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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:24:46 -0800
From: Don Brown <mrdon@twdata.org>
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] WebWork 2 Merger Proposal
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I forgot to include the Struts Sponsor results...

Binding PMC votes:
  - Don Brown +1
  - Martin Cooper +1
  - Ted Husted +1
  - Craig McClanahan +1
  - Wendy Smoak +1
  - Joe Germuska +1
  - James Mitchell +1
  - Niall Perberton +1
  - James Holmes +1
  - Hubert Rabago +1

Non-binding:
  - Gary VanMatre +1
  - Greg Reddin +1
  - Laurie Harper +1
  - Rich Feit +1

Don

Don Brown wrote:
> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WebWork2Proposal
> 
> = PROJECT PROPOSAL =
> 
> WebWork 2:  A Java web application development framework
> 
> A proposal to merge the WebWork 2 community and codebase into the Apache 
> Struts project. The new codebase is slated to become Struts Action 2.
> 
> = RATIONALE =
> 
> The members of the Apache Struts project and the members of the 
> OpenSymphony WebWork 2 project would like to work together on a 
> next-generation web application framework utilizing an action/request 
> architecture. WebWork was initially created by Rickard Oberg to improve 
> on the ideas and functionality of the Jakarta Struts framework. (Now 
> known as the Apache Struts Action framework.) Since then, the WebWork 
> community has continued to extend and refine the framework's 
> capabilities through a long series of releases, the latest of which, 
> 2.2, brings advanced Ajax, templating, and Java 5 capabilities to its 
> solid WebWork 2 foundation.  While, to date, the WebWork and Struts 
> Action codebases have overlapped, recent movements to bring 
> consolidation to the web framework landscape have inspired both 
> communities to work together. Apache Struts has recently reorganized our 
> codebase into multiple subprojects, two of which, Shale and Action, 
> represent two separate but equal web frameworks. Struts Shale serves the 
> nascent JSF community, while Struts Action serves the established JSP 
> community. The WebWork 2 code would be brought into the Action 
> subproject as the 2.x branch.  The WebWork 2 developers are excited by 
> the prospect of joining the ASF and collaborating to solve our common 
> need for a solid, action-based MVC2 web framework.
> 
> = CRITERIA =
> 
> == Meritocracy: ==
> 
> The WebWork 2 community is a healthy meritocracy with multiple 
> developers who do not share a common employer. The creator of the 
> project has already "passed the torch" to another generation of 
> developers, who earn commit privileges through their individual 
> contributions.
> 
> == Community: ==
> 
> The WebWork 2 community has a strong following with active mailing lists 
> and forums.
> 
> https://webwork.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectMailingListList
> 
> == WebWork Developers: ==
> 
> The WebWork developers includes individuals who have been with the 
> project for a very long time and individuals who have only recently 
> earned commit privileges. Contributions come steadily from all segments 
> of the community, developer and user alike. Despite being used by many 
> well-known corporations, WebWork 2 has not received any direct corporate 
> contributions.
> 
> http://www.opensymphony.com/webwork/members.action
> 
> == Alignment: ==
> 
> WebWork and Struts Action are both action-oriented web frameworks, and 
> the basic underlying models of the two are similar in many respects. 
> Thus both projects strive to serve largely the same community of Java 
> web application developers.
> 
> == License ==
> 
> WebWork 2 is under the OpenSymphony 1.1 license, a modified Apache 
> Software License 1.0.
> 
>  * 2001-2006 http://www.opensymphony.com/webwork/license.action
> 
> = AVOIDING THE WARNING SIGNS =
> 
> == Orphaned products: ==
> 
> WebWork 2 will form the base of Struts Action 2.0 and is under heavy 
> active development.
> 
> == Inexperience with open source: ==
> 
> The WebWork 2 project has been operating as a successful open source 
> project for over four years.
> 
> == Homogenous developers: ==
> 
> The current list of committers includes developers from several 
> different companies who are geographically dispersed. The developers are 
> experienced with working in a distributed environment, and with 
> resolving differences outside the scope of a common employer.
> 
> == Reliance on salaried developers: ==
> 
> WebWork does not rely on contributions from salaried developers, nor 
> have commit privileges been extended based on an individual's employer.
> 
> == No ties to other ASF products: ==
> 
> The heritage of WebWork yields many close ties with the Apache Struts 
> community. Many users have used one framework, then the other, and have 
> different projects in the field that use either. The WebWork 2 codebase 
> also uses several Jakarta Commons libraries.
> 
> == A fascination with the ASF brand: ==
> 
> After several years of independence, the WebWork developers are ready to 
> work within a larger community and expose the WebWork technology to a 
> wider audience. The WebWork community is not seeking the ASF brand but 
> seeks to collaborate with like minds in the Apache Struts projects. Both 
> sets of developers are trying to solve the same problems in the same 
> way, and we feel that we can create a stronger community and codebase 
> together, than we can working independantly.
> 
> = INITIAL SOURCE =
> 
> The initial source comes from the WebWork 2 project, which uses CVS 
> hosted at java.net.
> 
>  * http://opensymphony.com/webwork/cvs.action
> 
> = RESOURCES TO BE CREATED =
> 
>  * None. (Struts Action SVN module and build systems already exist.)
> 
> = INITIAL COMMITTERS =
> 
>  * Jason Carreira (jcarreira at apache.org)
>  * Don Brown (mrdon at apache.org)
>  * Rene Gielen
>  * Rainer Hermanns
>  * Ted Husted (husted at apache.org)
>  * Toby Jee
>  * Patrick Lightbody (plightbo at apache.org)
>  * Alexandru Popescu (apopescu at apache.org)
>  * Ian Roughley
>  * James Mitchell (jmitchell at apache.org)
>  * Martin Cooper (martinc at apache.org)
> 
> = APACHE SPONSOR =
> 
> The Struts PMC has voted to accept this project upon successful incubation.
> 
> == Champion ==
> 
>  * Don Brown (mrdon at apache.org)
> 
> == Mentors ==
> 
>  * Don Brown (mrdon at apache.org)
>  * Martin Cooper (martinc at apache.org)
>  * Ted Husted (husted at apache.org)
> 
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