Hi Phil!!! thanks for you feedbacks!!! Sure, there's no rush, let's do things taking the needed time :) Have a nice weekend, all the best, Simo
http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://www.99soft.org/ On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/19/11 4:54 AM, Simone Tripodi wrote: >> Hi Rahul, >> thanks once again for the wise suggestions, much more than appreciated! >> >> I underestimated the importance of the users over the active >> developers, so I totally agree with you, moving to dormant is >> premature. >> >> I was aware about breaking APIs compatibility, since we had to face >> the same problem also in [pool2], I thought it would have been a good >> idea implementing the sandbox in the o.a.c.digester3[1] package, looks >> like it is compliant to the suggestions you proposed. >> >> I like your idea of branching 1.X, 2.X and put 3 on trunk, shall we >> call a vote before going on? > +1 > I don't think we need a VOTE on this, I would say wait a couple of more days > to make sure we have (lazy) consensus and then just do it. > > > Phil >> Many thanks in advance, have a nice day, >> Simo >> >> [1] http://s.apache.org/VLZ >> >> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >> http://www.99soft.org/ >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Rahul Akolkar <rahul.akol...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Simone Tripodi >>> <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> Hi all mates!!! >>>> I need your support on advising our users that a new version of >>>> Digester is available on sandbox, I already sent more than once an >>>> email on users ML but never got a reply, maybe my name is not so >>>> influent between users or maybe the Digester is not so popular as I >>>> still think... but I wouldn't have wasted the time I invested :P >>>> >>>> So, IMHO there are few points that deserve our attention, such: >>>> >>>> * if the Digester is out of our users' interest, it should be - >>>> sadly! - moved to the Dormant; >>> <snip/> >>> >>> We've users, though no active developers beyond you -- as long as >>> you're interested I think a move to dormant is premature. >>> >>> >>>> * if the previous tense is wrong: >>>> * just maintain the current implementation in trunk, or >>>> * evaluate if the new Digester3 is a good candidate to replace the >>>> proper one >>>> >>> <snap/> >>> >>> Third option would be to do both. More below. >>> >>> >>>> I'm sure that together we can find the right way, for those interested >>>> knowing more details, Digester3 docs is on[1] with samples. >>>> >>> <snip/> >>> >>> Having looked at the samples and API, its clearly not compatible (this >>> is not a statement about its value). I don't think we should use the >>> same Java packages (oac.digester.*) since this isn't a drop-in >>> replacement. However, if you are keen on releasing this (I don't have >>> time to help in near future), an option would be to promote and >>> release the sandbox code while keeping the oac.digester3.* packages. >>> >>> This would mean doing both: (a) retaining current code in 1.x and 2.x >>> branches in case future releases need to be made on those lines and >>> (b) moving sandbox code to trunk as 3.x line (while keeping the >>> oac.digester3.* packages). >>> >>> -Rahul >>> >>> >>>> Looking forward to read from you soon, have a nice day!!! >>>> Simo >>>> >>>> [1] http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/digester3/ >>>> >>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>>> http://www.99soft.org/ >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
