Copying ant-dev... Ant-dev, please CC Keiron Liddle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you respond to this.
Hi Keiron, Let me first of all convey my profound thanks for your generous offer to donate the code under ASF license. Acknowledgement and due recognition will be given - you shouldn't have any worries there. I noticed that there is still some work that needs to be done on it, as you say, though it seems pretty stable at least in compression and decompression. In fact, by donating the code to Ant, it is almost definite that the code will be further improved as it gets to catch the attention of a lot many more eyes ;-) Right now, I am interested in these files, at a minimum: BZip2Constants.java CBZip2InputStream.java CBZip2OutputStream.java CRC.java However, I don't want to rule out using the other classes. The testing files may be useful, at least as a source for testcases in Ant. Though, at least in the context of Ant, I don't think we will have much use for the UI piece. What I intend to do with it: Ant already has tasks called GZip and GUnzip to compress and decompress using GZip algorithm. I am planning to contribute two new tasks BZip2 and BUnzip2 to compress and decompress using BZip2 algorithm - the input and output streams that your code provides will be very useful for this. While doing this, I am also planning to refactor GZip and GUnzip. Please let me know when I need to refetch the code again. Meanwhile, I will continue my work on what I have with me now and we can always patch it up against Ant's CVS when you provide further improvements. Thanks, Magesh On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 Keiron Liddle wrote : > Hi Magesh, > > Thanks for your interest. > I have actually written a basic ant task for using > bzip2. I have thought > about suggesting it to the ant people but haven't got > around to it. > > Anyway if you want I can donate all the code to the > apache ant project (or > where ever is appropriate). Provided of course that > aknowledgement is > given. > > I am working on an apache project myself, FOP - > http://xml.apache.org/fop > so I am willing to help with other apache projects. > > There still could be some more work done on it but at > the moment the bzip2 > compression and decompression seems to work correctly. > > Do you want just the required files (about 3 or 4) or > do you want the whole > project. There are some other testing files, command > line etc. > > Please wait a bit before taking the code. I have some > changes on my > computer and I want to know exactly what you will do > with the code and how > much will be taken. > > Regards, > Keiron Liddle > > On 2001.11.13 16:52 Magesh Umasankar wrote: > > > > Keiron: > > > > I would like to reuse CBZip2InputStream and > > CBZip2OutputStream that you have written as the basis > > for an Apache Ant task. However, I wouldn't be able > > to use your licensing/copyright - the task that I > write > > has to be under Apache License. I would be more than > > willing to give your share of name and fame by giving > > proper credits to you, acknowleging your work in the > > source code. Let me know if I can borrow code from > > these 2 files, rename the package name and reuse it. > > > > Thanks, > > Magesh > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
