Hello, well I dont think we need to dig into the past, no matter if a RM is assigned or not, a release will happen when people get around to do it. And since the people who can do it are already overloaded it can get tricky.
And I think the biggest roadblock is the large number of changes which have been implemented and which need to be ironed out in terms of compatibility. (Clirr Report especially). Greetings Bernd PS: in VFS-523 there are some open questions. I would like to go with the removal. However I think with updated hdfs libraries the windows tests do not work anymore, which makes it hard for me to test. Am Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:36:35 -0500 schrieb <dlmar...@comcast.net>: > > Sorry, I thought a RM had been assigned[1]. I don't think I have any > patches for open tickets, the tickets that I am interested in > (487,500,530) already have patches waiting to be applied. > Additionally, if there are open issues w/r/t HDFS integration, then I > can address them as well. The only HDFS related issues I see at this > time are 523 and 530, both of which have patches. I can update 530 > with a more recent version of HDFS before a release of VFS. > > I don't remember seeing a previous discussion regarding a 2.1 > release. It's very possible I missed it or it was filtered. Please > let me know how I can help. > > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/201407.mbox/%3CCACZkXPz > M5a3PEqk8Yq6TJdued6bNLd_286xKeEqAeuNMv6Svyg%40mail.gmail.com%3E > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernd Eckenfels [mailto:e...@zusammenkunft.net] > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:21 PM > To: dlmar...@comcast.net > Cc: Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [ALL] Do we need help? > > Hello, > > I dont think we have a release manager for VFS, but I am still > working on Bugs. If you have a patch for a Bug which affects you, > please upload it to Jira. We can need all helps to prune them down. > Right now we have 3 blockers open. 2 in the area of FTP which I do > not have much experience with and one memory leaks where I am working > on. > > Once those are closed or downgraded we can try a release. However > last time I tried to start a discussion not much help was received. I > suspect this might chnage when the first RC is put out and all the > negative votes come in (there is a large Clirr report and while I > think most of it is acceptable, I really think we need to talk about > it). > > This is where Garys question comes in. Yes we might be a volunteering > organisation, but certain things bottleneck on experienced people in > the PMC. And I dont really know a way around this. > > Gruss > Bernd > > Am Sat, 29 Nov > 2014 15:27:02 +0000 (UTC) schrieb dlmar...@comcast.net: > > > > > My 2 cents as an outsider, for what it's worth. I have contributed > > code to VFS and we use VFS in Accumulo. I and several others have > > asked for a 2.1 release, or at least a plan/roadmap so that we know > > what has to happen before a release can occur. I even offered to > > help in any way possible[1]. The answer I received was that a > > release manager was assigned, but no other information. Since then > > I have seen a bunch of other commons projects being released. I > > figure that maybe they are dependencies and need to be released > > first before a VFS release. > > > > Personally, I would like to remove the VFS objects from Accumulo > > when VFS 2.1 is released. I know that we are also running into > > VFS-487, which I spent some time updating the patch and verifying > > the tests work. I would like to update the HDFS dependency to the > > latest before the 2.1 release (VFS-530), but I don't know when that > > is going to happen. I would also like to take advantage of some of > > the fixes in 2.1, like VFS-500. > > > > I understand this is a volunteer organization and everyone is busy. > > However, from my perspective, you have turned down an offer to help. > > FWIW, I have thought about taking VFS 2.1-SNAPSHOT, applying the > > patches I want, and creating a release for use on my project (not > > Accumulo). > > > > [1] > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/201406.mbox/%3C42 > > 3905266.3540581.1402347208157.javamail.r...@comcast.net%3E > > > > - Dave > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Gary Gregory" <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > > To: "Commons Developers List" <dev@commons.apache.org> > > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 7:42:35 AM > > Subject: RE: [ALL] Do we need help? > > > > It feels overwhelming sometimes sure, but for me I just realize > > that this is just a self inflicted feeling. We are all volunteers > > here with no contractual or "hard" expectations. We could do better > > at managing expectations for certain and recruiting new blood, yes. > > But that takes time away from fun development tasks... I usually > > ask for patches as soon as someone asks for a fix or feature. At > > least that should make it more obvious to users and the community > > that you get out of Commons what you put in to some extent. > > > > Gary > > > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Benedikt > > Ritter <brit...@apache.org> </div><div>Date:11/29/2014 05:53 > > (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Commons Developers List > > <dev@commons.apache.org> </div><div>Cc: </div><div>Subject: [ALL] > > Do we need help? </div><div> </div>Hi all, > > > > currently I feel really overwhelmed by the stuff I'd like to do at > > commons and the little time I can spend for it. Here is an > > (incomplete) list of the things I'd like to work on: > > > > - get a new release of the build plugin out of the door for auto > > creating README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md > > - Work on [VALIDATOR] and get a new release out of the door > > - Work on [DBUTILS] and get a new release out of the door > > - Push [lang] 3.4 out of the door > > - Have a look at [compress] 2.0 > > - Backport important fixes from [collections] 4.0 to 3.x and create > > a last service update > > - work on [text] > > - help releasing [imaging] 1.0 > > - Improve docs on how to get involved at commons > > - Organize a logo contest for commons > > - ... many more > > > > I wonder how you feel about this. I have the feeling that a lot of > > people ask us to fix stuff and release components but we don't > > really catch up with this. This will give people the feeling that > > we are slow or we simply don't care. > > Whenever I see someone posting on JIRA "can you please fix this, we > > need this in out application" and nobody is reacting, I feel > > tempted to jump right in, even if I don't know the component (which > > adds another entry to the list above). > > I don't see a way how we can improve this. My feeling is, that we > > need more committers. But then I have the comments of people I've > > talked to in my ear: "to old school", "to difficult to get > > involved", "to slow development process", "to unwelcoming > > community". So what do we do? Do we need help? > > > > I'm excited to hear your thoughts :-) > > > > Best regards, > > Benedikt > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
