that is what I did for vfs-smb at codehaus mojo. But the MOJO dev does not like this idea since commons-vfs should take care of this :-)
Now if commons-vfs completely remove its smb provider, than I have a good reason to release at codehaus -D On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Schalk Cronj é <ysb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would it be a better solution to rather create a CIFS provider outside of > apache-commons (and outside of ASF), which then needs to be downloaded > separately? > > The VFS website can have a list of known external providers. > > This will remove the onus from commons developers to maintain the CIFS > code and leave no dilemma. > > > > > On 24/05/2014 16:19, sebb wrote: > >> On 23 May 2014 17:59, Dan Tran <dant...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think we just need to promote vfs-cifs and mark jcifs optional. That >>> complies with Apache's policy >>> >> ASF policy requires that downstream consumers should not be forced to >> use non-compatible depenendencies. >> Such dependencies are allowed if the product is still usable without. >> >> ASF policy does not allow us to bundle such a dependency with VFS. >> The ASF policy of "no surprises" means that non-compatible >> dependencies must not be automatically downloaded either. >> The consumer must be made aware that the dependency is not available >> under the ALv2. >> >> I suspect it will be necessary to use something other than 'optional' >> to achieve that - for example 'provided'. >> >> -D >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com >>> >wrote: >>> >>> Moved. >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: sebb < >>>> seb...@gmail.com> </div><div>Date:05/23/2014 10:27 (GMT-05:00) >>>> </div><div>To: Commons Users List <u...@commons.apache.org> >>>> </div><div>Subject: Re: [vfs] support JCIFS </div><div> >>>> </div>On 23 May 2014 15:24, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Also wondering... why can't we deliver our code even if the jar we >>>>> depend >>>>> in the POM on has an incompatible license? I can understand that it is >>>>> undesirable philosophically, but is it disallowed? >>>>> >>>>> Should we create a separate module for these providers? What would it >>>>> be >>>>> called? >>>>> >>>> This is really a conversation for the dev list ... >>>> >>>> Gary >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Bernd Eckenfels < >>>>> e...@zusammenkunft.net >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I Wonder if we should add the sandbox providers to the normal >>>>>> providers.xml with a existence condition, so you get it preconfigured >>>>>> as >>>>>> soon as the JAR is on the classpath. >>>>>> >>>>>> (i noticed there is some Service discovery plugin stuff in the >>>>>> StandardfileSystemManager, but I guess this will not pick up the >>>>>> sandbox >>>>>> Lib?) >>>>>> >>>>>> Am 23.05.2014 um 06:42 schrieb Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's up to you ;-) is not included in the main project because of the >>>>>>> >>>>>> license IIRC. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Gary >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Sandhya >>>>>>> >>>>>> Rajagopalan <sandhya_rajagopa...@symantec.com> >>>>>> >>>>> </div><div>Date:05/22/2014 >>>> >>>>> 18:30 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: u...@commons.apache.org</div>< >>>>>> div>Subject: >>>>>> >>>>> [vfs] support JCIFS </div><div> >>>> >>>>> </div>Hi, >>>>>>> When are you going to support JCIFS? I see this is your sandbox. Can >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> >>>>>> add jcifs in providers.xml to start using it? >>>>>> >>>>>>> -Sandhya >>>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition< >>>>> >>>> http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >>>> >>>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >>>>> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >>>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > -- > Schalk W. Cronjé > @ysb33r > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
