On 3/9/07, Petar Tahchiev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/9/07, Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hence the reason I wanted to wait for a response till I had more time
> (still busy).. My approach for
> you would have been : get a software grant, ccla and icla on file and
> start a vote on you being a
> committer for cactus, I just failed horribly to send out that mail (btw
> sending in those documents
> is what legal incubation is about).
>
> I will send you some links for this, if you didn't figure it out earlier
> or someone else beats me to
> it..
>
> Since there is still enough interest in Cactus I think that new activity
> will be enough to get more
> people aboard and get the ball rolling again :)
>
> Mvgr,
> Martin
>
> Petar Tahchiev wrote:
> > On 3/7/07, Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> will come back to this on friday..
> >>
> >> Mvgr,
> >> Martin
> >>
> >> Petar Tahchiev wrote:
> >> > Hello guys,
> >> >
> >> > first of all let me introduce myself. My name is Petar Tahchiev and
> >> I am
> >> > from Bulgaria.
> >> >
> >> > I wanted to enroll in the last-years Google Summer Of Code
> >> > where I applied with the
> >> > project of migrating the Cactus build system to Maven.
> >> Unfortunatelly me
> >> > and
> >> > Felipe Leme (my mentor), who I would like to thank once again for the
> >> > encouragement
> >> > and the help he provided me, weren't qualified. Later I had a
> >> > few personal issues to solve, but the point is that I continued to
> work
> >> on
> >> > my own and sooner I managed to
> >> > migrate the Cactus project to be built with Maven.
> >> >
> >> > When everything was done I started submitting patches in the cactus
> >> jira,
> >> > for some known bugs. The problem with the patch of the build system
> was
> >> > that
> >> > it turned out to be very large so I couldn't apply it in the jira.
> Then
> >> me
> >> > and Felipe agreed that it would be better to move the cactus to a
> >> separate
> >> > repository
> >> > and test the build system there (you understand that the new build
> >> > structure
> >> > was absolutely different from the old one and merging was a kind of a
> >> tough
> >> > task).
> >> > So I got my work and imported it in my own repository at the
> >> > sourceforge.netwhere we began testing. The point is that when we
> >> > wanted to apply the
> >> > changes in the
> >> > cactus trunk in the Apache repository we were adviced by Martin van
> den
> >> > Bemt
> >> > that we have to ask that the project be moved in the incubator first
> >> and
> >> > then when the
> >> > code is appropriate for the cactus's trunk move it in the trunk.
> >> >
> >> > Now the process of moving Cactus in the incubator is stalled, as
> >> well as
> >>
> >> > our
> >> > work on it, because I want to move it in the incubator, before I
> >> > continue making
> >> >
> >> > additional changes and implementing new features.
> >> >
> >> > So my request to you guys is this: if anyone can help us move the
> code
> >> in
> >> > the incubator, he is more than wellcome.
> >> > Thank you very much.
> >> >
> >> > P.S. You may find additional information of the whole process here:
> >> >
> >> > [1]
> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08579.html
> >> > [2] http://www.nabble.com/Question-About-the-Current-State-Of
> >> > -Cactus-In-the-Incubator-t3222261.html
> >> >
> >>
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> > Ok, no problem.
> >
> > I know that you are busy, but I have another idea that came to me
> reading
> > the Matt Benson's post. In fact the guys are
> > dealing with a project that seems to be inspired the jakarta commons
> > Convert
> > project and so it would be possible to
> > accept the code without passing through the incubator. So why isnt' this
> > situation possible for Cactus (I mean I have refactored existing code
> and
> > added the maven xml files - it is not a new project).
> >
> > I also agree that passing through the incubator is the best solution in
> the
> > great majority of cases, but in my opinion there are still some cases
> (like
> > Cactus for instance) that are threatened of stalling even more.
> >
> > P.S. Personaly for me, I am happy with both of the solutions - with or
> > without the incubator. My desire is to start working on the project as
> soon
> > as possible because we are planning of implementing some new features
> and
> > then releasing a RC.
> >
> > Looking forward to your reply.
>
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It would be better you send me those links, since I have no idea what a
software grant, ccla and icla is :-).
Ok waiting for the links.
http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas
Niall
Greetings.
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