Re: [technology-pmc] COSMOS project dependency question

[Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm pretty sure that you can mention Tomcat, JBoss, etc. without a CQ. 
I'll confirm.

Wayne

David Whiteman wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response, Wayne.
>
> If you are correct in classifying this as an exempt prereq, when we refer 
> to such a dependence in our download/install/usage instructions, are we 
> able to give examples of such implementations?  For instance, could we 
> include an instruction like this:
>
> 1. Install your favorite JSP 2.0-compliant web server (e.g. Tomcat, JBOSS, 
> etc.)
>
> Or must we avoid even mentioning names such as "Tomcat" without getting a 
> CQ approval?  Would this start to imply some sort of non-exempt prereq?  I 
> would hope we could do this, since using descriptive prose in every 
> instance where we want to refer to a web server is awkward and 
> error-prone, and really not very usable.
>
> Thanks,
> David
> ---
> David Whiteman | IBM Tivoli Autonomic Computing
> Eclipse COSMOS project committer | http://www.eclipse.org/cosmos/
> dlwhiteman@xxxxxxxxxx | 919-254-8224 | T/L 444-8224
>
>
>
> From:
> Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> Technology PMC <technology-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 10/21/2008 04:07 PM
> Subject:
> Re: [technology-pmc] COSMOS project dependency question
>
>
>
> Actually, I think this is an "Exempt Pre-req".
>
> --
> A pre-req may be classified as "exempt" by the EMO if the software is 
> pervasive in
> nature, expected to be already on the user's machine, and/or an IP 
> review would be
> either impossible, impractical, or inadvisable. Exempt pre-req's can be 
> approved for use
> by the EMO without IP review. Examples: Windows XP, Sun JRE. However, an 
> exempt
> pre-req may be disallowed by the EMO at its discretion.
> --
>
> Wayne
>
> David Whiteman wrote:
>   
> > Hello PMC,
> >
> > We have a question about a dependency our project (COSMOS) has on a "web 
> >     
>
>   
> > server that supports JSP 2.0".  In essence, our frameworks require 
> >     
> servlet 
>   
> > and JSP support, and don't really care which web server technology you 
> > leverage, provided it complies with JSP 2.0.  We have tested with JBOSS 
> > and Tomcat successfully.  Given this, we would like to get your 
> > interpretation of the type of dependency that we have.  We believe this 
> > would constitute a "workswith" dependency, since no one specific JSP 2.0 
> >     
>
>   
> > is required, as opposed to a "prereq" dependency (which seems to mandate 
> >     
> a 
>   
> > particular version of a particular product).  Would you agree this is a 
> > "workswith" dependency?
> >
> > If you need more information, please ask.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > David
> > ---
> > David Whiteman | IBM Tivoli Autonomic Computing
> > Eclipse COSMOS project committer | http://www.eclipse.org/cosmos/
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