Thanks for the summary Peter! - Gary
On 11/6/02 11:33 PM, "Peter M. Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gary, > > I don't want to speak for everyone, but here's my take on the situation. > >> Sorry to post on this yet again. I'm sure everyone here is tired of > see >> this subject line. >> >> Yes, I read the archives but I'm still unclear as to what the status > of >> virtual host support is. >> >> What I was able to glean is that: >> >> 1) There is (or was) some contention within the official group of >> developers >> about how best to handle virtual hosting. > > Certainly correct. > >> 2) There are at least two (three?) different *unofficial* sets of > patches >> that will add virtual hosting support to James > > Yes. Support remains somewhat limited, and exactly what feature set you > get depends on the patch. The only one that I know of that is both in > the source tree and is used in a production situation is the > JdbcVirtualUserTable mailet. You might want to take a look at that. > >> 3) There are messages in the archive indicating that virtual host > support >> is >> "in", but I can't make out if this is a message from an "official" > James >> developer or one of the unofficial patch contributors. >> >> Short answer is that I'm confused. Can somebody clue me in? To whit: >> >> * It's not in the current release, right? > > Right. Not in 2.0a3 > >> * It's unlikely to be in the next (late Nov, cross your fingers) > release, >> right? > > Also right. Not in 2.1. > >> * Where is it on the development priority list (if not already in the >> current or upcoming releases)? > > High on the priority list for 3.0, but that release is still in the > early planning stages. > >> * If running a patched FrankenJames is the only way to get virtual > hosting >> now, anybody got any suggestions about what patches to use and what >> version(s) of James these patches will work with? > > As I said, check out the JdbcVirtualUserTable mailet. It will be > compatible with the 2.1 release. Given the scope of some of the code > change in that release, I'm not sure that any of the other patches will > be compatible. > > --Peter > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:james-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:james-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > Server Side Software 5614 8th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105 Voice: (206) 525-4786 Fax: (413) 683-2973 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:james-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:james-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
