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Re: New maintainer needed!
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2007-09-04 04:19:43



> IT'S STILL A LARGE COMPANY WITH IT'S OWN INTERESTS BURIED SOMEWHERE.

AGREED, BUT MAINLY ABOUT FILES/SVN ETC.. I GUESS GOOGLE IS OK FOR HOSTING
THE MAILING LIST, AND MIGHT EVEN BE A GOOD POINT REGARDING 'PUBLICITY',
ARCHIVES ETC. OF THE DEBATE.

> EVERYONE WOULD FEEL BETTER WITH A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
> PROVIDING SERVICES RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS OR CORPORATIONS.

I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HOST THE PROJECT'S
MATERIAL (SPECS/WIKI/FILES/POLLS/SVN).

SOME SORT OF 'INITIATIVE ENDORSEMENT' COULD HELP GETTING VISIBILITY &
MOMENTUM BUT ONLY ONCE THE SPECS ARE MATURE ...

> SINCE THE STANDARDS WORK HAS BECOME SO STAGNANT I WOULD SUGGEST WE
> ADOPT SOMETHING LIKE THE IETF MODEL FOR CONTRIBUTION AND DRIVING ON
> THE STANDARD TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

IETF MODEL MIGHT BE OVERKILL (I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS) BUT WE
_DO_ NEED SOME SORT OF PROJECT MILESTONES / SCHEDULE AND VALIDATION
MECHANISM.

> WHETHER JSON-RPC.ORG IS A CODE PROJECT OR A STANDARDS PROJECT

_STANDARD PROJECT_ + CONFORMANCE TESTS (+ REFERENCE 'PSEUDO' IMPLEMENTATION
?)

MY 2 ‚¬CENTS

LP

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