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larscorneliussen — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:55:02 GMT

NPanday has moved!

NOW AT: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

Documentation for Version 1.2.1

Documentation of the previous version 1.2.x can be found at http://incubator.apache.org/npanday/docs/1.2/index.html.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

larscorneliussen — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:44:19 GMT

NPanday has moved!

NOW AT: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

Documentation for Version 1.2.1

Documentation of the previous version 1.2.x can be found at http://incubator.apache.org/npanday/docs/1.2/index.html.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

larscorneliussen — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:43:41 GMT

NPanday has moved!

NOW AT: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

Documentation of the previous version 1.2.x can be found at http://incubator.apache.org/npanday/docs/1.2/index.html.

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larscorneliussen — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:41:48 GMT

NPanday has moved!

NOW AT: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

NPanday just announced the first release (1.4.0-incubating) under the umbrella of Apache Incubator.

- go find the current release at http://incubator.apache.org/npanday/docs/1.4.0-incubating/download.html OR at Maven Central.
- the Subversion repository is now located at http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/npanday/
- the discussion forum is replaced by the mailing lists (listed on the forum page)
- the issue tracker is no longer monitored - please use http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NPANDAY instead.

NPanday

... brings Maven to the .NET developer

More information, and lots of documentation is available at : http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

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larscorneliussen — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:41:19 GMT

NPanday has moved!

NOW AT: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

NPanday just announced the first release (1.4.0-incubating) under the umbrella of Apache Incubator.

NPanday

... brings Maven to the .NET developer

More information, and lots of documentation is available at : http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

Updated Wiki: Home

larscorneliussen — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:38:04 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator:

NOW AT: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

NPanday just announced the first release (1.4.0-incubating) under the umbrella of Apache Incubator.

NPanday

... brings Maven to the .NET developer

More information, and lots of documentation is available at : http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

Updated Wiki: Documentation

LarsCorneliussen — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:23:04 GMT

Documentation

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator (http://incubator.apache.org/npanday)

Full documentation for the current version 1.2.1 is found at following site: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday/docs/1.2/index.html.

Documentation of the previous version 1.1 can be found at http://incubator.apache.org/npanday/docs/1.1/index.html.

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LarsCorneliussen — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:08:28 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator (http://incubator.apache.org/npanday)

NPanday remains active, and is gradually in the process of relocating to the Apache Software Foundation. The status is as follows:
- please continue to use the latest stable release & documentation until a new release is made available from Apache: NPanday 1.2.1
- the Subversion repository is now located at http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/npanday/
- the discussion forum is replaced by the mailing lists (listed on the forum page)
- the issue tracker is no longer monitored - please use http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NPANDAY instead.

NPanday

... brings Maven to the .NET developer

NPanday primarily provides two capabilities: a set of Maven plugins, for constructing builds in Maven that use the .NET command-line tools; and a Visual Studio Addin that keeps a Visual Studio project in sync with the Maven POM and adds reference resolution from Maven artifact repositories. Together this allows you to use a single tool across .NET, Java or any other Maven-based projects, including the same benefits of dependency management, automated release and source control management, and so on.

Read more about Apache Maven here: http://maven.apache.org)

Continuous Integration and Artifact Management for your .NET Applications using Open Source Technology

By using NPanday you can take advantage of existing development infrastructure that is compatible with Maven. This includes dependency management and project sharing using any Maven repository, and particularly those running a repository manager such as Apache Archiva (http://archiva.apache.org), and continuous builds using a build server such as Apache Continuum (http://continuum.apache.org).

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Maven Builds
Execute Maven directly from Visual Studio or run standalone from a build server.

Dependency Management
Add references to the project by automatically obtaining them from a shared Maven repository.

Project Importer
Convenient way of converting an existing .NET Applications so that it can be built using Maven outside VS, ready for Continuous Integration.

Auto-Sync
Synchronization while developing the .NET Application for minimal interaction with the POM (Project Object Model) file.

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

How to Get Involved

NPanday is an open source project under the Apache License 2.0. You are free to use the application and source code as you wish under those terms.

We welcome you to contribute to the project by submitting your requests and feedback, patches to the code and participating in development discussions.

We are looking for active contributors to join the project, and use the Apache meritocracy model by nominating and voting for committers from those that regularly discuss development and submit patches for fixes and enhancements.

See below for further information on developing NPanday.

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NPANDAY
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net

Project History

Originally developed in the Apache incubator as NMaven, NPanday is the continuation of the 0.14 development line and its expanded set of features. The project aims to provide production level support for Maven in .NET environments today, while working towards a unified solution with other technologies for the future.

More information can be found in the FAQ under the documentation link above.

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

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LarsCorneliussen — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:07:14 GMT

NPanday has moved to the http://incubator.apache.org/npanday/

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

How to Get Involved

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NPANDAY
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net

Project History

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

Updated Wiki: Home

brettporter — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:53:31 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://incubator.apache.org/npanday

How to Get Involved

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NPANDAY
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net

Project History

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

Updated Wiki: Home

LarsCorneliussen — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:52:10 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2.

How to Get Involved

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NPANDAY
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net

Project History

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

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rodrigol — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:31:10 GMT

I have built a C# console aplication but when I press npanday install in the vs add-in i have this issue in the output. This console aplication uses 3 class library in dependency. I add the dependency Using Add Maven Artifact in the Npanday VS add in ConsoleAplication1 depends ClassLibrary3 ClassLibrary3 depends ClassLibrary2 ClassLibrary2 depends ClassLibrary1 Dec 9, 2010 4:30:08 PM npanday.registry.ConnectionsRepository lazyLoad INFO: NPANDAY-080-001: Adding data access object: Class Name = npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl Dec 9, 2010 4:30:08 PM npanday.registry.ConnectionsRepository lazyLoad INFO: NPANDAY-080-004: Connection Start Up: Time = 16 Dec 9, 2010 4:30:08 PM info.aduna.lang.service.ServiceRegistry <init> INFO: Registered service class org.openrdf.query.parser.serql.SeRQLParserFactory Dec 9, 2010 4:30:08 PM info.aduna.lang.service.ServiceRegistry <init> INFO: Registered service class org.openrdf.query.parser.sparql.SPARQLParserFactory Dec 9, 2010 4:30:08 PM npanday.repository.impl.RepositoryConverterImpl convertRepositoryFormatFor INFO: NPANDAY-190-002: Converting Project: Artifact ID = ConsoleApplication1, Dependency Count =1 [INFO] [install:install {execution: default-install}] Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.registry.ConnectionsRepository lazyLoad INFO: NPANDAY-080-001: Adding data access object: Class Name = npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.registry.ConnectionsRepository lazyLoad INFO: NPANDAY-080-004: Connection Start Up: Time = 47 [INFO] NPANDAY-001-007: Installing file into repository: File = C:\Users\rliberal\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\target\ConsoleApplication1.exe, Dest Directory = C:\Users\rliberal\.m2\uac\gac_msil\ConsoleApplication1\1.0-SNAPSHOT__.ConsoleApplication1 Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-012: Resolving artifact for unresolved dependency: .ClassLibrary3:ClassLibrary3:dotnet-library:1.0-SNAPSHOT Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-024: resolving pom artifact: .ClassLibrary3:ClassLibrary3:pom:1.0-SNAPSHOT Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-018: Not found in UAC, now retrieving artifact from wagon:.ClassLibrary3:ClassLibrary3:dotnet-library:1.0-SNAPSHOT, Failed UAC Path Check = C:\Users\rliberal\.m2\uac\gac_msil\ClassLibrary3\1.0-SNAPSHOT__.ClassLibrary3\ClassLibrary3.dll Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-012: Resolving artifact for unresolved dependency: .ClassLibrary2:ClassLibrary2:dotnet-library:1.0-SNAPSHOT Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-024: resolving pom artifact: .ClassLibrary2:ClassLibrary2:pom:1.0-SNAPSHOT Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-018: Not found in UAC, now retrieving artifact from wagon:.ClassLibrary2:ClassLibrary2:dotnet-library:1.0-SNAPSHOT, Failed UAC Path Check = C:\Users\rliberal\.m2\uac\gac_msil\ClassLibrary2\1.0-SNAPSHOT__.ClassLibrary2\ClassLibrary2.dll Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-012: Resolving artifact for unresolved dependency: .ClassLibrary1:ClassLibrary1:dotnet-library:1.0-SNAPSHOT Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-024: resolving pom artifact: .ClassLibrary1:ClassLibrary1:pom:1.0-SNAPSHOT Dec 9, 2010 4:30:09 PM npanday.dao.impl.ProjectDaoImpl storeProjectAndResolveDependencies INFO: NPANDAY-180-018: Not found in UAC, now retrieving artifact from wagon:.ClassLibrary1:ClassLibrary1:dotnet-library:1.0-SNAPSHOT, Failed UAC Path Check = C:\Users\rliberal\.m2\uac\gac_msil\ClassLibrary1\1.0-SNAPSHOT__.ClassLibrary1\ClassLibrary1.dll NPANDAY-001-316: Unable to delete temp bin directory: Error Stack Trace: File C:\Users\rliberal\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\bin\Debug\ConsoleApplication1.vshost.exe unable to be deleted. The execution is successful But when I execute the proyect In execution time couldn't find ClassLibrary2 And this generates a run time error I have built a C# console aplication but when I press npanday install in the vs add-in i have this issue in the output. This console aplication uses 3 class library in dependency. ConsoleAplication1 depends ClassLibrary3 ClassLibrary3 depends ClassLibrary2 ClassLibrary2 depends ClassLibrary1 The execution is successful But when I execute the proyect In execution time couldn't find ClassLibrary2 And this generates a run time error ConsoleAplication1 solution using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { ClassLibrary3.Class1 a = new ClassLibrary3.Class1(); Console.WriteLine(a.cadena); } } } ClassLibrary3 solution using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace ClassLibrary3 { public class Class1 { ClassLibrary2.Class1 a = new ClassLibrary2.Class1(); public string cadena; public Class1() { cadena = "Lib3 - " + a.cadena; } } } ClassLibrary2 solution using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace ClassLibrary2 { public class Class1 { public String cadena = "LIB 2"; public string getCadena() { return this.cadena; } } } Solution ClassLibrary1 using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace ClassLibrary1 { public class Class1 { int n = 1; } } May be recursive dependency in execution time don't work in NPanday ? I need an answer to solve this problem. Thanks.

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brettporter — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:29:43 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2.

How to Get Involved

Issue Tracker
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net

Project History

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

Updated Wiki: Home

brettporter — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:23:31 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2.

How to Get Involved

Discussion Forum
Issue Tracker
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net
Roadmap - current plans for future versions

Project History

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

Updated Wiki: Home

brettporter — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:54:58 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2.

How to Get Involved

NPanday is an open source project under the Apache License 2.0. You are free to use the application and source code as you wish under those terms.

We welcome you to contribute to the project by submitting your requests and feedback, patches to the code and participating in development discussions in the discussion area.

We are looking for active contributors to join the project, and use the Apache meritocracy model by nominating and voting for committers from those that regularly discuss development and submit patches for fixes and enhancements.

See below for further information on developing NPanday.

Discussion Forum
Issue Tracker
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net
Roadmap - current plans for future versions

Project History

Licensing

NPanday is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and work is contributed under one or more Contributor License Agreements, modeled on the CLA of the Apache Software Foundation.

Prospective committers will need to execute the CLA found here: https://npanday.svn.codeplex.com/svn/legal/npanday-cla-template.txt. If your current employment contract requires it, your employer may also need to execute the CCLA found here: https://npanday.svn.codeplex.com/svn/legal/npanday-ccla-template.txt

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

Updated Wiki: Home

brettporter — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:27:49 GMT

NPanday has moved to the Apache Incubator

NPanday remains active, and is gradually in the process of relocating to the Apache Software Foundation. The status is as follows:
- please continue to file issues here until our issue tracker is set up
- please continue to use the latest stable release & documentation: NPanday 1.2.1
- the Subversion repository is now located at http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/npanday/
- the discussion forum is replaced by the mailing lists (listed on the forum page)

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2.

How to Get Involved

NPanday is an open source project under the Apache License 2.0. You are free to use the application and source code as you wish under those terms.

We welcome you to contribute to the project by submitting your requests and feedback, patches to the code and participating in development discussions in the discussion area.

We are looking for active contributors to join the project, and use the Apache meritocracy model by nominating and voting for committers from those that regularly discuss development and submit patches for fixes and enhancements.

See below for further information on developing NPanday.

Discussion Forum
Issue Tracker
IRC: join #NPanday on irc.freenode.net
Roadmap - current plans for future versions

Project History

Licensing

ASF Proposal

ASFProposal - current Incubation Proposal for Apache Software Foundation move

Updated Wiki: ASFProposal

brettporter — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:44:42 GMT

NPanday Proposal

Abstract

NPanday allows projects using the .NET framework to be built with Apache Maven. NPanday allows .NET projects to be converted into Maven projects thus allowing them to fully utilize the other technologies driven by Maven.

Proposal

NPanday primarily provides two capabilities: a set of Maven plugins, for constructing builds in Maven that use the .NET command-line tools; and a Visual Studio Addin that keeps a Visual Studio project in sync with the Maven POM and adds reference resolution from Maven artifact repositories. Together this allows you to use a single tool across .NET, Java or any other Maven-based projects, including the same benefits of dependency management, automated release and source control management.

Background

When building .NET projects traditionally you would use the built in components in Visual Studio or compile the source code by hand in the command line using .NET frameworks. NPanday gives an alternative building management option.

NPanday also allows developers to continue to build and develop .NET projects even without the aid of Visual Studio.

Rationale

NPanday allows developers to still use the .NET Frameworks and technologies that they need and at the same time allow their projects to be distributed and released with greater ease using Maven's conventions. NPanday also helps those developers maintain and integrate their project in a continuus integration that could host both Java and .NET projects.

Initial Goals

The initial goals for NPanday are:

* Donate the existing codebase and import it.
* Setup the incubation infrastructure (svn repository, build system, website) so we can run continuous builds with automated testing and publish all available documentation and releases, and migrate from Codeplex
* Get people involved in advancing the code base in different directions, integrating it with other projects at Apache.
* Work closely with current contributors and seek to add new committers
* Prepare for a point release that meets incubator and Apache criteria
* Start active development on NPanday 2.0

Current Status

The current codebase is developed and tested in both .NET and Java. It was developed at Codeplex for the last two years after originally being forked from the failed NMaven incubator podling.

We have a number of releases all of which have followed a clear transparent process. Documentation for the project is currently available in http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2/, which can be donated and converted to the Apache NPanday website. The development team is currently using Codeplex discussion forums as the primary colaborative process.

Meritocracy

Some of the core developers are already committers and PMC members at Apache, so they understand what it means to have a process based on meritocracy.

NPanday has been operating under an Apache-like model since its inception.

Community

We've seen a number of new contributors joining the community recently.. Most of the community members have found NPanday through searching for Maven in .NET and have donated their own tweaks as they continue to consume NPanday. The community members have actively created issues that are improving the behaviors and bugs in the current version.

Core Developers

The core development team started mostly with members from MaestroDev and has been recently added with other independent developers. Most of the development team members have experience in other Apache projects.

Alignment

The initial codebase came from NMaven in the incubator, and because of that and the Apache committers involved it has always had an Apache development philosophy. It is designed to work with Apache Maven, though has some value to anyone that can use a POM. We would also like to reach out to other .NET-based projects at Apache.

Known Risks

There is already a growing community in existence and the members of the community are active towards enhancing NPanday even more. There are no signs of the project being orphaned or abandoned.

The committers of NPanday are from atleast 2 different companies, MaestroDev and Itemis. NPanday also has contributors from other companies and are interested to be committers as well.

Although NPanday mostly consists of MaestroDev employees the work for NPanday is done on billed time and non billed time. NPanday has also been advertised in the Philippines as a gateway for students and developers to join the band wagon on opensource projects.

Initial Source

NPanday has been in development within codeplex since 2008.

Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan

The contributions are from three sources:

- the original (cleared) NMaven code
- contributions by MaestroDev employees (will be covered under a software grant/CCLA)
- contributions by active individuals (will submit CLAs)

We wish to explore whether we should import this picking up the NMaven history.

Required Resources

Mailing lists:

npanday-dev@incubator.apache.org
npanday-commits@incubator.apache.org
npanday-users@incubator.apache.org
npanday-private@incubator.apache.org

Subversion:

* https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/npanday

Issue Tracking:

* JIRA: Apache npanday (npanday)

Wiki:

* Confluence: Apache npanday (npanday)

Initial Committers

* Brett Porter brett@apache.org
* Wendy Smoak wsmoak@apache.org
* Odea Ching oching@apache.org
* Marecor Baclay mbaclay@apache.org
* Joe Ocaba jocaba@maestrodev.com
* Adelita Padilla apadilla@maestrodev.com
* Lars Corneliussen

note: We also have a number of emeritus committers, and one that has been accepted but is awaiting approval from their employer. They are not initially listed, but we expect that they would be welcome back if available. The podling would vote on them as normal should that occur.

Affiliations

Brett Porter, Wendy Smoak, Odea Ching, Marecor Baclay, Joe Ocaba, and Adelita Padilla work for MaestroDev and Lars Corneliussen works for Itemis.

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brettporter — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:31:27 GMT

NPanday Proposal

Abstract

Proposal

Background

Rationale

Initial Goals

The initial goals for NPanday are:

* Donate the existing codebase and import it.
* Setup the incubation infrastructure (svn repository, build system, website) so we can run continuous builds with automated testing and publish all available documentation and releases.
* Get people involved in advancing the code base in different directions, integrating it with other projects at Apache.
* Prepare for an initial release that demonstrates NPanday core capabilities and potential.

Current Status

Meritocracy

Community

Core Developers

Alignment

Known Risks

Initial Source

NPanday has been in development within codeplex since 2008.

Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan

Required Resources

Mailing lists:

npanday-dev@incubator.apache.org
npanday-commits@incubator.apache.org
npanday-users@incubator.apache.org
npanday-private@incubator.apache.org

Subversion:

* https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/npanday

Issue Tracking:

* JIRA: Apache npanday (npanday)

Wiki:

* Confluence: Apache npanday (npanday)

Initial Committers

Affiliations

Brett Porter, Wendy Smoak, Odea Ching, Marecor Baclay, Joe Ocaba, and Adelita Padilla work for MaestroDev and Lars Corneliussen works for Itemis.

Updated Wiki: ASFProposal

jocaba — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:06:22 GMT

NPanday Proposal

Abstract

NPanday allows projects using the .NET framework to be built with Apache Maven. NPanday allows .NET projects to be converted into Maven projects thus allowing them to fully utilize the other technologies driven by Maven.

Proposal

NPanday primarily provides two capabilities: a set of Maven plugins, for constructing builds in Maven that use the .NET command-line tools; and a Visual Studio Addin that keeps a Visual Studio project in sync with the Maven POM and adds reference resolution from Maven artifact repositories. Together this allows you to use a single tool across .NET, Java or any other Maven-based projects, including the same benefits of dependency management, automated release and source control management.

Background

When building .NET projects traditionally you would use the built in components in Visual Studio or compile the source code by hand in the command line using .NET frameworks. NPanday gives an alternative building management option.

NPanday also allows developers to continue to build and develop .NET projects even without the aid of Visual Studio.

Rationale

NPanday allows developers to still use the .NET Frameworks and technologies that they need and at the same time allow their projects to be distributed and released with greater ease using Maven's conventions. NPanday also helps those developers maintain and integrate their project in a continuus integration that could host both Java and .NET projects.

Initial Goals

The initial goals for NPanday are:

* Donate the existing codebase and import it.
* Setup the incubation infrastructure (svn repository, build system, website) so we can run continuous builds with automated testing and publish all available documentation and releases.
* Get people involved in advancing the code base in different directions, integrating it with other projects at Apache.
* Prepare for an initial release that demonstrates NPanday core capabilities and potential.

Current Status

The current codebase is developed and tested in both .NET and Java. It was developed at Codeplex for the last two years after originally being forked from the failed NMaven incubator podling.

We have a number of releases all of which have followed a clear transparent process. Documentation for the project is currently available in http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2/, which can be donated and converted to the Apache NPanday website. The development team is currently using Codeplex discussion forums as the primary colaborative process.

Meritocracy

Some of the core developers are already committers and PMC members at Apache, so they understand what it means to have a process based on meritocracy.

NPanday has been operating under an Apache-like model since its inception.

Community

We've seen a number of new contributors joining the community recently.. Most of the community members have found NPanday through searching for Maven in .NET and have donated their own tweaks as they continue to consume NPanday. The community members have actively created issues that are improving the behaviors and bugs in the current version.

Core Developers

The core development team started mostly with members from MaestroDev and has been recently added with other independent developers. Most of the development team members have experience in other Apache projects.

Alignment

The initial codebase came from NMaven in the incubator, and because of that and the Apache committers involved it has always had an Apache development philosophy. It is designed to work with Apache Maven, though has some value to anyone that can use a POM. We would also like to reach out to other .NET-based projects at Apache.

Known Risks

There is already a growing community in existence and the members of the community are active towards enhancing NPanday even more. There are no signs of the project being orphaned or abandoned.

The committers of NPanday are from atleast 2 different companies, MaestroDev and Itemis. NPanday also has contributors from other companies and are interested to be committers as well.

Although NPanday mostly consists of MaestroDev employees the work for NPanday is done on billed time and non billed time. NPanday has also been advertised in the Philippines as a gateway for students and developers to join the band wagon on opensource projects.

Initial Source

NPanday has been in development within codeplex since 2008.

Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan

The contributions are from three sources:

- the original (cleared) NMaven code
- contributions by MaestroDev employees (will be covered under a software grant/CCLA)
- contributions by active individuals (will submit CLAs)

We wish to explore whether we should import this picking up the NMaven history.

Required Resources

Mailing lists:

npanday-dev@incubator.apache.org
npanday-commits@incubator.apache.org
npanday-users@incubator.apache.org
npanday-private@incubator.apache.org

Subversion:

* https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/npanday

Issue Tracking:

* JIRA: Apache npanday (npanday)

Wiki:

* Confluence: Apache npanday (npanday)

Initial Committers

* Brett Porter bporter@apache.org
* Wendy Smoak wsmoak@apache.org
* Odea Ching oching@apache.org
* Marecor Baclay mbaclay@apache.org
* Joe Ocaba jocaba@maestrodev.com
* Adelita Padilla apadilla@maestrodev.com
* Lars Corneliussen

note: We also have a number of emeritus committers, and one that has been accepted but is awaiting approval from their employer. They are not initially listed, but we expect that they would be welcome back if available. The podling would vote on them as normal should that occur.

Affiliations

Brett Porter, Wendy Smoak, Odea Ching, Marecor Baclay, Joe Ocaba, and Adelita Padilla work for MaestroDev and Lars Corneliussen works for Itemis.

Sponsors

We have approached both the champion and an initial list of mentors that have agreed to mentor this project.

Champion:

* Brett Porter

Mentors:

* Dennis Lundberg
* Gavin McDonald
* Odea Ching

Sponsor:

* Apache Incubator

Updated Wiki: Home

jocaba — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:05:03 GMT

NPanday

NPanday Visual Studio Add-in Features

Documentation

Full documentation is now available at the following site: http://www.npanday.org/docs/1.2.

How to Get Involved

NPanday is an open source project under the Apache License 2.0. You are free to use the application and source code as you wish under those terms.

We welcome you to contribute to the project by submitting your requests and feedback, patches to the code and participating in development discussions in the discussion area.

We are looking for active contributors to join the project, and use the Apache meritocracy model by nominating and voting for committers from those that regularly discuss development and submit patches for fixes and enhancements.

See below for further information on developing NPanday.