On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Xiao-Feng Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Nathan Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Who's fixing bugs though? > > As I read, Xiaoming Gu and Chunrong Lai have fixed some bugs in past > month. Are you fixing? ;)
Yes, when I can, but the code base is a mess and I don't have the uninterrupted time to spend trying to understand it. > >> The community is working, but it's not growing. Just look at the mail >> traffic trend - http://harmony.markmail.org/. > > Yes, it is seen not growing. Everybody can help. I don't see it is > specifically a concern of DRLVM development. Harmony is a community of > a whole. That's even worse - the entire community is contracting! It's a concern for DRLVM, because DRLVM has always had less participation than the Class Library. > > Thanks, > xiaofeng > >> -Nathan >> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Xiao-Feng Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> This depends on people's expectation. If we consider the lines of >>> code, I saw DRLVM had a large number of check-ins in the past month. >>> Also the discussions on startup time, hashcode opt, global >>> propagation, etc., incurred interesting comments/insights, which >>> turned into some good improvements in DRLVM. >>> >>> One thing we should take into consideration is, JVM is entering a >>> stable period in its development. It is not like the period of >>> functionality development, since there is no major missing >>> functionality in DRLVM now. The new developments are more for >>> improvements. For example, when Wenlong saw the startup time had a >>> problem, he initiated the discussions, and got feedbacks, then worked >>> in it and came up with a patch. I reviewed the code, and think it's a >>> good patch accomplishing its goal. This is a pretty good example of >>> community-development. >>> >>> Of course, more discussions are welcome. Well I personally have no >>> real concern about the development. But I agree with you that, a >>> couple of committers are not active recently... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> xiaofeng >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Nathan Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Should we mention the derth of DRLVM development. From a community >>>> perspective I am a little concerned about it. >>>> -Nathan >>>> >>>> On 12/10/08, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Our regular update to the Apache Board is now due. >>>>> >>>>> I have a draft in the Wiki here >>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/harmony/Board200812 >>>>> >>>>> Please take a look and amend as you see fit, especially PMC members as >>>>> it is a PMC report although we always welcome all comments from the >>>>> community. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Tim >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from my mobile device >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com >>> >> > > > > -- > http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com >
