Hi folks!
I'm not going to +1 a release on the 11th... yet.
Here's what I think needs to happen at a *minimum* before cutting a release:
1) Some documentation needs to be written (I know you guys are working on this as we speak :)) and edited/checked over by at least two or three folks aside from the author(s).
2) All the code needs cleanup (such as by an IDE's "format code" feature) for consistent style/spacing/etc.
3) All spelling/capitalization errors in the code must be fixed.
4) The existing code needs some more review by the team, and in particular more review from folks outside of LSF (no offense, guys - this isn't meant to make any comment on the code quality, it's just that it's always good to make sure multiple viewpoints are represented) - Alek, Sam, Mark, etc.... I'm very concerned that, although we know this is "only a milestone release of a prototype" that some of the APIs and patterns which we haven't necessarily agreed upon as yet are going to start to gel and become harder to change. I also suspect we can trim some of the stuff that's there for an initial release.
So the net of this is that I'm not comfortable releasing things in their current form, but that will hopefully change in the next two weeks. Unfortunately, I'm going to be in Raleigh from Mon-Fri at meetings where I won't have network access (damn you, IBM!), but I pledge to put some time into this in the evenings and next week.
I don't mean to be any kind of a party-pooper here - please understand all these comments are in the interest of producing a seriously high-quality piece of engineering, both from a design perspective and in terms of the actual artifacts we produce as a team. Even for an early access "release", I think it's critical that we are all on the same page with respect to WHAT we're releasing, WHY we're doing so, and that we all feel proud that what's there (even if limited functionally) is well-architected, well-coded, and solid. If we don't have all those things verified, I don't think it's worth doing a release at all yet.
OK, whaddya think, team? A reasonable set of requests?
Thanks, --Glen
Farhaan Mohideen wrote:
The release should be on the 11th as the 12th is a Saturday. My mistake
Regards Farhaan
-----Original Message-----
From: Deepal Jayasinghe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 January 2005 00:23
To: axis-dev@ws.apache.org
Subject: Re: [Axis2] Chat log on 27-01-2005
+1 , for M1 at Feb 12th
Deepal
----- Original Message ----- From: "Srinath Perera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <axis-dev@ws.apache.org> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [Axis2] Chat log on 27-01-2005
+1, for M1 at the Feb 12
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:15:20 +0600, Sanjiva Weerawarana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+1 for going ahead with an M1 on Feb. 12th.
Sanjiva.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Farhaan Mohideen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <axis-dev@ws.apache.org> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Axis2] Chat log on 27-01-2005
Hi All
Before Sri Lanka was affected by the tsunami we were well on course
for a
milestone release in the first week of January with only the
documentation
outstanding. I think during that period Alek, Dims and Glen said that
they
would have a look at the code out under prototype 1.
Now the team is back on track with Axis after working on the various
Sahana
applications. We would like to proceed with the milestone release and
would
appreciate some feedback from everyone whose been contributing to the project. How does the 12th of Feb sound ? Since our first meeting in
August,
counting the days it would show that we have spent almost 5 months to
get
this far. Without holding back further I suggest we push forward and
get
something out.
Srinath you were voted in as the Release Manager, could you send a
draft
of
the release plan so that all can comment.
Farhaan
-----Original Message----- From: Ajith Ranabahu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 January 2005 10:48 To: Axis developer list Subject: [Axis2] Chat log on 27-01-2005
The topic of todays chat was the upcoming M1. There were some concerns about the site as well.
[08:58] *** Apache Axis - SOAP WSDL WSDD [08:59] *** Jaliya joined #apache-axis [08:59] *** Chinthaka_ joined #apache-axis [08:59] *** Chinthaka left #apache-axis : [09:02] *** Deepal joined #apache-axis [09:03]<Ajith> Hi all [09:04]<Jaliya> Hi All [09:04]<Deepal> Hi all [09:05] *** farhaan joined #apache-axis [09:05]<farhaan> Hi All [09:07] *** farhaan sets topic for #apache-axis : Apache Axis - Milestone Release [09:08]<Chinthaka_> hi all [09:09]<Ajith> Hey where are all the others [09:09]<Ajith> ? [09:10]<farhaan> is this too early/late to start ? [09:10]<Chinthaka_> tsunami for all others ;) [09:10]<Jaliya> It is already 9.10 am here [09:12] *** lilantha joined #apache-axis [09:14]<Chinthaka_> well shall we start talking about M1 ? [09:14]<Deepal> good idea [09:15]<Chinthaka_> anyway, any plans for the date of release ? [09:16] *** chathura joined #apache-axis [09:16]<Chinthaka_> I think its some where around 12 or 15 [09:16]<Chinthaka_> next month [09:17]<farhaan> yes we should be okay with 12th Feb [09:17]<farhaan> Let's discuss what is outstanding for the release [09:17]<Ajith> BTW guys what has happend to glen and all ? [09:18]<Deepal> We have completed coding stuff for M1 [09:18]<farhaan> as far as i know before the tsunami we were in very good shape where the functionality was concerned and it was the documentation that was missing [09:18]<Deepal> and only documentation has to be done [09:18]<Jaliya> and examples [09:19]<Jaliya> I mean samples + docs [09:19]<Chinthaka_> well I myself and Chathura started with samples [09:19]<Deepal> yep [09:19]<farhaan> so can we first get concurrence from all on the features for M1 as a reminder atleast [09:19]<Chinthaka_> and the user's guide [09:19]<Deepal> and I stared archi guide [09:22]<Ajith> myswlf and srinath did some perf tests [09:22]<Ajith> and fixed some bugs as well [09:22]<Chinthaka_> great [09:23] *** Deepal quit FreeNode : Read error: 54 (Connection reset
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[09:32] *** Jaliya quit FreeNode : Operation timed out [09:32]<Chinthaka___> and lets put the documents also there [09:32]<Chinthaka___> so that we have a site by the time we release M1 [09:33] *** chathura_ joined #apache-axis [09:33]<Ajith> hey you guys having difficulty with the connection ? [09:33]<Jaliya__> may be the software [09:33]<chathura_> not the conection i suppose [09:36]<farhaan> inorder to have the site up and running shouldn't the project be allocated some space on the server ? [09:36]<Chinthaka> yes, I think [09:37]<Chinthaka> well, Dims what do u think abt this ? [09:37]<Jaliya__> I think we are getting the space from the CVS [09:37]<Jaliya__> I mean under ws-site [09:39]<Chinthaka> the site is being currently hosted in my poor apache account :( [09:40]<dims> http://ws.apache.org/~dims/axis2/ [09:41]<Chinthaka___> thankx dims [09:41]<dims> Let's keep the site off-line till we release m1. we can announce the site url with the m1 announcement. [09:41]<farhaan> is that a permanent location for the axis2 site ? [09:41]<dims> it's the same apache server instance service both :) [09:42]<Chinthaka___> farhaan, it has the om images I requested [09:42]<dims> farhaan: no these are the images [09:42]<dims> Chinthaka: can you please make a copy before i lose it
again
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[09:43]<Chinthaka___> already done :) [09:44]<Chinthaka___> so dims, then lets keep the axis 2 site, where it is now and host it when we release M1 [09:45]<Chinthaka___> so shall we try to make those docs available by next week ? [09:45]<Chinthaka___> and till then others can review [09:45]<Chinthaka___> DIms, what are the docs we require ? [09:46]<Chinthaka___> we are preparing archi guide and user's guide which includes installation guide and samples [09:47] *** Chinthaka__ quit FreeNode : Read error: 113 (No route to
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[09:48]<farhaan> dims:so i guess you would allocate some space for the site atleast before the 10th , if we are to make the release on the 12th [09:48]<dims> Chintaka: sounds good. [09:48]<dims> farhaan: consider it already allocated :) [09:48] *** chathurah quit FreeNode : Read error: 113 (No route to
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[09:49]<farhaan> dims: okay :) we are well on course then [09:49]<farhaan> by the way [09:50]<farhaan> do you foresee any problems with a M1 release on the
12th,
[09:52]<dims> am yet to review code etc... [09:52]<dims> need a few days (maybe weekend) [09:52]<dims> do we know who's our competition? [09:54]<Jaliya__> sistinet? [09:54]<Chinthaka> ActiveSOAP [09:54]<Jaliya__> sorry, systinet? [09:54]<Chinthaka> and Sanjiva was referring to some more [09:55] *** Deepal quit FreeNode : "Miranda IM! Smaller, Faster, Easier. http://miranda-im.org"; [10:01]<farhaan> sanjiva was very particular on getting people like loghan (i think that was the name) who is implementing his own engine interested in this and hence the need to produce something fast [10:02] *** Chinthaka___ quit FreeNode : "Chatzilla 0.9.66 [Mozilla rv:1.7.5/20041107]" [10:03]<Chinthaka> seems like time is up [10:03]<Chinthaka> can some one please post the log [10:04]<Chinthaka> as I don't have the whole thing [10:04]<Jaliya__> Bye All [10:04] *** Jaliya__ quit FreeNode : "Chatzilla 0.9.66 [Mozilla rv:1.7.5/20041107]" [10:06]<farhaan> I know this was not too productive, but let's discuss the M1 stuff in detail over the mailing list, bye now [10:06] *** farhaan left #apache-axis : [10:08]<chathura_> can somone post the chat(ppl at sliit havent got the complete chat) [10:10] *** lilantha left #apache-axis : [10:11] *** chathura_ left #apache-axis :
-- Ajith Ranabahu
