On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:09:55 +0200 Alvaro Lopez Ortega <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:09:55 +0200 Alvaro Lopez Ortega <[email protected]> wrote: > I was trying to avoid this awkward moment, but I guess it's better to > clarify all this now. Hello Alvaro, it's very nice to hear from you. > As Gour points out, I joined Canonical a few months ago. Since then, I > stopped having so much time for working on Cherokee. My day-to-day > job is still 100% focused on F/OSS Web technology, but I don't get to > spend ten hours a day on Cherokee as I used to do. This is, of course, expected. > While I was working on the SPDY branch, I realized of how difficult > it'd be to adapt the current server core to support SPDY. There are a > few design decisions that were made without taking into account that > a Session protocol like SPDY could be added to the mix someday, and > thus I hit many problems implementing it. I see... > Then, as many of you've noticed already, the Cherokee repository got > almost frozen. Just a few patches were merged and there was almost no > activity whatsoever. SPDY branch is meant to be(come) 1.3? > My idea wasn't to announce this so soon, but I guess circumstances > are kind of pushing me to go public with it now: I have been working > on a new server core for the past few months. One with proper SPDY > and HTTP support. That's the ultimate reason for the lack of activity > in the main repository. When we think about it, it's nice to hear Cherokee is still alive. :-) > The new core is progressing slowly but surely, although it's still > months away from being ready for production. It will bring a lot both > technical and community improvements worth waiting for though. I'm very happ to hear it...it means that while waiting for a new core, we can continue using 1.2.x. Maybe it's an opportunity for Cherokee community to (try) maintain 1.2.x nicely in the meantime. What kind of help can be offered to the Cherokee project at the moment? > Believe me, the redesign and reimplementation of the server core a > gigantic effort. It will take some time to have something usable. > However, the experience of a decade of work on HTTP/Web technology > will pay off on the new core. Wishing you all the best in your pioneering work!! > BTW, I'd like to thank everybody for your interest in the project. > It's encouraging that we got this far against the odds... and, I'll > tell you something. It's far from over. :-) Thank you very much for the great news. Sincerely, Gour p.s. It would be good to have working 'Community' page on the project's site. -- A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind. http://atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810
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