On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Siegfried Goeschl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Niall, > > I only have the same response I wrote six months ago ... :-) > > +) I can't make any promises but commons-exec is small enough to be > maintained in the small hours when the family is asleep > +) I'm not expecting a huge user base - it's too late for that since many > in-house libraries are already used > +) I'm not expecting many bugs because the original ANT while not perfect is > still a solid foundation > +) I think that one or two commons developers will use the code and might > provide additional support if needed
Not sure whether this thread is a vote or not - but +1 from me to promoting exec out of the sandbox to *proper* Niall > And I still think that commons-exec is a valuable addition to commons proper > because it is hard to write such a component running on various OS/JVM > installations ... > > Cheers, > > Siegfried Goeschl > > Niall Pemberton wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Siegfried Goeschl >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> according to http://wiki.apache.org/commons/MovingFromSandboxToProperSVN >>> there needs to be an official proposal - any blockers from moving >>> commons-exec to commons proper?! >>> >>> The current state of the commons-exec >>> (http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/exec/) >>> >>> +) I made my first bug fix in April 2007 after finding out that I have >>> the >>> karma to mess up the project ... :-) >>> +) I officially took over the code in November 2007 >>> +) I went through all the open JIRAs and fixed them including regression >>> tests >>> +) I cleaned up the code and javadocs >>> +) removed commons-logging dependency >>> +) added a few more features plus regression tests >>> +) with the help of the commons community commons-exec was tested on >>> various >>> platforms and JVMs (see >>> http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/exec/testmatrix.html) >>> +) I was promoted to commons committer in April 2008 >>> +) there was some interest in getting/using commons-exec from the user >>> community >>> +) I use commons-exec in production for more than on year >>> >>> The not so good things >>> >>> +) unfortunately we have no coverage on Solaris and broken tests on >>> OpenVMS >>> - the missing Solaris coverage is IMO critical >>> +) I am the one and only person actively maintaining the code >>> >> >> It sounds like exec is pretty much ready to start thinking about a >> release? If thats the case then we should be promoting it (if not then >> theres not much point in moving out of the Sandbox IMO). >> >> We have other components with only one active person so IMO its not a >> blocker. For me I would hope there is an intention on your part to >> stick around and support it - I'm not looking for any kind of promise, >> since none of us know what the future holds and were all volunteers >> that can disappear at any time - but I would be happier (voting to >> promote) if I knew the intention was there. >> >> Niall >> >> >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Siegfried Goeschl >>> >>> PS: I just uploaded the website but it will take a while to be available >>> .... >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
