Folks, It looks like HttpClient 3.0 is not only ALPHA2 ready, it is almost code and feature complete. There are only 5 open tickets targeted for 3.0 FINAL. It may take me just a couple of days to get all the remaining issues dealt with, if needed.
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&product=Commons&component=HttpClient&target_milestone=3.0+Alpha+2&target_milestone=3.0+Beta+1&target_milestone=3.0+Beta+2&target_milestone=3.0+Final&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&keywords=&keywords_type=anywords&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&newqueryname=&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time Unless we start getting considerably more feedback, HttpClient 3.0 development will stall completely. I sense there are lots of folks who are not willing to port their code from 2.0.x to 3.0 because the 3.0 branch is still considered unstable. At the same time HttpClient 3.0 will stay there unless people start porting. I think it is really import to call an API freeze rather sooner than later. That will enable to drop newer releases in place of older ones and should give people enough confidence to start the transition from 2.0.x to 3.0. But before the API can be formally frozen I would really like to hear some feedback from our users and peer open-source developers. So far we have had virtually no feedback on the new API and I am concerned that we may see an avalanche of change requests as soon as we formally announce the API freeze and move closer to the first RC. How does everyone feel about it? Please share your ideas with me. I also have a few, but they all range from 'ugly' to 'very ugly' and may involve my wearing my 'Evil Comrade' hat and threatening people with some nasty stuff ;-) Anyways, before things turn ugly, give us some feedback, pleeeeeeeeeeese Oleg *************************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, retention, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to or forward a copy of this message to the sender and delete the message, any attachments, and any copies thereof from your system. *************************************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
