On 24/3/04 5:24 PM, "Adrian Sutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > Continuing to push this forward, I propose that we adopt the proposal below > as our formal proposal to the Jakarta PMC to promote HttpClient to a Jakarta > level project. > > Please vote as follows: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vote: Promote HttpClient to Jakarta level > [x] +1 I am in favor of the proposal, and will help support it. > [ ] +0 I am in favor of the proposal, but am unable to help support it. > [ ] -0 I am not in favor of the proposal. > [ ] -1 I am against this proposal (must include a reason). > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's my +1. > Regards, > > Adrian Sutton. > > > > (0) RATIONALE > HTTP is the main protocol used today on the internet. Although the JDK > includes basic support for building HTTP-aware client applications, it > doesn't provide the flexibility or ease of use needed for many projects. > > The current package in Jakarta-Commons is a widely used implementation with > a strong community behind it. The size of it's community and it's project > has significantly outgrown the commons project and a move to a Jakarta level > project would provide better support for that community and for the on going > development of HttpClient. > > (1) SCOPE > The project shall create and maintain a Java library implementing the client > side of the HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 protocol, as defined in RFC 1945, RFC 2616 and > RFC 2617. > > HttpClient also supports the following RFCs. > > * RFC 2109 for HTTP state management mechanism (Cookies) - an upgrade to RFC > 2965 is planned for a future version of HttpClient > > * RFC 2396 Uniform Resoruce Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax > > * RFC 1867 Form-based File Upload in HTML > > The package should: > > * Have an API which should be as simple to use as possible > * Be as easy to extend as possible > * Provide unconditional support for HTTP/1.1 > > The package is quite different from the HTTP client provided as part of the > JDK (java.net.HttpURLConnection), as it focuses on the HTTP methods being > sent (instead of making that transparent to the user), and generally allows > more interaction with the lower level connection. The JDK client is also > not very intuitive to use. > > The package is used by a wide range of projects both within the ASF and from > third parties. These include: > > * Jakarta Slide > * Jakarta Commons Latka > * Nortel Networks > * HtmlUnit > * Jakarta Cactus > * JSR 147 > * NOSE Applied Intelligence ag > * MindIQ's Design-a-Course > * ContactOffice > * Newknow > * de4d2c > * Furies > * Term Highlighting for Verity Ultraseek search results > * Mule - Universal Message Objects > * many more. > > (1.5) Interaction With Other Packages > > HttpClient relies on: > > * Java Development Kit (Version 1.2 or later; 1.3 or later recommended) > * Jakarta commons-logging (Version 1.0 or later) > * Jakarta commons-codec (Version 1.2 or later) > > (2) INITIAL SOURCE OF THE PACKAGE > > The initial codebase exists as a sub-project of Jakarta-Commons, in the > httpclient subdirectory of the jakarta-commons cvs tree. > > The proposed package name for the new sub-project is org.apache.httpclient. > > (3) REQUIRED JAKARTA RESOURCES > > * CVS Repository - New module, jakarta-httpclient in the CVS repository. > > * Initial Committers - The list is provided below. All of the proposed > committers are currently jakarta-commons committers. > > * Mailing List - Two new mailing lists will be required: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > These will be used for developer discussions and user discussions > respectively. CVS commit messages will be sent to the httpclient-dev list. > > * Bugzilla - New product category "HttpClient", with appropriate version > identifiers as needed. Existing bugs in the HttpClient component under the > Commons product category will need to be migrated. > > (4) INITIAL COMMITTERS > The initial committers on the HttpClient component shall be: > > * Michael Becke > * Jeff Dever > * dIon Gillard > * Ortwin Glück > * Oleg Kalnichevski > * Adrian Sutton > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------- Intencha "tomorrow's technology today" Ph: 38478913 0422236329 Suite 8/29 Oatland Crescent Holland Park West 4121 Australia QLD www.intencha.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
