A p a c h e F o r r e s t | |
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What is this? | |
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Forrest is a mostly a dream: create a good technological infrastructure for | |
open software development for the Apache Software Foundation based on ASF | |
software, ASF practices and experience and modern software design principles. | |
Why? | |
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If you ever partecipated in ASF open development you know why: there is always | |
the feeling that you are left on your own, that each project, effort, | |
community mail list and invidual has to struggle to keep up with the others | |
and to keep coherence. | |
This effort was started by those who believe that a better and more coherent | |
technical infrastructure is a first step in the right direction. | |
Ok, better infrastructure, what what do you mean exactly? | |
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Ever seen 'sourceforge'? ok, than you know what a technological | |
instrastructure for open development is. Ever seen Mozilla's 'tinkerbox' and | |
'bonsai'? ok, then you know what we mean for 'helping tools'. | |
Take all the wishes/dreams that you ever had when you were partecipating in | |
a OSS community... well, we want Forrest to make them possible. | |
Why the name 'Forrest'? | |
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Oh, long story, but mainly out of the movie 'Forrest Gump', mostly | |
to indicate that even dump and simple things can go a long way if done | |
by heart. | |
What will Forrest do? | |
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The first development phase will bring: | |
- a publishing system for documentation | |
- a build system for code | |
- analysis of logs and publishing of results | |
Will I be able to use Forrest on my own sites? | |
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We do Forrest for our own stuff, but there is no reason why we should | |
restrict its use on external and unreleated sites. | |
What will the license be? | |
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The entire thing will be licensed with the Apache License. See the /legal | |
directory for more information. | |
Can I help? | |
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Of course! We need you! Even your wish-list is a good way of contributing... | |
so please, send email to | |
forrest-dev-subscribe@xml.apache.org | |
and join us! | |
The Apache XML Project | |
http://xml.apache.org/ | |