3… 2… 1… Apache Wicket

We have Graduation! The Wicket project is established as the Apache Wicket project within the Apache Software Foundation.

From Greg Stein:

	-------- Original Message --------
	Subject: Apache Board Meeting, June 20, 2007 (new officers!)
	Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:45:06 -0700
	From: Greg Stein
	Reply-To: members@
	To: members@

	Hi all,

	Today, the newly-elected Board met for the first time. After we got
	done with our regular series of project reviews and other reports, we
	elected a new slate of executive officers. I'm happy to present that
	list:

	 Jim Jagielski, Chairman
	 Justin Erenkrantz, President
	 J Aaron Farr, Treasurer
	 Sam Ruby, Exec VP and Secretary

	Welcome guys to your new offices!

	We also established new three projects:

	* Apache Quetzalcoatl: this springs mod_python and related bits out of
	the HTTPD project into its own TLP. Gregory Trubetskoy is its Chair.

	* Apache Wicket: this is a light webapp framework for Java, graduating
	from the Incubator into its own TLP. Martijn Dashorst is the new
	Chair.

	* Apache Commons: this is the venerable Apache Jakarta Commons, now
	spun out into its own TLP, with Torsten Curdt as its Chair.

	Finally, we swapped a couple PMC Chairs:

	* Will Glass-Hussin replaces Henning Schmiedehausen as the Velocity Chair
	* David Sean Taylor replaces Santiago Gala as the Portals Chair

	That's it for this month. Please feel free to forward this to any
	public/private forum as you see fit. If you have any questions, then
	please don't hesitate to ask myself or any other Director or officer.

	Cheers,
	-g

From this rather obscure blog, I would like to congratulate all Wicket community members with this remarkable feat! Furthermore, I like to thank the Board of the Apache Software Foundation for the trust they invested in us. We will not disappoint!

I personally would like to thank Wicket’s mentors:

  • Alex Karasulu (whose birthday coincidentally is today… what a better gift could you receive). Thanks for bringing us on board!
  • Upayavira, who made the transition even run smoother than thought possible. Thanks for guiding us and I hope you’ll stay for a long time with our project!
  • Bertrand Delacretaz, thank you for your help, votes and advise. We will miss your involvement, but will certainly see you in the future!
  • Sylvain Wallez, also big thanks for helping and guiding us. I hope Wicket is still working within Joost

Finally, congratulations to the new officers, PMC Chairs and the other two new projects: Apache Quetzalcoatl and Apache Commons! Welcome to the club!

10 Responses to “3… 2… 1… Apache Wicket”

  1. Frank Bille's Weblog Says:

    Wicket => Apache Wicket…

    Wicket has graduated from Apache Incubator and has now become an Apache top level project. I would like to thank all the guys who made this possible and especially Martijn (our new PMC Chair). I’m trying to plan a little get-together/meeting in C…

  2. rue’s headroom » Blog Archiv » Wicket ist Apache Top Level Projekt Says:

    [...] 3… 2… 1… Wicket Graduates! [...]

  3. Wicket is now a top level Apache project « Chillenious! Says:

    [...] I’d like to parrot Martijn, thanking the board, our mentors and ourselves for getting there. Hieperdepiep… hoera! [...]

  4. G. Says:

    Congratulations! Great news!

  5. Apache Wicket! at ejeklint-dot-se Says:

    [...] Wicket has been graduated to a top level Apache project. My very best congratulations! And soon we will have Wicket 1.3 and a smashing new book on Wicket as well, so the future looks just great. I have been off working with my own Wicket projects for a while, but now it’s time get working with Irrigator again, and make my heating controller better adapted for use with mobile phones. I used fancy Ajax stuff for it’s very simple GUI, not realising that the Sony-Ericsson phones doesn’t do Ajax… Silly me. Now where’s my iPhone!? [...]

  6. Amit Agarwalla Says:

    Wow. Excellent news. Congratulations to all. I bumped into Wicket a year and quarter back and must admit that i was impressed with it and recommended to my colleagues though i could not sell it. Over the last year it has gained significant mileage and with this announcement i feel we have a strong case.

  7. René Vangsgaard Says:

    Great news. Martijn, I met you last year at TSS Barcelona, and it’s good to see that your hard work with Wicket is rewarded; I hope the Apache brand will further expand Wickets use around the globe. It’s been a while since I have used Wicket (I am not doing much web programming for now). but Wicket is my first pick when I will make web apps again, as I really like the clean separation of HTML and Java, and the no-brainer way to Ajax-enable your app.

    Congratulations.

  8. Sylvain Wallez: Apache Wicket | Server software Says:

    [...] Read more on this from Martijn, Eelco, Bertrand and Jean-Baptiste. 24 Jun 07 | Source link | Apache | | On Server Also: [...]

  9. A Wicket Diary» Blog Archive » Homeless guy finds new home: wicket.apache.org Says:

    [...] With Wicket’s recent graduation we had become homeless: the Incubator didn’t want us anymore (you’re graduated, get out!), and our TLP was not yet established. In the mean time, the universe seemed to conspire against us: lethal solar flares tried to divert infrastructure’s attention to burning machines. But we prevailed! [...]

  10. Wicket is now a top level Apache project « Chillenius’s Weblog Says:

    [...] I’d like to parrot Martijn, thanking the board, our mentors and ourselves for getting there. Hieperdepiep… hoera! [...]

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