> -----Original Message----- > From: Don Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:40 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: [VOTE] Graduate Commons Chain to Commons Proper > > > I propose Commons Chain should graduate to Commons Proper. I'm not sure > what justification I should give other than Struts is planning on > including it in future releases, and I personally am, as I've already > mentioned, using commons-chain in a production application to help > decompose complex data importing/transformation processes in addition to > using it with struts-chain in a different application. I don't see any > bugs against it in bugzilla, and have personally experienced no problems.
The justification you should give is the following set of criteria: 1) The component has attracted a community of users and developers that is likely to continue to exist, and that contributes to the future development of the component. 2) The external API of the component is sufficiently stable that it is unlikely to change, in more than minor ways, between now and a final release. 3) The code base is sufficiently stable that, barring bug fixes, it would be suitable for a production release as is. Since I believe Commons Chain meets these criteria, here is my +1. -- Martin Cooper > > Don > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
