> -----Original Message----- > From: robert burrell donkin > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:56 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [digester] release (was attribute substitution/variable > expansion) > > > On 16 Feb 2004, at 02:52, Simon Kitching wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 11:43, robert burrell donkin wrote: > >> On 12 Feb 2004, at 06:25, Simon Kitching wrote: > > <snip> > > >> the second is the state of the code. i'm of the opinion that the > >> digester team has been at fault in not releasing often enough. so i'd > >> be happy to push towards a quick 1.6 if a suitable volunteer could be > >> found. there are a number of extra features i'd really like to see in > >> digester but i don't regard them as blockers. > > > > Ouch. The "digester team" is really you + me, and mostly you. [Though > > Craig did pop up again recently]. > > craig's the spiritual leader of digester. he's sometimes busy and > sometimes very busy but he's (in many ways) irreplaceable. > > but the team is really much wider: jakarta commons is (or intends to > be) a single community. we're one big team here. if you (or any other > commons committer) want to make a contribution to any other component, > all you have to do is ask and then add yourself to the list of > committers for that component. there are dozen or so pmc members in the > commons teams who have the skills to cut releases. > > > Is there anyone out there willing to be the release manager for > > Digester > > version 1.6? I'm happy to do most of the work, but have not been > > involved in any commons release before. > > it's up to you but i'm not willing to cast binding release votes. > > i know it's hard but things in jakarta (and the ASF) are changing. like > a supertanker, it takes a long time to change direction but once it > starts to happen, the process gains an unstoppable momentum of it's > own.
> if it's to survive, jakarta will have to find ways to allow > projects to create releases in the new structure. Could you elaborate on this, Robert? I'm not aware of any changes that would make a difference to the way we release Commons components. What am I missing? -- Martin Cooper > once that's sorted > out, then there should be ways to release digester and beanutils (and > betwixt, logging and the rest). > > if you feel strongly enough about releasing digester (and have some > flameproof boots ;) once the preparation work is finished, you could > think about petitioning the jakarta pmc about supplying an official > release manager. > > - robert > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
