| <!DOCTYPE html> |
| |
| |
| <!-- |
| | Generated by Apache Maven Doxia Site Renderer 2.0.0 from src/site/xdoc/guidelines.xml at 2026-05-18 |
| | Rendered using Apache Maven Fluido Skin 2.0.0-M11 |
| --> |
| <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> |
| <head> |
| <meta charset="UTF-8" /> |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> |
| <meta name="generator" content="Apache Maven Doxia Site Renderer 2.0.0" /> |
| <title>Guidelines – Apache Axis2</title> |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/apache-maven-fluido-2.0.0-M11.min.css" /> |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/site.css" /> |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/print.css" media="print" /> |
| <script src="./js/apache-maven-fluido-2.0.0-M11.min.js"></script> |
| <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Windows (vers 14 June 2007), see www.w3.org" /><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="" /> </head> |
| <body> |
| <div class="container-fluid container-fluid-top"> |
| <header> |
| <div id="banner"> |
| <div class="pull-left"><div id="bannerLeft"><h1><a href="https://www.apache.org/"><img class="class java.lang.Object" src="https://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo_wide.png" /> Apache Axis2</a></h1></div></div> |
| <div class="pull-right"><div id="bannerRight"><h1><a href="https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/"><img class="class java.lang.Object" src="https://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/images/axis.jpg" /></a></h1></div></div> |
| <div class="clear"><hr/></div> |
| </div> |
| |
| <div id="breadcrumbs"> |
| <ul class="breadcrumb"> |
| <li id="publishDate">Last Published: 2026-05-17<span class="divider">|</span> |
| </li> |
| <li id="projectVersion">Version: 2.0.1<span class="divider">|</span></li> |
| <li><a href="https://www.apache.org" class="externalLink">Apache</a><span class="divider">/</span></li> |
| <li><a href="index.html">Axis2/Java</a><span class="divider">/</span></li> |
| <li class="active">Guidelines</li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </header> |
| <div class="row-fluid"> |
| <header id="leftColumn" class="span2"> |
| <nav class="well sidebar-nav"> |
| <ul class="nav nav-list"> |
| <li class="nav-header">Axis2/Java</li> |
| <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> |
| <li><a href="download.html">Downloads</a></li> |
| <li><a href="javascript:void(0)"><span class="icon-chevron-down"></span>Release Notes</a> |
| <ul class="nav nav-list"> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.6.1.html">1.6.1</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.6.2.html">1.6.2</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.6.3.html">1.6.3</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.6.4.html">1.6.4</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.0.html">1.7.0</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.1.html">1.7.1</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.2.html">1.7.2</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.3.html">1.7.3</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.4.html">1.7.4</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.5.html">1.7.5</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.6.html">1.7.6</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.7.html">1.7.7</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.8.html">1.7.8</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.7.9.html">1.7.9</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.8.0.html">1.8.0</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.8.1.html">1.8.1</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/1.8.2.html">1.8.2</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/2.0.0.html">2.0.0</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-notes/2.0.1.html">2.0.1</a></li> |
| </ul></li> |
| <li><a href="modules/index.html">Modules</a></li> |
| <li><a href="tools/index.html">Tools</a></li> |
| <li class="nav-header">Documentation</li> |
| <li><a href="docs/toc.html">Table of Contents</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/installationguide.html">Installation Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/quickstartguide.html">QuickStart Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/userguide.html">User Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/jaxws-guide.html">JAXWS Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/pojoguide.html">POJO Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/spring.html">Spring Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/webadminguide.html">Web Administrator's Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="docs/migration.html">Migration Guide (from Axis1)</a></li> |
| <li class="nav-header">Resources</li> |
| <li><a href="faq.html">FAQ</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-java-core" class="externalLink">Source Code</a></li> |
| <li class="nav-header">Get Involved</li> |
| <li><a href="overview.html">Overview</a></li> |
| <li><a href="mail-lists.html">Mailing Lists</a></li> |
| <li><a href="release-process.html">Release Process</a></li> |
| <li class="active"><a>Developer Guidelines</a></li> |
| <li><a href="siteHowTo.html">Build the Site</a></li> |
| <li class="nav-header">Project Information</li> |
| <li><a href="https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-java-core/graphs/contributors" class="externalLink">Contributors</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AXIS2/issues" class="externalLink">Issues</a></li> |
| <li class="nav-header">Apache</li> |
| <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html" class="externalLink">License</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html" class="externalLink">Sponsorship</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html" class="externalLink">Thanks</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/security/" class="externalLink">Security</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </nav> |
| <div class="well sidebar-nav"> |
| <div id="poweredBy"> |
| <div class="clear"></div> |
| <div class="clear"></div> |
| <a href="https://maven.apache.org/" class="builtBy" target="_blank"><img class="builtBy" alt="Built by Maven" src="./images/logos/maven-feather.png" /></a> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </header> |
| <main id="bodyColumn" class="span10"> |
| <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> |
| |
| <section><section><a id="Release_Process"></a> |
| <h2>Release Process</h2> |
| |
| <p>Click to read our <a href="release-process.html">Release Process |
| Guidelines</a>.</p> |
| </section><section><a id="Mail_Guidelines"></a> |
| <h2>Mail Guidelines</h2> |
| |
| <p>Every volunteer project obtains its strength from the people |
| involved in it. Mailing lists provide a simple and effective |
| communication mechanism.</p> |
| |
| <p>You are welcome to join any of our mailing lists (or all of them |
| if you wish). You can choose to lurk, or actively participate. It's |
| up to you.</p> |
| |
| <p><b>Before you join these lists, you should make sure that you |
| read and follow the information below.</b></p> |
| |
| <p>We ask that you do your best to respect the charter of the |
| appropriate mailing list. There are generally two types of lists |
| that you can join.</p> |
| |
| <ul> |
| |
| <li>The "User" list is where you should send questions and comments |
| about configuration, setup, usage and other "user" type of |
| questions.</li> |
| |
| <li>The "Developer" list is where you should send questions and |
| comments about the actual software source code and general |
| "development" type of questions.</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p><b>Summary : Prefix each message subject with |
| "[Axis2]"</b><br /> |
| You may already know that Axis 1.x is still going parallel with |
| Axis 2.0. So for everyone's convenience, prefix the subject of |
| <b>every mail</b> about Axis 2.0 with [Axis2].</p> |
| |
| <p><b>Summary: Join the lists that are appropriate for your |
| discussion.</b><br /> |
| Please make sure that you are joining the list that is appropriate |
| for the topic or product that you would like to discuss.</p> |
| |
| <p><b>Summary: Do not abuse resources in order to get |
| help.</b><br /> |
| Asking your configuration or user type of question on the |
| developers list because you think that you will get help more |
| quickly by going directly to the developers instead of to the user |
| base is not very nice. Chances are that doing this will actually |
| prevent people from answering your question because it is clear |
| that you are trying to abuse resources.</p> |
| |
| <p><b>Summary: Do your best to ensure that you are not sending HTML |
| or "Stylelized" email to the list.</b><br /> |
| If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express or Eudora, chances are |
| that you are sending HTML email by default. There is usually a |
| setting that will allow you to send "Plain Text" email. If you are |
| using Microsoft products to send email, there are several bugs in |
| the software that prevent you from turning off the sending of HTML |
| email. Please read this page as well.</p> |
| |
| <p><b>Summary: Watch where you are sending email.</b><br /> |
| The majority of our mailing lists have set the Reply-To to go back |
| to the list. That means that when you Reply to a message, it will |
| go to the list and not to the original author directly. The reason |
| is because it helps facilitate discussion on the list for everyone |
| to benefit from. Be careful of this as sometimes you may intend to |
| reply to a message directly to someone instead of the entire |
| list.</p> |
| |
| <p><b>Summary: Do not crosspost messages.</b><br /> |
| In other words, pick a mailing list and send your messages to that |
| mailing list only. Do not send your messages to multiple mailing |
| lists. The reason is that people may be subscribed to one list and |
| not to the other. Therefore, some people may only see half of the |
| conversation.</p> |
| |
| <p></p> |
| </section> |
| </html> </main> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <hr/> |
| <footer> |
| <div class="container-fluid"> |
| <div class="row-fluid"> |
| <p>© 2004–2026 |
| <a href="https://www.apache.org/">The Apache Software Foundation</a> |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </footer> |
| </body> |
| </html> |