Re: Example "closed" site

Stefano Mazzocchi <[email protected]> Tue, 02 Nov 2004 09:04:26 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.avalon.devel
Organization Apache Software Foundation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:

> "Farr, Aaron" <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> 
>>I uploaded a simple example of an "Avalon is Closed" notice at:
> 
> 
>>http://avalon.apache.org/closed.html
> 
> 
> I still don't understand why the "common" components like Framework
> or LogKit are not moved back to Avalon. 

because "no one" of the avalon pmc members expressed interests in 
continuing this project. And the ASF does not allow a project to run 
without a PMC for legal oversight reasons.

> These are core components from which all projects benefit, no matter
> whether they are called Excalibur, Metro or anything else.

True, and that's why it should not matter to you what PMC oversees them.

> There seemed to be at least some agreement between the fractions that
> keeping compatibility to these parts is an intention of everyone. So
> why not put them back here?

for the reason above.

-- 
Stefano.
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