Re: [stp-pmc] PROPOSAL: SOA Tools Platform Incubator Sub-Project

[Oisin Hurley <ohurley@xxxxxxxx>]

> That (separate proposals) would be ideal from the Eclipse  
> Development Process point of view, as long as it also works for you  
> - I also want to avoid implementing too much overhead - I want to  
> make it easy enough to start and experiment with new ideas. So if  
> you're comfortable with separate proposals, great; if we find that  
> it involves too much overhead, then let's rethink, eh?

So here's a case in point - there are 4 companies that want to  
contribute JBI
related code to the project. Each contribution contains some overlap  
with the
others. I would like all of these guys to contribute their code and  
have the
respective committers come to mutual understanding of approaches and  
direction
and then have *those guys* come up with a proposal for an official  
Eclipse STP
sub-project. This means the proposal will line up with reality a bit  
better,
and we have a mini community all behind a document and plan that they  
themselves
created. A good start for a project, I believe.

My original idea was that the incubator was to be a holder for these  
experimental
works. The incubator doesn't actually 'release' as a project. Instead  
once the
parties have agreed that a component is ready to work as a sub- 
project, a proposal
gets made, is approved and what was the experiment becomes an  
official STP
sub-project with all the process that cleaves thereto. If this is  
feasible
I think it would be the most appropriate direction.

 best regards
  Oisin

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