Chainsaw is in a bit of a grey area right now with regard to releases - 
Chainsaw is officially a part of the log4j project, but has its own svn 
repository.  Chainsaw's in gump, but doesn't have a test module.

I want to make sure we're following the right processes (I feel more than a bit 
awkward that I brought up tests failing during the latest log4j alpha vote when 
Chainsaw doesn't event have tests), and I'd like us to discuss what the 
appropriate release process for Chainsaw looks like.

We create releases that are available via Chainsaw's web page in binary form as 
a zip of jars, a Web Start link, and a Mac dmg.

The dependencies include:
- the most recent log4j alpha jars (1.3alpha7 currently)
- xstream-1.1.2
- commons-vfs-1.0-rc3
- commons-logging-api.jar (not sure of version, Paul?)
- jakarta-oro-2.0.6

What do we agree is the appropriate release process?  Does an alpha log4j 
release imply a Chainsaw alpha release?  Are they separate votes?  I would like 
to see Chainsaw remain a part of the log4j project officially - since Chainsaw 
has integrated log4j features significantly (loggingevent objects, receiver 
support).  

Also, Paul and myself are the only active committers, which would make votes 
outside the log4j project problematic without help from the PMC.

Thoughts?


Scott Deboy
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