[osflash] Should we make donations to revive ASDT and, HXDT ?

[Chris Allen]

My mistake: Junit is not Apache. Just so no one jumps on that. ;-)

On 8/30/06, Chris Allen <mrchrisallen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/30/06, Ken Rogers <kRogers at iwin.com> wrote:
> > I think the point is that OSFlash represents many various projects
> > whereas apache is just 1.  Having a overseer to your project would not
> > be what most managing projects on the list would want IMHO. But then
> > again I am not one of them :)
>
> The Apache Foundation has tons of projects in addition to the more
> famous http web server,: Ant, Tomcat, Junit, Cactus, MINA, Struts,
> Axis, etc... The list goes on and on.
>
> >
> > It would be more advantageous for the individual projects to continue to
> > manage themselves than to try to get them all to conform to the same set
> > of values dictated by a single entity.  This is just one pitfall of this
> > type of hierarchy, unless you allow the leader of each project to sit on
> > a OSFlash board of trustees, which seems kind of ridiculous to me.
> >
> This is how the Apache Foundation is setup.
>
> Take a look at this link for more information:
> http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html
>
> I don't think it's a bad model, but it may not make sense for us at this point.
>
> > hank williams wrote:
> > > How does apache handle this? They must have finances and they are
> > > definitely centralized, and they have been enormously successful.
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> > > On 8/30/06, Aral Balkan <aral at ariaware.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> That's a gat idea but, who determine which projects get the money?
> > >>> I mean, we knows that a IDE is necesary, but if we only have money
> > >>> to one project, woule we spend it on ASDT? or maybe HXDT?
> > >>> If we get some more money (to spend over various os-projects),
> > >>> which projects get it? That could be a war...
> > >>>
> > >> I agree. It is much better to keep things as decentralized as
> > >> possible. Let each project handle its own finances (if any).
> > >>
> > >> Aral
> > >>
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