Re: Creating a Pluto 2.0 branch

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Carsten Ziegeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/24/2006 03:54:44 PM:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > IBM has contracted with a group at the University of Jena in Germany to
> > help create the reference implementation of JSR-286 to be hosted at
> > Apache. David and I have been in contact with this group, which is headed
> > by Torsten Dettborn, a member of the JSR-286 Expert Group. Torsten's group
> > has done some work on the JSR-286 RI based on Pluto 1.1 that they want to
> > contribute to our repository.
> >
> > Unless anyone objects, I would like to create a Pluto 2.0 branch in SVN to
> > house the JSR-286 Reference Implementation code. The starting point for
> > this branch will be the Pluto 1.1 code now in our SVN trunk.
> >
> > This is a great chance for the community to contribute to the JSR-286 RI
> > and get an early look at an implementation of the developing JSR-286 spec.
> I think every code donation must go through the incubator first, so we
> should definitly first check with them.
>

They are contributing code that builds on our current code base. I do not see why it has to go through the incubation process. Like Tomcat, which revs up a version for a new servlet/JSP spec, we are creating a new version that corresponds to the new portlet spec.
/Craig


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