Nobody can answer that? On Thursday, February 28, 2013, Jean-Marc Borer wrote:
> OK guys, thank you for your feedback. I'll provide those patches, but > it is difficult sometimes to keep up with them because the source code > in trunk changes and patches may conflict (it happened recently to me > after making a update). > > Would it be possible for me to become a commiter for HTTP and webdav > parts? You could need my help ;) > > Cheers, > > Jean-Marc > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Jörg Schaible > <joerg.schai...@scalaris.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Benedikt Ritter wrote: > > > >> Hello Jean-Marc > >> > >> > >> 2013/2/28 Jean-Marc Borer <jmbo...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > >> > >>> Jörg, I am new to this list and project. I have actively contributed > >>> to VFS especially to the HTTP and Webdav parts. When I file an issue > >>> or a request for improvement, I also publish a patch. > >>> > >>> > >> Nice that you've joined us! > >> > >> > >>> Where can I find the information if my patch will be > >>> accepted/integrated in which version and when it is planned to be > >>> released, etc? > >>> > >> > >> commons does not provide road maps for components. Usually when some one > >> starts to work on a new release he will go through all the open issues > and > >> decide which can be included in the release (for example new features > can > >> not be included in bugfix releases). > >> Committers will review your patch and give you feedback about it. If a > >> patch matches all requirements your patch will be included in the latest > >> trunk and you can be sure that it will be included in the next release. > >> This maybe unsatisfying if you need the functionality you provided with > >> your patches, but please remember that commons (like every other ASF > >> project) is a volunteer based community. People are reviewing patches > and > >> working on the source code in their free time. This is, why we can't > make > >> promises on release dates. > >> > >> VFS has received some attention from committers and users lately to a > new > >> release in the next time is likely. > > > > thanks Benedikt for chiming in. > > > > Just an additional comment for VFS: This is a very special component, > since > > it combines so many different technologies and 3rd party stuff. AFAICS > none > > of the active committers actually know all of the providers in detail. > > Personally I was involved until now in the local FS, FTP/FTPS and SFTP > > stuff, but not in one of the others. This makes it really difficult for > us > > to keep a general abstraction for all providers and review provided > changes, > > enhancement requests or even completely donated new providers. Therefore > it > > is obvious that changes may get more slowly incorporated than some stuff > in > > commons-lang or commons-io. > > > > Cheers, > > Jörg > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org<javascript:;> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org<javascript:;> > > >
