Apache Synapse - Apache Incubator

The Synapse project is creating a robust, lightweight and highly scalable XML and Web Service mediation framework based on open standards and specifications.

To participate in the Synapse podling, you should join the mailing list. Just send an empty message to synapse-dev-subscribe@ws.apache.org .

The initial goal of the project while in incubation is to build a viable developer community and create a useful codebase. In particular, it is a stated aim of this project to re-use and integrate with other components from the Apache Web Services project such as Axis2, Axiom, Sandesha, Rampart, etc.

Project info

The Apache WS project will own the Synapse subproject, and the subproject will follow the Apache WS PMC's direction. All committers on this subproject will be committers on Apache WS and vice-versa.

Detailed References:

item	type	reference
Status file	www	http://incubator.apache.org/projects/synapse.html
Website	www	http://incubator.apache.org/synapse/
Mailing list	dev	synapse-dev@ws.apache.org
Mailing list	users	synapse-user@ws.apache.org
Source code	SVN	/repos/asf/incubator/synapse/code/trunk/
Mentor	Glen Daniels	Glen Daniels (CLA on file)
Mentor	dims	Davanum Srinivas (CLA on file)
Mentor	sanjiva	Sanjiva Weerawarana (CLA on file)
Committers	pzf@apache.org	Paul Fremantle (CLA on file)
Committers	asankha@apache.org	Asankha Perera (CLA on file)
Committers	ajith@apache.org	Ajith Ranabahu (CLA on file)
Committers	saminda@apache.org	Saminda Abeyruwan (CLA on file)
Committers	hari@infravio.com	D. Hariharasudhan (CLA on file)
Committers	vikas@infravio.com	P. Vikas Roonwal (CLA on file)
Committers	gdaniels@apache.org	Glen Daniels (CLA on file)
Committers	ant@apache.org	Ant Elder (CLA on file)
Committers	jaliya	Jaliya Ekanayake (CLA on file)
Committers	deepal@apache.org	Deepal Jayasinghe (CLA on file)
Committers	chinthaka@apache.org	Chinthaka (CLA on file)
Committers	ruwan@apache.org	Ruwan Linton (CLA on file)

Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).

Incubation status reports

Q4 2005 http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IncubatorBoardReport2005Q4
Q1 2006 http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IncubatorBoardReport2006Q1
April 2006 http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/April2006
May 2006 http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/May2006
August 2006 http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/August2006
November 2006http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/November2006

Incubation work items

Project Setup

Identify the codebase

date	item
DONE	If applicable, make sure that any associated name does not already exist and check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not already trademarked for an existing software product.
NA	If request from an existing Apache project to adopt an external package, then ask the Apache project for the cvs module and mail address names.
DONE	If request from outside Apache to enter an existing Apache project, then post a message to that project for them to decide on acceptance.
N/A	If request from anywhere to become a stand-alone PMC, then assess the fit with the ASF, and create the lists and modules under the incubator address/module names if accepted.

Copyright

date	item
DONE	Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project.
DONE	Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright.

Verify distribution rights

date	item
DONE	Check that all active committers have a signed CLA on record.
DONE	Remind active committers that they are responsible for ensuring that a Corporate CLA is recorded if such is is required to authorize their contributions under their individual CLA.
DONE	Check and make sure that for all items included with the distribution that is not under the Apache license, we have the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and redistribute.
DONE	Check and make sure that all items depended upon by the project is covered by one or more of the following approved licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms.

Establish a list of active committers !

status	item
DONE	Check that all active committers have submitted a contributors agreement.
DONE	Add all active committers in the STATUS file.
DONE	Ask root for the creation of committers' accounts

Collaborative Development

Have all of the active long-term volunteers been identified and acknowledged as committers on the project?
Yes
Are there three or more independent committers? (The legal definition of independent is long and boring, but basically it means that there is no binding relationship between the individuals, such as a shared employer, that is capable of overriding their free will as individuals, directly or indirectly.)
Yes, we have active committers and contributors from four companies plus two or more universities
Are project decisions being made in public by the committers?
Yes
Are the decision-making guidelines published and agreed to by all of the committers?
Yes

Infrastructure !

status	item
DONE	Ask infrastructure to create source repository modules and grant the committers karma.
DONE	Ask infrastructure to set up and archive Mailing lists.
DONE	Decide about and then ask infrastructure to setup an issuetracking system (Bugzilla, Scarab, Jira).
DONE	Migrate the project to our infrastructure.

Generally, the result of checking off these items will be a Software Grant, CLA, and Corporate CLA for ASF licensed code, which must have no dependencies upon items whose licenses that are incompatible with the Apache License.

Licensing awareness

DONE - Are all licensing, trademark, credit issues being taken care of and acknowleged by all committers?

Project Goals during Incubation

Build independent development community

131 subscribers to dev list
48 subscribers to user list
Added two committers during incubation (asankha, ruwan)

Produce a release

(2006-01-23) M1 release - voted, tagged, signed
(2006-06-05) M2 release - voted, tagged, signed
(2006-12-14) 0.90 release - voted, tagged, signed

Exit

Things to check for before voting the project out.

Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project

Has the receiving PMC voted to accept it? Yes - thread starts here

Incubator sign-off

Has the Incubator decided that the project has accomplished all of the above tasks? YES! 2007-01-02 Graduation vote passes - result here