Hi, The main Proximity developer is here! :)
Thank you the invitation and we (at AbstractHorizon.org) think it is pretty neat idea. Proximity1 (note the 1 at the end) is in usable shape (even sorted out the issue of WebDAV and deployment) and it is very near main 1.0 release. Licensing wise, we were thinking about the final license of Proximity (and all other Abstract Horizon projects) and so far it looks like we will just go for LGPL. Hopefully that is something you can use. If not - I don't think that there will be a problem finding out some common ground or a solution for integration of Proximity to ME. Collaboration wise, your e-mail couldn't come in the better time - since Proximity is closing to the 1.0 release we have already started preparations for Proximity 2 which should be all singing and dancing version of Proximity 1 and more. Functionality of existing Proximity is going to be a bit more formalised and all these border cases are to be given as a choice to the end user. Your input into this area is going to be appreciated! Aside Proximity 2 there are some other grand ideas two of us already touched some time ago and collaboration in the area Maven is really good way forward. Who knows what else (long term of course) can come out of it :) Ok, for a start, please let us know about specifics we can be of help to you and if you had anything else in mind. Looking forward working together, Tamas, On 2/22/07, Jason van Zyl < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Hi, I think the main Proximity developer is here, and I was wondering if you would like to work with us on Maven Enterprise (ME)? Essentially this means us putting a small wrapper around Proximity and firing it up from the ME server? I'm not sure what the licensing is on Proximity but if it's a license compatible with the ASF then we could package up Proximity with ME which I think would be very cool. I've heard good things about Proximity, and only tried it out for a week but I think you guys have done the leg work and have something that works well and we should support you instead of our meagre efforts in this area. You have made something that works and people like and I think it would be wise to incorporate it into ME if you're interested. We should be encouraging people making good Maven-based applications and I think Proximity is a perfect example. This doesn't mean moving your project anywhere, really just redistributing a binary of Proximity with some integration pieces. I am using an extended version of ME for a client which wraps a Spring application so I don't think wrapping Proximity would be any different. I honestly have a couple clients who want proxy support and they have already started looking at Proximity because maven- proxy is not supported and Archiva didn't really work. I also have some training in the near future and at ApacheCon and I'm going to be using ME or an open variant of it and so I would like to include Proximity because that's what I would like to promote in the training. I can go ahead and just make a bundle that includes Proximity for training but some official collaboration would be preferable and I think that's ultimately more beneficial to Maven users who want enterprise grade proxy support. Any of the Proximity developers care to comment? Thanks, Jason. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
