Hi Andreas, Will look in to this. Are we going to support jdk 1.8 also?
Thanks Andun On 2 Jul 2015 02:24, "Andreas Veithen" <[email protected]> wrote: > There is another area where help would be welcome. I did some work > recently to make the build succeed on Java 7, and I know that it works > on Mac OS X (because I use that OS) and Linux (because the build works > on Jenkins). On the other hand, Deepal reported that he had/has > problems building on Windows. A build having platform (and Java > version) dependent issues is obviously bad. Personally, I no longer > have access to Windows machines (and I'm not really motivated to get > one running in the cloud somewhere...). So one useful contribution > would be to test the build on various platforms and Java versions and > help debugging issues identified. > > Andreas > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Hiranya Jayathilaka > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Andun, Ravi and Asanka, > > > > Thank you very much for your show of support for Axis2 and Synapse > projects. > > Please subscribe to the Axis2 mailing list if you already haven't and > start > > working on some issues. I'm sure Deepal would be happy to point out some > of > > the most important ones that need fixing immediately. > > > > I will also try to find some time over the next couple of weeks and help > > expedite the Axis2 release. > > > > Thanks, > > Hiranya > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Deepal jayasinghe <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> As I mentioned in one of the previous email, the best way to contribute > at > >> this point is pick few JIRAs and send patches. Once you send around > three > >> patches we will make you a committer. > >> > >> Deepal > >> > >> Hi Hiranya/Deepal, > >> > >> I've also been working with synapse and axis2 in the past two or so > years > >> and have some familiarity with the code base so I too would like to > >> contribute. > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ravi > >> > >> On 28 June 2015 at 11:06, Hiranya Jayathilaka <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm opening this up for dev@ in the hope of getting some more > feedback. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Hiranya > >>> > >>> Begin forwarded message: > >>> > >>> From: Hiranya Jayathilaka <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: Time to Call it a Day? > >>> Date: June 10, 2015 12:08:33 AM PDT > >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> [THIS AN INITIAL REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ONLY. NOT A VOTE.] > >>> > >>> Hi Folks, > >>> > >>> It doesn't look like there's any active development happening in > Synapse > >>> anymore. Here's a quick run down of our track record over the last few > >>> years: > >>> > >>> > >>> No. of commits in 2015: 2 > >>> No. of commits in 2014: 10 > >>> Last committer vote: December 2013 > >>> Last release: January 2012 (v2.1) > >>> > >>> > >>> Needless to say these are not the signs of a healthy open source > project. > >>> Additionally, we have very little traffic on our mailing lists, and our > >>> efforts to do a release have been impeded by a number of factors > (committers > >>> having difficulty finding time, slow release cycles of Axis2 and other > >>> dependencies etc.). > >>> > >>> Deepal is trying really hard to get an Axis2 release out the door, but > >>> despite his best efforts that release is also being delayed due to > lack of > >>> time and manpower. > >>> > >>> Given this status, I'm beginning to wonder whether it's time to close > >>> down the shop, and move the project into Attic. What do you think? > >>> > >>> In my PERSONAL opinion, both Axis2 and Synapse have had a great run, > and > >>> now it's time for them to gracefully retire. From the lack of mailing > list > >>> and development activity, it looks like there's not much interest in > these > >>> technologies any more. At least not to the point, where new releases > are > >>> required -- existing users might still need patches and routine > maintenance > >>> to already released code. The problems these projects attempt to solve > (SOAP > >>> services and enterprise integration), have been well studied, > researched and > >>> solved over the last 15 years. Many powerful and mature solutions exist > >>> (some of which are based on Axis2 and Synapse), but there doesn't seem > to be > >>> any interest towards further developing these core platforms. The > industry > >>> focus has shifted to other matters. > >>> > >>> However, that's just my personal view point. If the community at large > >>> believes otherwise, then we need to take a few corrective measures. > Some of > >>> us need to join the Axis2 release effort, and expedite that release > cycle. > >>> There's an open invitation from the Axis2 PMC, and I'm sure they will > be > >>> happy to grant us commit access if any of us are willing to join. Then > we > >>> need to get the Synapse release process underway, and start thinking > about > >>> the future development prospects for the Synapse project. > >>> > >>> Let me know what you think. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Hiranya > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Hiranya Jayathilaka > >>> Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; > >>> Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu > >>> E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 > >>> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Hiranya Jayathilaka > >>> Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; > >>> Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu > >>> E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 > >>> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Hiranya Jayathilaka > > Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; > > Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu > > E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 > > Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
