
sets of developers are trying to solve the same problems in the same
way, and we feel that we can create a stronger community and codebase
together, than we can working independantly.
= INITIAL SOURCE =
The initial source comes from the WebWork 2 project, which uses CVS
hosted at java.net.
* http://opensymphony.com/webwork/cvs.action
= RESOURCES TO BE CREATED =
* None. (Struts Action SVN module and build systems already exist.)
= INITIAL COMMITTERS =
* Jason Carreira (jcarreira at apache.org)
* Don Brown (mrdon at apache.org)
* Rene Gielen
* Rainer Hermanns
* Ted Husted (husted at apache.org)
* Toby Jee
* Patrick Lightbody (plightbo at apache.org)
* Alexandru Popescu (apopescu at apache.org)
* Ian Roughley
* James Mitchell (jmitchell at apache.org)
* Martin Cooper (martinc at apache.org)
= APACHE SPONSOR =
The Struts PMC has voted to accept this project upon successful incubation.
== Champion ==
* Don Brown (mrdon at apache.org)
== Mentors ==
* Don Brown (mrdon at apache.org)
* Martin Cooper (martinc at apache.org)
* Ted Husted (husted at apache.org)
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