How many of us are on the PMC? I know I am.... -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting
Michael Becke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/04/2004 11:58:43 AM: > Nope. I think we just need to submit the proposal to the PMC. > > Mike > > On Apr 5, 2004, at 6:29 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > > > Folks, > > What our next step in this regard is going to be? Is there anything > > left > > to be done / discussed / agreed upon? > > > > Oleg > > > > On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 12:47, Adrian Sutton wrote: > >> The vote has passed. We will put forth the proposal below to the > >> Jakarta > >> PMC to move HttpClient to a Jakarta level project. The vote details > >> are > >> below: > >> > >> +1 votes - > >> Adrian Sutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Oleg Kalnichevski [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Michael Becke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> dIon Gillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> +0 votes - > >> Ortwin Glück [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Vote thread - > >> http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/BrowseList?listName=commons- > >> httpclient-de > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]&by=thread&from=681919 > >> > >> > >> (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 > >> > >> > >> Adrian Sutton > >> ---------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: commons-httpclient-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
