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List:       jakarta-commons-dev
Subject:    [all] Together, and bricks apart
From:       Rahul Akolkar <rahul.akolkar () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-11-30 23:15:09
Message-ID: ce1f2ea80511301515s7060c433o2dd9c0ca6fe0feef () mail ! gmail ! com
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I believe Jakarta Commons (especially the sandbox) is one of the
wonderful playgrounds we have under the Apache umbrella. Having
started a sandbox project recently, I continue to be amazed by the
Commons community and its responsiveness in day-to-day operations.

I'm also seeing a trend that is a tad disappointing. The last three
successive release votes each needed to make pleas for a better
response from the developer community. We've witnessed this for, in
chronological order:

 * VFS [1]
 * Validator [2]
 * Configuration [3]

I'm afraid it might be easy to misunderstand or ridicule this email,
point to the some Apache voting FAQ, and move on. This is not a
statement about individuals -- rather the community -- indeed,
personally, I've done nothing to help in the above cases, including
even choosing not to cast non-binding opinions when the votes came up.

I'll be glad if I'm told I've misunderstood the current state of
affairs, maybe RMs are just anxious by nature (comes with the
territory), this is all *expected* to happen, and I'm the only one who
sees things in a different light. I'll be happier still if this were
an abberation rather than the norm.

-Rahul

[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=jakarta-commons-dev&m=113181155126449&w=2
[2] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=struts-dev&m=113206521322851&w=2
[3] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=jakarta-commons-dev&m=113335963828555&w=2

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