On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> Jason van Zyl wrote:
> >
> > "Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a cool utility class, and a good thing, so I'm all for it.
> > >
> > > How about checking into the sandbox, we can work on basic docs and
> > > packaging, and then bring it to a full vote when it's organized a bit
> > > for people to see?
> >
> > Sure, sounds good. I'm making my sandbox now!
> >
>
> Ok - I just made a project in sandbox
>
> jakarta-commons-sandbox/configuration
>
> there is a build.xml (ant dist should do it for you...)
>
> Will get the testcase wired up tomorrow.
>
> Take a look - If a 'formal proposal' is required, fine. But you can
> consider this a request for votes to make this a commons component -
> this is a class that is useful and would be shared immediately by
> Velocity and Turbine.
>
> 1) Initial committers will be Jason, myself and we will find a third
> from Turbine.
>
> 2) This will have active support because it is central to Velocity and
> Turbine internal configuration.
>
> 3) It's trivially small.
>
> 4) We have a test case already in Velocity, and will get that working
> tomorrow in Commons.
>
>
> So +1 from me :)
>
> geir
>
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> Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
IIRC, this thing used to be called ExtendedProperties in its Apache JServ
incantation. If it were renamed to that, would it fit into the proposed
collections package?
I'm fine with including it either way, but for one class it'd probably be
better to find a home with other like-minded stuff.
Craig
