RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> What's the actual work required to complete Darrell's changes > and the Avalon changes? In my current working directory, a cvs diff -u -r branch_2_1_fcs is over 4MB. Ignoring generated artifacts, there are about 970K of changes, which include things we would not want lost by blindly copying ove

3.0 Roadmap (was Re: Versions and Builds)

2004-03-25 Thread Stephen McConnell
Danny Angus wrote: Stephen Would a 2.2 incorporate the updates concerning the Avalon framework (ComponentManager --> ServiceManager) and released cornerstone content? No, I reckoned that Roy made a good case for simply promoting the current state 2.2 to stable and cutting a release of it. I'

Re: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread CUTMAN ~CW~
ers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Versions and Builds Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:32:44 + Stephen > Would a 2.2 incorporate the updates concerning the Avalon framework > (ComponentManager --> ServiceManager

Re: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Danny Angus
Stephen > Would a 2.2 incorporate the updates concerning the Avalon framework > (ComponentManager --> ServiceManager) and released cornerstone content? No, I reckoned that Roy made a good case for simply promoting the current state 2.2 to stable and cutting a release of it. I'm assuming that

Re: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Stephen McConnell
Noel J. Bergman wrote: A good point well made. Perhaps it would be wise to promote 2.2 to stable since we're unlikely to have a 3 release any time soon. I'll put out a 2.2.0a16 based upon current CVS for testing if there are no objections. It does NEED testing. There are new things in there, s

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> > A good point well made. Perhaps it would be wise to promote 2.2 > > to stable since we're unlikely to have a 3 release any time soon. I'll put out a 2.2.0a16 based upon current CVS for testing if there are no objections. It does NEED testing. There are new things in there, such as the DNS re

Re: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Stephen McConnell
Danny Angus wrote: Roy, With the a-count now at 15 or 16, there has to be a lot of improvement and function that's not in 2.1.3. The James Team should, I feel, be encouraged by the user feedback wanting the project to progress and evolve. If it starts to annoy, then throw the sharks a meal

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Danny Angus
Roy, > With the a-count now at 15 or 16, there has to be a lot of improvement and > function that's not in 2.1.3. > The James Team should, I feel, be encouraged by the user feedback wanting > the project to progress and evolve. If it starts to annoy, then throw the > sharks a meal in the form

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Roy Henderson
harks a meal in the form of V2.2.0 and we'll be satisfied for a while ... Regards, Roy >-Original Message- >From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Versions and Builds > > >> It ALREADY is a pretty neat product. > >I suspect this is the roo

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Daniel Perry
table imap, better management tools, etc, but with a few code alterations I've got it working fine for now! Daniel. @slc.co.uk eh... I owe you ppl too much money :( -Original Message- From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 March 2004 11:59 To: James Users List Subject: R

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-25 Thread Danny Angus
> It ALREADY is a pretty neat product. I suspect this is the root of the perceived "problem", because there are no serious defects in James there is little pressure to make a release, nor for James to undergo major change. We have got ideas, but there is no urgency about implementing them, we

Re: Versions and Builds

2004-03-24 Thread Serge Knystautas
michael wrote: I am a ICT HOD at a secondary school where we do a AVCE in networking, and use JAMES, which the students install as service for an imaginary network setup. Perhaps I could ask some of my students to helpout with user documentation. Would this be of any use? We welcome all contributio

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-24 Thread michael
Message- From: Serge Knystautas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:12 PM To: James Users List Subject: Re: Versions and Builds On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:01:30 - "Roy Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Jerry, >It ALREADY is a pretty neat

Re: Versions and Builds

2004-03-17 Thread Serge Knystautas
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:33:41 - "Roy Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .. thanks Serge. If I ever graduate from James-101 then maybe I'll be in a position to offer some assistance - although it would be restricted to the documentation area I think. Like you said, we need help with docume

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-17 Thread Roy Henderson
.. thanks Serge. If I ever graduate from James-101 then maybe I'll be in a position to offer some assistance - although it would be restricted to the documentation area I think. Couple more questions for you if I may: 1) Will the merge and next stable cut be a 2.x or 3.0 ? Obviously not crucial,

Re: Versions and Builds

2004-03-17 Thread Serge Knystautas
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:01:30 - "Roy Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jerry, It ALREADY is a pretty neat product. It APPEARS to have a future direction of enhancement which looks good. HOWEVER, I think you really need to cut a stable version of 2.2 and get that issued. Additionally,

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-17 Thread Roy Henderson
st'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Versions and Builds Sorry for my confusion. But things still aren't making sense: In the changelog, it says "Version 2.2.0 expected release June 2003" It also says "Version 2.1.3 released May 2003" If you click on James JavaDoc, i

RE: Versions and Builds

2004-03-17 Thread Steve Brewin
J Malcolm wrote: > Has development of james ceased? Nope! Hop over to the server-dev list if you need reassurance. > Can you clarify the version/release schedule for me? Skipping the history of how we got where we are. v3.0a1 is experimental. v2.2.0a15 is evolutionary. The next version, which

Versions and Builds

2004-03-17 Thread J Malcolm
Sorry for my confusion. But things still aren't making sense: In the changelog, it says "Version 2.2.0 expected release June 2003" It also says "Version 2.1.3 released May 2003" If you click on James JavaDoc, it gives you javadoc for "James 3.0a1" It seems strange that the latest and greatest