robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On 21 Dec 2004, at 08:07, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
>> robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> the question i pose is: are we trying for a JCL 2.0 which in my mind >>> would be a compatible evolution of JCL 1.0 aiming to solve all the >>> major JCL 1.0 itches or are we aiming for a JCL 1.1 (better discover >>> and factoring) plus additional pluggable modules...? >> >> Personally, I'd like to aim for 1.1. These goals are already a good >> step on the way to 2.0 and also address most of the PITAs (PsITA?) >> that we currently have. >IMHO addressing all of richard's goals properly at once on a single >track would mean aiming for a 2.0 release. i wouldn't be happy shipping >a 1.1 based on the 1.0 code with the extras tacked on since many of the >existing issues will simply be magnified. JCL has numerous users and >critics so it's important that what we release is right. >by aiming for a 1.1 release i mean evolution and modularity as opposed >to a big bang. as soon as the repository has been converted, we would >start a release process for 1.0.5 (the work done to plug memory leaks >with Brian Stansberry is important) and then implement the discovery >revisions. JCL 1.1 should feature just the improved, modular discovery >and it should be possible quickly to start a release process for that >release. we may wish to consider adopting a release process more >similar to struts and tomcat. >more modular discovery would allow the various parts of the proposal to >be progressed either separately or as a unit (as appears best) without >effecting the core. i suspect that the method tracing is more >controversial in design terms but easy to implement whereas there are a >lot of details about the i18n support which may need some work and >thought. >opinions? Sounds good, I like it. Especially with a "brick" like JCL, which is used under the hood in many places, it is important that we get this right. Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development What is more important to you... [ ] Product Security or [ ] Quality of Sales and Marketing Support -- actual question from a Microsoft customer survey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]