Ok, so one thing which I would really like to do with this mail is to
generate some discussion about something other than Gump. That isn't to
say that I don't want to include Gump in the future of Alexandria but I
want to start with what is currently here and move on from there.
I would also like to make it clear that I'm not trying to 'take over'
the project and steer it somewhere that people don't want it to go. I
have some ideas which I think would be cool but there is also plenty of
things in what is currently here to work on. Also, I'd love to hear
from either Kevin Burton or Jeff Martin as to their thoughts on these
things. I'm planning on dropping each of them a note to guage their
thinking.
According to the web site, Alexandria was created to:
create a global documentation and source organization system to help
people understand source code and to share code across projects.
Personally, I think this goal shortchanges Alexandria and limits the use
by others. I would much rather see Alexandria become a build/test
system which can be easily integrated into existing projects. There
would be individual Ant tasks for things like JXR, Changelogs and others
which would be usable without any additional file creation. The
task/components could also fit together to create something similar to
the Gump idea of watching multiple projects.
In order to get to the point where Alexandria has components which can
be used, a decision has to be made to no longer support the idea of the
XSD files and Castor. If others support this idea (if not, maybe I'll
just put it under the proposal directory), here area a few things which
I'll start with:
1) Take stock of what is currently here
2) Starting with the JXR task, begin to componentize other pieces
3) Redocument the new path and the new ideas
4) Figure out the best way to move someone from 'old' Alexandria to the
new thinking
Ok, I think this mail gives the list enough things to discuss. I look
forward to your feedback.
josh
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