i took a quick look, i definitely agree we need to document all 3rd
party dependencies in notice.txt and include licenses with them.

separately, i have an additional concern, and that is i'm really
concerned about a release going out with some of the database
interface code looking very prone to sql injection attacks.

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert has expressed a willingness to chip in on the remaining issues
> later this week, when he's no longer being buried alive.
> Thanks, Robert!
> Karl
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok, this too has been done.
>> Still no takers for (2) and (3).  Going thrice...
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> Typically, the practice is that the name of the file is the name of the 
>>> directory, but I don't know that it has to be.  Just easier, since you only 
>>> need one Ant variable.
>>>
>>> -Grant
>>>
>>> On Dec 6, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Karl Wright wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does this also apply to the top-level directory in the tar or zip as
>>>> well?  or can that be left as "apache-manifoldcf-0.1"?
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> FYI, I think the package name needs to have the words incubating in it 
>>>>> too, as in manifoldcf-0.1-incubating.tar.gz
>>>>>
>>>>> -Grant
>>>>> On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Karl Wright wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ... going twice ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 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
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
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>>>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
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>>>>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
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>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>> Grant Ingersoll
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>>>>>
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