Outrigger is a key service in a project that I am involved in. I see no reason to remove it from the distribution, it provides a solid implementation of the JavaSpace and JavaSpace05 interfaces. There are other services I would vote off the island ;) but thats a topic for a different thread.
Dennis On Dec 3, 2010, at 130PM, Tom Hobbs wrote: >> With River's recent revitalization let's not deprecate anything too >> hastily. > > +1. You never know, this may yet convince someone who knows about > Outrigger to come back! > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Jeff Ramsdale <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Gregg Wonderly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Many people are using Dan Creswell's Blitz JavaSpaces implementation or >>> commercial versions. I'm partially inclined to suggest that we should >>> discuss EOL of outrigger at some point. Even though Javaspaces is a large >>> part of what Jini has been recognized for, it has a focused audience and if >>> we don't have someone with knowledge and interest to support outrigger, it >>> may be more of a wart than River can deal with. >> >> With River's recent revitalization let's not deprecate anything too >> hastily. Conventional wisdom in Java app development has struggled to >> hold its own against NoSQL and other interesting technologies. It >> could be the perfect opportunity for Jini/JavaSpaces to gain new >> interest. >> >> -jeff >>
