I would add something to what Alex just said : we didn't anted to make Kerberos a separate Apache project, but a separate sub-project, from Maven point of view. This was just about an internal refactoring.
Kerberos and Apache Directory Project are tighly coupled right now, and will remain coupled for a while. Last, not least, I see no way for Harmony to use any of the Apache Directory project due to the very restrictive condition you have to fulfill to become a contributor of this project (ie, not having read any line of SUN java source). We can't guarantee that the ADS developpers haven't been tainted by SUN code. I would suggest first that you contact Harmony peeps to get a clear idea of those constraints, and as stated by Alx, you are welcome to participate to our project too ! On 10/10/07, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/9/07, Leo Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, all: > > I happend to find this thread. Is it a little outdate? :) > > No not at all the topic can be discussed at any time :). However rehashing > the > same topic repeatedly is a real PITA when nothing else has changed. > > > Harmony project is now implementing a JGSS provider which > > contains a lot of work with kerberos. We intend to borrow kerberos > > related code from apache Directory and it will be great if kerberos is > > a seperate project. > > How about getting involved with the parts that you're interested in first? > It sounds > to me like you want the client side functionality and I think we already > have some of > that in a separate client project. Just jump in and get involved with the > community. > > > And I also acknowledge the concern to maintain a > > sub project and I think we can give some help if we can and are > > looking forward to its becoming true. > > That's great! Having a separate subproject should not be the driver though. > However > if there is ample community around the code base then there's no reason not > to consider > it again. The point being supportability with a healthy group of people > around that code > base. Please feel free to just dig in and start contributing. > > Alex > > -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
