On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 20:00 +0100, Roland Weber wrote:
> Hi Oleg, all,
> 
> > I suggest that we take this as an opportunity to improve our
> > compliance with the Jakarta wide release guidelines by holding a vote on
> > a release package, not a SVN revision, and re-run the vote.
> > 
> > Folks, what do you think?
> 
> This project has been running on the edge for years now.
> Even my occasional involvement in some parts of the code
> did not stop it from effectively being a one man show.
> If Oleg for some reason is not there to push it, it's not
> moving forward.
> The NIO code has attracted some attention recently, which
> is promising. But even if that continues, it will take
> some years to "grow" new PMCs out of our sub-community.
> 
> I think re-voting on the actual release packages is the
> way to go. But I also think we should take those votes to
> general@, now and in the future. Discuss new releases
> informally here, tag the code, build and review... then
> vote on general@, where basically all the PMCs are.
> 
> cheers,
>   Roland
> 

Roland,

To it really does not matter how many people actually cut code. The
number of coders does not always translate into code quality. What is
important is how many people participate in architecture and design
decisions. We have 4 resident Jakarta PMCs with several years of Apache
experience overseeing the project (some of whom have been with the
project 5+ years). I think we are all right. I see no need to attract
some casual votes by going to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The project is the victim of HttpClient 3.x success. Despite all its
horrid architectural shortcomings HttpClient 3.x turned out to be a
pretty decent and stable piece of software. I am sure we'll see more
people taking interest in HttpComponents once HttpClient 4.0 starts
taking shape. 

If do not end up breaking my neck snowboarding some day I have no plans
reducing my involvement in HttpComponents. I am determined to see
HttpClient 4.0 FINAL released, at which point I will consider
drastically reducing my commitments to the project.

Evil Comrade Oleg



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