=======================================================================
April 22, 2001: Jakarta-commons Summary digest
Summarizing list traffic from Apr 15 through Apr 21.
=======================================================================
Topics general to Jakarta-commons:
[Voting procedure]
- Still unresolved. Should be resolved before more votes called.
[Rights of committers]
- Can committers of a sub-project vote in new committers to said
project?
- Perhaps only new-to-Jakarta contributers require a vote
- Performing votes on sub-project-specific contributers may not
be useful or effective.
[Website]
Discussion:
- Could use webalizer for web statistics
- Vincent has a setup in user dir
- Could use analog
[Configuration Mgmt]
- What is the best approach for CVS branches and releases?
=======================================================================
New proposals:
[Digester] (from Struts)
Library Summary:
- A way to initialize/configure Java objects from XML documents
Progress:
- Added to sandbox
- Some examples added to supplement
Discussion:
- Should straighten out the dependencies (mostly JAXP 1.0 v 1.1)
- Possibly fold into BeanUtils?
[HttpClient] (from Slide)
Library Summary:
- A near-complete HTTP 1.1 client lib
- Designed to be simple yet extendable
Discussion:
- Should be named "httpclient" rather than "http library" or
"http utils"
- Documentation could highlight differences from java.net.*
=======================================================================
New submissions to the sandbox (without proposal):
[GUI auto-generation]
- Possible library for inclusion in commons
- No code submitted yet
[CJAN]
- An ant task is being developed in the sandbox
=======================================================================
Progress and other threads:
[DBCP]
Discussion:
- Handling bounced db server
[BeanUtils]
Discussion:
- Handling of "round-trip"
[Collections]
Progress:
- ArrayStack added
Discussion:
- Include FastArrayList, FastHashMap, FastTreeMap from struts?
- Tests should extend Test[Interface] where Interface is the
java.util.Collection interface that is being implemented.
- Should correctly implement equals() and hashCode()
[Frameworks]
Discussion:
- Vincent has a framework - might it fit with Turbine, Struts,
or Avalon?
[BeanUtil]
Discussion:
- Best ways to use reflection
[Cactus]
Progress:
- 1.0b2 released
[XMLUnit]
Discussion:
- Still in sandbox
- Could be merged with XMLUnit from SourceForge
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices
http://auctions.yahoo.com/
