This one time, at band camp, Serge Maslyukov said: SM>What happened with the Castor? Subproject CastorJDO it SM>is already dead, it is more truly killed by SM>'Hibernate'. If exolab cannot develop new versions, SM>correct old (some bugs for 2 years) can it is SM>meaningful transfer a subproject CastorXML to SM>xml.apache.org?
Serge, Being that I'm the lead developer for Castor JDO and that your question is valid, I'd like to respond. I've been the lead developer for Castor JDO since July 2002 and involved with the Castor Project since September 2000. I've seen many people come and go, both contributors and committers. What I can tell you is that supporting the community surrounding Castor JDO virtually by myself for the better part of two years is not any easy thing. Yes, I've had some helping hands along the way for which I'm HIGHLY appreciative, but very few who have hung around for too long. As Werner aptly described, there are many forces at play here. Open Source developers oftentimes are doing the development *on their own time* while also juggling all other aspects of life (e.g. day job, family, etc.). Unfortunately I have not yet found anyone fool enough to pay me to develop Castor JDO as a full-time job ;-). Until that day comes, I'll continue to scrape by with a heavy reliance on the Castor community. I've gotten some tremendous help from some very knowledgeable people in the community. My only hope is that people continue to contribute more of their time and effort so that things can continue to move forward. As for Castor's popularity within the Open Source community, that is for the users to decide. Yes, Hibernate has become quite popular and actually became a part of the JBoss Project recently. I'm very happy to see that Hibernate is successfull because I think that competition is a good thing. I truly wish Gavin and his team well. As for transferring the project to the Apache Software Foundation, AFAIK, this is not a topic on the table for discussion. At one time this was discussed and it was determined that such a move was not in the best interest of the Castor Project. As for the bug you filed that has so far gone unfixed, Werner also did a good job of asking for futher detail. There are only two things I can add to that. The first is a reference to the Bugzilla Bug Writing Guidelines (which seems to only be available here: http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html). I cannot tell you the countless hours I have spent trying only to understand a user's problem, let alone the amount of time it takes to achive a workaround or a fix. The second thing has already been said - one person can only handle so much. Complaining about an apparent problem does not get us any closer to a solution. To work toward a solution we must work together. I hope that you and the rest of the community can work with us to make this situation better, Serge. I truly take your complaints to heart and I sincerely appreciate your efforts with the Castor Project and your feedback. Bruce -- perl -e 'print unpack("u30","<0G)[EMAIL PROTECTED]&5R\"F9E<G)E=\$\!F<FEI+F-O;0\`\`");' The Castor Project http://www.castor.org/ Apache Geronimo http://incubator.apache.org/projects/geronimo.html ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe castor-dev
