I'm done with (1), (4), and (5).  Still waiting for help with (2) and
(3)... going once....

Karl

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, so I will do the appropriate things to make (1), (4), and maybe
> (5) happen.  Does anyone want to help with (2), (3), and (8)?
> Karl
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Karl Wright wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Grant,
>>>
>>> In offline conversation you clarified that for (1) you are looking for
>>> the top level dir in the zip/tar to be named "apache-manifoldcf-0.1".
>>> You also seem to be asking for a number of other fixes that are
>>> specific to a release, that I presume would NOT be in sources on trunk
>>> (e.g. CHANGES.txt).  Are you envisioning that we make these specific
>>> changes in the release branch only?
>>
>> It's perfectly fine for CHANGES.txt to be on trunk.  You make the change 
>> marking it as 0.1.  Once the release is out, you add a new section at the 
>> top for trunk again.
>>
>> Later, as we mature, we will likely have branches, etc. for this stuff, but 
>> for now let's just assume trunk is under code freeze and the only changes 
>> that can be made are those related to release.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> We're close, but I think we've got a few more things to do.  I did get it 
>>>> to compile.
>>>>
>>>> Notes:
>>>>
>>>> 1. We should package the stuff all under apache-manifold-0.1 so that when 
>>>> we unzip it's all in one folder.
>>>> 2. Many of the libs require an entry in the NOTICE.txt file
>>>> 3.  All licenses for those libs need to be appended on to the end of the 
>>>> LICENSE.txt file (See Solr's for instance)
>>>> 4. The CHANGES.txt file should reflect that it is a release and not trunk 
>>>> (not critical to fix)
>>>> 5. Is there anyway to make the package smaller?  Maybe we don't need to 
>>>> ship both PDF and HTML for the docs.  Anything else we can trim?
>>>> 6. What's json/org/json all about?
>>>> 7. I still see Memex stuff in connectors dir.  I didn't check other places.
>>>> 8. We should hook in RAT (see Solr's build file) to verify that all source 
>>>> files have appropriate license headers
>>>>
>>>> Other than that, some other eyes on it would be good.
>>>>
>>>> -Grant
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Karl Wright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Done
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> ok - I might move it there
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Weird, ~kwright doesn't resolve for me on people.a.o, but I can get to 
>>>>>>> /x1/home/kwright
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FWIW, if you have a public_html directory in your directory and then 
>>>>>>> place the files there, everyone can download them and check them out at 
>>>>>>> http://people.apache.org/~kwright/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Grant
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 23, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Karl Wright wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> While I was looking for a solution, an upload attempt succeeded!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So there is now an RC0 out on people.apache.org/~kwright:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [kwri...@minotaur:~]$ ls -lt manifoldcf-0.1.*
>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r--  1 kwright  kwright         63 Nov 23 17:57 
>>>>>>>> manifoldcf-0.1.tar.gz.md5
>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r--  1 kwright  kwright         60 Nov 23 17:57 
>>>>>>>> manifoldcf-0.1.zip.md5
>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r--  1 kwright  kwright  158734230 Nov 23 17:55 
>>>>>>>> manifoldcf-0.1.zip
>>>>>>>> -rw-r--r--  1 kwright  kwright  156742315 Nov 23 17:06 
>>>>>>>> manifoldcf-0.1.tar.gz
>>>>>>>> [kwri...@minotaur:~]$
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please let me know what you think.
>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> The upload has failed repeatedly for me, so I'll clearly have to find
>>>>>>>>> another way.
>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I'm uploading a release candidate now.  But someone needs to feed the
>>>>>>>>>> hamsters turning the wheels or something, because the upload speed to
>>>>>>>>>> that machine is 51KB/sec, so it's going to take 3 hours to get the
>>>>>>>>>> candidate up there, if my network connection doesn't bounce in the
>>>>>>>>>> interim.  Is there any other place available?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll 
>>>>>>>>>> <gsing...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 19, 2010, at 6:18 AM, Karl Wright wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've created a signing key, and checked in a KEYS file.  Apache
>>>>>>>>>>>> instructions for this are actually decent, so I didn't have to make
>>>>>>>>>>>> much stuff up.  Glad about that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Yep, sorry, have been in meetings.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Last remaining release issue is getting the release files to a
>>>>>>>>>>>> download mirror.  Maybe I can find some doc for that too.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Next steps would be to generate a candidate release which the rest 
>>>>>>>>>>> of us can download.  Put it up on 
>>>>>>>>>>> people.apache.org/~YOURUSERNAME/... and then send a note to the 
>>>>>>>>>>> list saying where to locate it.  Rather than call a vote right 
>>>>>>>>>>> away, just ask us to check it out and try it as there will likely 
>>>>>>>>>>> be issues for the first release.  Once we all feel we have a decent 
>>>>>>>>>>> candidate, we can call a vote, which should be a formality.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> See http://apache.org/dev/#releases for more info.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The build changes are complete.  I removed the modules level from 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hierarchy because it served no useful purpose and complicated 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> matters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  The outer level build.xml now allows you build code, docs, and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> run
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tests separately from one another, and gives you help as a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> default.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "ant image" builds you the deliverable .zip and tar.gz files.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Online
>>>>>>>>>>>>> site has been polished so that it now contains complete javadoc, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>>>>> does the built and delivered .zip and tar.gz's.  In short,  we 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *could*
>>>>>>>>>>>>> actually do a release now, if only we had (and incorporated) the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> KEYS
>>>>>>>>>>>>> file I alluded to earlier, which I do not know how to build or 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> obtain.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  I believe this needs to be both generated and registered.  The 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> site
>>>>>>>>>>>>> also needs to refer to a download location/list of mirrors before 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> could go out the door.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Help? Grant?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hearing nothing, went ahead and made the port of documentation 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> site official.  I also now include the generated site in the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> release
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tar.gz and .zip.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Issues still to address before release:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (1) source tar.gz and zip in outer-level build.xml, which I will 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> try
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to address shortly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (2) vehicle for release downloads, and naming thereof.  In short,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where do I put these things so people can download them??
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (3) Voting procedures for release.  I've seen this done as a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> vote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gene...@incubator.org - is that actually necessary?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (4) Release branch and tag.  Do we want both?  What is the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> correct
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> naming for each in apache?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (5) Legal requirements.  CHANGES.txt, LICENSE.txt, etc.  Do 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> these need
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be included in the release tar.gz, or just the source tar.gz? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> suspect both, but please confirm.  Also, if there is a typical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> organization of the release tar.gz in relation to the source 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tar.gz
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this would be a good time to make that known.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Karl Wright 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What I've done here is taken all the pages that I originally 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> put in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Wiki, describing how to set up and run ManifoldCF, and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> converted
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them to xdocs that are part of the ManifoldCF site.  These 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> documents
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have no user content other than stuff Grant or I added, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> according to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their logs, so I feel that is safe to do.  I've left the wiki 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pages
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> around but am thinking we'll want them to go away at some 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> point.  Not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sure exactly what to do with all the user comments to them, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> however.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is this a reasonable way to proceed?  We should avoid using the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wiki
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the future for documentation, seems to me, but otherwise I 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can see
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no issues here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Grant Ingersoll 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <gsing...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Jack Krupansky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I didn't mean to imply that the wiki needs to be physically 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> included in the release zip/tar, just that snapshotting and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> versioning of the wiki should be done, if feasible, so that a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> user who is on an older release can still see the doc for 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that release. I am just thinking ahead for future releases. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, 0.1 does not need this right now.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right, and I'm saying that we can't include user generated 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> content in a release unless we have explicitly asked for 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> permission on it in the form of patches and then committed by 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a committer.  Since we don't lock down our wiki, we can't do 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:23 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Release?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 10, 2010, at 1:22 AM, Jack Krupansky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And the wiki doc is also part of the release. Does this 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff get a version/release as well? Presumably we want doc 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for currently supported releases, and the doc can vary 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> between releases. Can we easily snapshot the wiki?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can't put Wiki in a release, as their is no way to track 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whether the person has permission to donate it..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Will we have nightly builds in place? I think a 0.1 can get 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> released without a nightly build, but it would be nice to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> say that we also have a "rolling trunk release" which is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just the latest build off trunk and the latest wiki/doc as 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well. So, some people may want the official 0.1, but others 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> may want to run straight from trunk/nightly build.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Karl Wright
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 1:56 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Release?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Proposal:  Release to consist of two things: tar and zip of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a complete
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> source tree, and tar and zip of the modules/dist area after 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the build.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The implied way people are to work with this is:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - to use just the distribution, untar or unzip the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> distribution
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zip/tar into a work area, and either use the multiprocess 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> version, or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the quickstart example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - to add a connector, untar or unzip the source zip/tar into 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a work
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> area, and integrate your connector into the build.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is this acceptable for a 0.1 release?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <jack.krupan...@lucidimagination.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I wasn't intending to disparage the RSS or other 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> connectors, just giving
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my own priority list of "must haves." By all means, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "well-supported"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> connector list should be whatever list you want to feel is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> appropriate and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exclude only those where "we" feel that "we" would not be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> able to provide
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sufficient support and assistance online.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's great that qBase is offering access.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BTW, I was just thinking that maybe we should try to keep 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> logs of each
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> connector type in action so that people have a reference to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> consult when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> debugging their own connector-related problems. In other 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> words, what a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> successful connection session is supposed to look like. So, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have a test and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its "reference" log.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Karl Wright
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:46 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Release?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you can claim "well supported" for the web connector, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you certainly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should be able to claim it for the RSS connector.  You 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reasonably include the JDBC connector because it does not 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> require a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proprietary system to test.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But if your definition is that tests exist for all the "well
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> supported" ones, somebody has some work to do.  I'd like to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> see a plan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on how we get from where we are now to a more comprehensive 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> set of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tests.  I've gotten qBase to agree to let me have access to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their Q/A
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> infrastructure (which used to be MetaCarta's), but that's 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only going
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be helpful for diagnosing problems and doing 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> development, not for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> automated tests that anyone can run.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <jack.krupan...@lucidimagination.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And one of the issues on the list should be to define the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "well-supported"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> connectors for 0.5 (or whatever) as opposed to the "code 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is there and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thought to work, you are on your own for testing/support" 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> connectors.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Longer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> term, "we" should get most/all connectors into the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well-supported
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> category,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but I wouldn't use that as the bar for even 1.0.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My personal minimum "well-supported" connector list for a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0.5 would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system, web, and SharePoint*.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> * Oh... there is the issue of SharePoint 2010 or whatever 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the latest is,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> current MCF support should be good enough for a 0.5 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> release, I think.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Got to keep up with Google Connectors!)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Karl Wright
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:28 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Release?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm in favor of a release.  I'm not sure, though, what the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> release
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parameters ought to be.  I think the minimum is that we 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to build
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a release infrastructure and plan, set up a release 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> process, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decide what the release packaging should look like (zip's, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tar's,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sources, deliverables) and where the javadoc will be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> published online.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's possible that we may, for instance, decide to change 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the way
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the ant build scripts work to make it easier for people to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> build the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proprietary connectors after the fact, for instance.  Or 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> claim that the release is just the sources, either way.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After that, we need to figure out what tickets we still 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> want done
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> before the release occurs.  I'd argue for more testing, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I'm also
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trying to figure out issues pertaining to Documentum and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FileNet,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because these connectors require sidecar processes that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are not well
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> supported in the example.  We could go substantially 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> beyond that, but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree with Jack that 0.1 would be useful if we only get 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that far.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <jack.krupan...@lucidimagination.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At least get a release 0.1 dry-run with code as-is out 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ASAP to flush out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> release process issues. This would help to send out a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> message to the rest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the world that MCF is an available product rather than 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> purely
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> development/incubation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then come up with a list of issues that people strongly 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> feel need to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> resolved before a true, squeaky-clean 1.0 release. Maybe 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that is the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> original list of tasks, including better testing, but some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> review/decisions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are probably needed. That will be the ultimate target.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then decide on a "close enough" subset of issues that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would constitute
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people consider a "solid beta" and target that as a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> release 0.5 and focus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that as the near-term target (after getting 0.1 out 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ASAP.) I personally
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not have any major issues on the top of my head that I 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would hold out as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "blockers" for a 0.5.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or, get 0.1 out and then move on to a 0.2, etc. on a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> monthly/bi-monthly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> basis as progress is made.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In short, get MCF as-is 0.1 out ASAP, have a very short 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> list for MCF 0.5
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get it out reasonably soon, and then revisit what 1.0 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really means versus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0.6, etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:38 AM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Release?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now that we have NTLM figured out and the Memex stuff 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> behind us, how do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people feel about working towards a release?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Grant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------
>>>> Grant Ingersoll
>>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --------------------------
>> Grant Ingersoll
>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
>>
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