Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-11 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at 03:21 AM, Stephen McConnell wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: I can't. Can you explain? Geir: I could - but to be honest I'm flat out on some really important stuff that I have to close. Can we come back to this in maybe at the end of this week? I'm sorr

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-11 Thread Stephen McConnell
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Sunday, November 9, 2003, at 02:50 AM, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 01:08, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 00:35, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason: I must confess that I am intrigued

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
On Sunday, November 9, 2003, at 02:50 AM, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 01:08, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 00:35, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason: I must confess that I am intrigued by your approach to collabor

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
On Sunday, November 9, 2003, at 09:02 AM, peter royal wrote: On Nov 9, 2003, at 1:52 AM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: We need CPAN, or apt-get, or fink, or something slightly more dependency aware but not so much so that we sit on our thumbs waiting for it to happen. ... there are no methods of stori

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-10 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
peter royal wrote: On Nov 9, 2003, at 3:59 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: At the end a community vote decides the codebase to adopt or we can as well be left with just one proposal. This is what I had in mind from the beginning; what do you think? Repo != a codebase. Its just a spec. [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-09 Thread peter royal
On Nov 9, 2003, at 3:59 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: At the end a community vote decides the codebase to adopt or we can as well be left with just one proposal. This is what I had in mind from the beginning; what do you think? Repo != a codebase. Its just a spec. I don't think 'forced convergen

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-09 Thread peter royal
On Nov 9, 2003, at 1:52 AM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: We need CPAN, or apt-get, or fink, or something slightly more dependency aware but not so much so that we sit on our thumbs waiting for it to happen. ... there are no methods of storing large objects more efficient than a modern filesystem. St

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-09 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 16:07, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: ... What I meant is not about implementation, but about doing things collaboratively rather than in competition. Hopefully this can start with the repository effort. We've got Ruper, Greebo and Wagon (Michal's refactoring

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-09 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Noel J. Bergman wrote: My idea of collaboration is something *totally* different. It sure can be once you get rid of anyone who doesn't agree with you. Neither of you has the most perfect record on collaboration. Fine. Please drop it and focus on the actual task to be addressed. Sniping at each

RE: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-09 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> > My idea of collaboration is something *totally* different. > It sure can be once you get rid of anyone who doesn't agree with you. Neither of you has the most perfect record on collaboration. Fine. Please drop it and focus on the actual task to be addressed. Sniping at each other is not go

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Roy T. Fielding
I would add one more requirement to above statement - namely "machine-friendly". There is an emerging requirement for application driven downloading that has the potential to significantly exceed the classic browser driven requirements that the ASF is addressing today. This has a direct impac

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 01:08, Stephen McConnell wrote: > Jason van Zyl wrote: > > >On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 00:35, Stephen McConnell wrote: > > > > > > > >>Jason: > >> > >>I must confess that I am intrigued by your approach to collaboration! > >> > >> > > > >That's because you're at least as def

RE: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> Neither you or I are any great shining examples of an > ideal collaborator. You'll have to bear with me while > I try to make ammends. I will try to bear with you. Let take this at face value: someone admitting to faults, pledging to improve, asking for allowances while making even more mistakes

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Roy T. Fielding
It is usually unwise to mix insults with requests. However, the point of collaboration is not to obtain the civility of a collegial discussion over tea; the point is to accomplish the task. Continual discussion of issues that are not relevant to the task being collaborated upon is not collaborati

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Stephen McConnell
Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 00:35, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason: I must confess that I am intrigued by your approach to collaboration! That's because you're at least as deficient as I am in the realm of collaboration. Neither you or I are any great shining examples of

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 00:35, Stephen McConnell wrote: > Jason: > > I must confess that I am intrigued by your approach to collaboration! That's because you're at least as deficient as I am in the realm of collaboration. Neither you or I are any great shining examples of an ideal collaborator. Yo

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Stephen McConnell
Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 23:18, Stephen McConnell wrote: Jason van Zyl wrote: I have challenged you to give me a scenerio that I can't satisfy with something like the current Maven repository. Instead you drone on ad nauseum about the theoretical. Let's have a concre

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 23:18, Stephen McConnell wrote: > Jason van Zyl wrote: > >I have challenged you to give me a scenerio that I can't satisfy with > >something like the current Maven repository. Instead you drone on ad > >nauseum about the theoretical. Let's have a concrete example. > > > > Ja

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Stephen McConnell
Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 21:47, Stephen McConnell wrote: Roy T. Fielding wrote: Small note - some of the participants on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] are discussing the actual requirements - which from my (and other) point(s) of view go beyond a file-system http protocol cut-

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 21:47, Stephen McConnell wrote: > Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > >> Small note - some of the participants on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] are > >> discussing the actual requirements - which from my (and other) point(s) > >> of view go beyond a file-system http protocol cut-and-dried >

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Stephen McConnell
Roy T. Fielding wrote: Small note - some of the participants on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] are discussing the actual requirements - which from my (and other) point(s) of view go beyond a file-system http protocol cut-and-dried implementation solution. Some consider this area to be much more than an

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Roy T. Fielding
Small note - some of the participants on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] are discussing the actual requirements - which from my (and other) point(s) of view go beyond a file-system http protocol cut-and-dried implementation solution. Some consider this area to be much more than an HTTP download handler. I

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Stephen McConnell
Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 16:57, Roy T. Fielding wrote: I think that producing a single repository, or at least a set of mechanisms that allow a single storage facility to look like a repository with multiple interfaces, is a task for infrastructure and commons to work out (m

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Roy T. Fielding
So if I understand this correctly the discussions on [EMAIL PROTECTED] should now be conducted on infrastructure where we are talking about the physical layout of the repository in a file system that is accessible via http. It is my understanding that repository is a topic-specific mailing list on

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 16:57, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > I think that producing a single repository, or at least a set of > mechanisms that allow a single storage facility to look like a > repository with multiple interfaces, is a task for infrastructure > and commons to work out (meaning that the peo

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 16:07, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > Jason van Zyl wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 05:09, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > > > Ok, I read what you said and we'll chalk it up to miscommunication and a > > misunderstanding. I am admittedly obstinate and can be unflexible, I > > nev

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Roy T. Fielding
I think that producing a single repository, or at least a set of mechanisms that allow a single storage facility to look like a repository with multiple interfaces, is a task for infrastructure and commons to work out (meaning that the people who have interest in such a thing will work together to

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Jason van Zyl wrote: On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 05:09, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Ok, I read what you said and we'll chalk it up to miscommunication and a misunderstanding. I am admittedly obstinate and can be unflexible, I never meant the level of animosity to grow to the point that it did. I sincerely

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 05:09, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Ok, I read what you said and we'll chalk it up to miscommunication and a misunderstanding. I am admittedly obstinate and can be unflexible, I never meant the level of animosity to grow to the point that it did. I sincerely apologize. > What I

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: It has already been done there, at http://www.krysalis.org/ruper/ . Wasn't it already done with jjar and whatever the thingy in Maven is called? Not really, it does more... and to some extent less (IIUC

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: It has already been done there, at http://www.krysalis.org/ruper/ . Wasn't it already done with jjar and whatever the thingy in Maven is called? The developers of Ruper in the meantime have become Apache committers (two for Gump

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Jason van Zyl wrote: On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 12:16, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: peter royal wrote: On Nov 7, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: The developers of Ruper in the meantime have become Apache committers (two for Gump and one is coming in with JUDDI). The issue here is that Mav

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Greg Stein wrote: On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:18:05PM -0500, Noel J. Bergman wrote: ... It doesn't seem different at all. There are established codebases outside of the ASF, e.g., Ruper and Greebo, existing communities around them, and an ASF Member (you) interested in sponsoring them into the Incu

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-08 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Noel J. Bergman wrote: There is a discussion going on over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] about the creation of an Apache jar and artifact repository. The discussion is being constructive and is bringing in people from diverse efforts: Maven, Ruper, Greebo, [EMAIL PROTECTED], and others. * Who would like to

RE: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Alex Karasulu
I completely agree with you Adam perhaps you email should also go to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list as well. > > > This really smells like an extension and abstraction of what Maven > > > provides and initiated. Why not do this effort under their umbrella? > > I believe the repository (or plural) n

RE: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Alex Karasulu
Guys, I'm afraid to get in the middle of this but I just wanted to give my perspective on it. > > If you want to call it "Incubating Ruper and have others join" it's ok > > for me, as my initial idea is to use Ruper as a starting codebase, and > > have others add stuff, but I didn't want to ma

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:18:05PM -0500, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > There is a discussion going on over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] about the > > creation of an Apache jar and artifact repository. The discussion is > > being constructive and is bringing in people from diverse efforts: > > Maven, Ruper, G

RE: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> There is a discussion going on over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] about the > creation of an Apache jar and artifact repository. The discussion is > being constructive and is bringing in people from diverse efforts: > Maven, Ruper, Greebo, [EMAIL PROTECTED], and others. > * Who would like to Sponsor it?

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 13:15, Adam R. B. Jack wrote: > > > This really smells like an extension and abstraction of what Maven > > > provides and initiated. Why not do this effort under their umbrella? > > I believe the repository (or plural) needs artefacts beyond what Java > projects provide. Ma

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Adam R. B. Jack
> > This really smells like an extension and abstraction of what Maven > > provides and initiated. Why not do this effort under their umbrella? I believe the repository (or plural) needs artefacts beyond what Java projects provide. I believe it was intended to contain all apache content, and not j

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 12:16, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > peter royal wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > > >> The developers of Ruper in the meantime have become Apache committers > >> (two for Gump and one is coming in with JUDDI). The issue here is that > >> M

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
peter royal wrote: On Nov 7, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: The developers of Ruper in the meantime have become Apache committers (two for Gump and one is coming in with JUDDI). The issue here is that Maven already has some code for this, and http://greebo.sourceforge.net/ is part

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread peter royal
On Nov 7, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: The developers of Ruper in the meantime have become Apache committers (two for Gump and one is coming in with JUDDI). The issue here is that Maven already has some code for this, and http://greebo.sourceforge.net/ is partecipating too. If y

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
peter royal wrote: On Nov 7, 2003, at 4:15 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Proposal: This is a new kind of incubation that I'd like to try. It's not an established project that wants to come to Apache, rather an effort that wants to try and see if it can work, similar to Geronimo but coming mainl

Re: [Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread peter royal
On Nov 7, 2003, at 4:15 AM, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Proposal: This is a new kind of incubation that I'd like to try. It's not an established project that wants to come to Apache, rather an effort that wants to try and see if it can work, similar to Geronimo but coming mainly from Apache commit

[Possible Incubation] Apache Repo

2003-11-07 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
- repository and board are CCed - - please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - There is a discussion going on over at [EMAIL PROTECTED] about the creation of an Apache jar and artifact repository. The discussion is being constructive and is bringing in people from diverse efforts: Maven, Ruper, Greebo,