Just wanted to confirm the complete lack of interest here. Unless I hear differently, I'll assume that's lazy [-0]s all around and let the matter drop.
Thanks, Matt --- Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Morph's incubation proposal follows, sent here first > in an effort to gain the sponsorship of Jakarta, and > possibly to attract mentors as well. :) Thanks! > > Morph defines a comprehensive API for performing > object-to-object conversions in > Java. > > PROPOSAL > > > BACKGROUND/RATIONALE > > As information flows through an application, it > undergoes multiple transformations. While the most > prevalent examples of this in the J2EE space are > well-known (e.g. HTTP request parameters to > domain/data transfer objects, DTOs to domain > objects) > the overall problem space is characterized by the > lack > of a simple, well-known, conveniently extensible > solution. At least one JSR (295) describes such a > facility as a dependency. Having identified the > basic > commonalities among the best known application > operations requiring object conversion, Morph > consolidates these into a single API which, along > with > various bundled implementation classes, seeks to > achieve the oft-repeated software development goal > of > making "the simple things easy, and the hard things > possible" with regard to its problem domain. > > > CURRENT STATUS > > Meritocracy: > The Morph team is eager to invest more fully in > the > meritocracy approach taken by the ASF. To date, > however, Morph's development team has been > accumulated > by a sort of "meritocracy-on-spec" approach: Matt > Benson was originally given > commit rights solely on the basis of his ideas; only > later did his work vindicate that decision. [If > sponsored by Jakarta: This is a similar approach > to that taken in the Jakarta community: a community > member simply announces his desire to work on a > component, then proceeds with the community's > blessing.] > > Community: > It is somewhat difficult to gauge the size of > Morph's community. There have been modest but > consistent downloads of the project since its > initial > prerelease: these average 21/month over 28 months. > The traffic on its user and developer lists is > similarly light, but several bug fixes and > enhancements have resulted from the input of Morph's > users. An additional possible benefit of > Morph's joining the Apache community is that > increased > cooperation with and buy-in from other ASF projects > may increase its user and/or developer communities. > > Core Developers: > Matt Sgarlata is Morph's founding architect and > developer. He has been a member of the Jakarta and > Struts user communities for some years. Matt Benson > is a member of the Apache Ant PMC and a Jakarta > committer, so is familiar with (and fond of) the > consensus and transparency encouraged in ASF > development. > > Alignment: > Morph currently contains interoperability code for > commons-beanutils, commons-chain, and Velocity. > Because it is Morph's secondary purpose to provide > implementations of common conversions, code that > facilitates Morph's use with well-known libraries in > easily anticipated ways is considered in-scope. As > has already been implied, it is expected that > citizenship at the ASF would facilitate cooperation > with existing projects to mutal benefit. Finally, > precedent demonstrating the desirability of such a > project at Apache exists in the form of Jakarta > commons-convert (this component ultimately failed to > achieve maturity). Morph's original design > specifications are actually the generic > subset of those drafted on the commons-dev mailing > list as a next-generation implementation of this > project. > > > KNOWN RISKS > > Orphaned Products: > The Morph developers are part of its user base. > Object conversion may be relevant to any of various > components of a basic Java application. The risk of > "itch cessation" is therefore minimized; Morph > should > continue to be an applicable technology at low risk > for being abandoned by its developers. > > Inexperience with Open Source: > As previously indicated, one of the initial > committers has some years of experience as a > committer > and PMC member at the ASF. Additionally, Morph has > always been open-source software, with its evolution > being directly guided by user input and developer > consensus in similar fashion to other Apache > projects. > > Homogenous Developers: > On the plus side, the initial committers are > united > only by their common interest in Morph (and their > coincidental first names and middle initials). > However, both hail from the United States, and > acknowledge this as a less-than-optimal level of > diversity. As Java Locale support is a key strength > of Morph's transformation API, wider geographical > dispersal would be a boon. The inevitable input of > the ASF's diverse community could only be of > positive > influence in this regard. > > Reliance on Salaried Developers: > The core developers use Morph in their own paid > development jobs, but are not paid to develop Morph > per se. Withdrawal of support is not an issue from > this perspective. > > No Ties to Other Apache Products: > As described in the Alignment section, this > library > already has ties to many Apache products. > Additionally, Morph's codebase is already licensed > under the Apache Software License v2.0. > > A Fascination with the Apache Brand: > While "Apache" undeniably marks a project as a > force > to be reckoned with, the Morph team is more > impressed > by the ASF's organization, procedure, community, > transparency, and camaraderie than anything else. > Morph's developers share a > high opinion of Apache software in general, and > believe that Morph is of sufficient quality and > purity > that it simply "belongs" at the ASF. > > > DOCUMENTATION > > More information about Morph is available at > http://morph.sourceforge.net . > > > INITIAL SOURCE > > The initial code base is at > svn://development.spiderstrategies.com/morph . > > > EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIES > > Mandatory runtime dependencies are: > > - Apache Jakarta commons-logging > - Composite @ http://composite.sourceforge.net > (ASL2) > > Additionally Morph has the following compile-time > dependencies: > > - Apache Jakarta commons-beanutils > - Apache Jakarta commons-chain > - Apache Velocity > - J2EE Servlet API > - Spring Framework (ASL2) > > Finally, Morph's test bed currently relies on > Apache > Jakarta commons-lang, and will soon include code > that > depends on the public domain ANTLR 2 parser library. > > > REQUIRED RESOURCES > > Mailing Lists: > (Return to this subject after a sponsor is found) > > Subversion Directory: > (Return to this subject after a sponsor is found) > > Issue Tracking: > (Return to this subject after a sponsor is found) > > > INITIAL COMMITTERS > > - Matt Sgarlata (matthew DOT sgarlata DOT wh02 AT > wharton DOT upenn DOT edu) > - Matt Benson (mbenson AT apache DOT org) > > > AFFILIATIONS > > Morph has no corporate affiliations. Matt > Sgarlata > is employed by Spider Strategies, who have > graciously > agreed to host Morph's Subversion repository (due to > ongoing problems experienced with Sourceforge.net > infrastructure); this is the extent of the claim > Spider Strategies makes on the Morph project (i.e. > none). The current source code correctly lists the > copyright holder as "the original author or > authors." > In case the intellectual property provenance is > still > unclear (due to Spider Strategies' physical > possession > of the code > repository), the company has indicated its > willingness > to sign any required documentation indicating that > it > holds no claims whatsoever over Morph, its source > code, or any related electronic information. > > > SPONSORS > > Champion: Niall Pemberton > > Nominated Mentors: TBD > > Sponsoring Entity: TBD > > > March 28, 2007 > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need Mail bonding? > Go to the Yahoo! 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