Hi Niall,
I only have the same response I wrote six months ago ... :-)
+) I can't make any promises but commons-exec is small enough to be
maintained in the small hours when the family is asleep
+) I'm not expecting a huge user base - it's too late for that since
many in-house libraries are already used
+) I'm not expecting many bugs because the original ANT while not
perfect is still a solid foundation
+) I think that one or two commons developers will use the code and
might provide additional support if needed
And I still think that commons-exec is a valuable addition to commons
proper because it is hard to write such a component running on various
OS/JVM installations ...
Cheers,
Siegfried Goeschl
Niall Pemberton wrote:
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Siegfried Goeschl
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi folks,
according to http://wiki.apache.org/commons/MovingFromSandboxToProperSVN
there needs to be an official proposal - any blockers from moving
commons-exec to commons proper?!
The current state of the commons-exec
(http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/exec/)
+) I made my first bug fix in April 2007 after finding out that I have the
karma to mess up the project ... :-)
+) I officially took over the code in November 2007
+) I went through all the open JIRAs and fixed them including regression
tests
+) I cleaned up the code and javadocs
+) removed commons-logging dependency
+) added a few more features plus regression tests
+) with the help of the commons community commons-exec was tested on various
platforms and JVMs (see
http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/exec/testmatrix.html)
+) I was promoted to commons committer in April 2008
+) there was some interest in getting/using commons-exec from the user
community
+) I use commons-exec in production for more than on year
The not so good things
+) unfortunately we have no coverage on Solaris and broken tests on OpenVMS
- the missing Solaris coverage is IMO critical
+) I am the one and only person actively maintaining the code
It sounds like exec is pretty much ready to start thinking about a
release? If thats the case then we should be promoting it (if not then
theres not much point in moving out of the Sandbox IMO).
We have other components with only one active person so IMO its not a
blocker. For me I would hope there is an intention on your part to
stick around and support it - I'm not looking for any kind of promise,
since none of us know what the future holds and were all volunteers
that can disappear at any time - but I would be happier (voting to
promote) if I knew the intention was there.
Niall
Thanks in advance
Siegfried Goeschl
PS: I just uploaded the website but it will take a while to be available
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