Hello, I dont think we have a release manager for VFS, but I am still working on Bugs. If you have a patch for a Bug which affects you, please upload it to Jira. We can need all helps to prune them down. Right now we have 3 blockers open. 2 in the area of FTP which I do not have much experience with and one memory leaks where I am working on.
Once those are closed or downgraded we can try a release. However last time I tried to start a discussion not much help was received. I suspect this might chnage when the first RC is put out and all the negative votes come in (there is a large Clirr report and while I think most of it is acceptable, I really think we need to talk about it). This is where Garys question comes in. Yes we might be a volunteering organisation, but certain things bottleneck on experienced people in the PMC. And I dont really know a way around this. Gruss Bernd Am Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:27:02 +0000 (UTC) schrieb dlmar...@comcast.net: > > My 2 cents as an outsider, for what it's worth. I have contributed > code to VFS and we use VFS in Accumulo. I and several others have > asked for a 2.1 release, or at least a plan/roadmap so that we know > what has to happen before a release can occur. I even offered to help > in any way possible[1]. The answer I received was that a release > manager was assigned, but no other information. Since then I have > seen a bunch of other commons projects being released. I figure that > maybe they are dependencies and need to be released first before a > VFS release. > > Personally, I would like to remove the VFS objects from Accumulo when > VFS 2.1 is released. I know that we are also running into VFS-487, > which I spent some time updating the patch and verifying the tests > work. I would like to update the HDFS dependency to the latest before > the 2.1 release (VFS-530), but I don't know when that is going to > happen. I would also like to take advantage of some of the fixes in > 2.1, like VFS-500. > > I understand this is a volunteer organization and everyone is busy. > However, from my perspective, you have turned down an offer to help. > FWIW, I have thought about taking VFS 2.1-SNAPSHOT, applying the > patches I want, and creating a release for use on my project (not > Accumulo). > > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/201406.mbox/%3c423905266.3540581.1402347208157.javamail.r...@comcast.net%3E > > > - Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary Gregory" <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > To: "Commons Developers List" <dev@commons.apache.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 7:42:35 AM > Subject: RE: [ALL] Do we need help? > > It feels overwhelming sometimes sure, but for me I just realize that > this is just a self inflicted feeling. We are all volunteers here > with no contractual or "hard" expectations. We could do better at > managing expectations for certain and recruiting new blood, yes. But > that takes time away from fun development tasks... I usually ask for > patches as soon as someone asks for a fix or feature. At least that > should make it more obvious to users and the community that you get > out of Commons what you put in to some extent. > > Gary > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Benedikt > Ritter <brit...@apache.org> </div><div>Date:11/29/2014 05:53 > (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Commons Developers List > <dev@commons.apache.org> </div><div>Cc: </div><div>Subject: [ALL] Do > we need help? </div><div> </div>Hi all, > > currently I feel really overwhelmed by the stuff I'd like to do at > commons and the little time I can spend for it. Here is an > (incomplete) list of the things I'd like to work on: > > - get a new release of the build plugin out of the door for auto > creating README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md > - Work on [VALIDATOR] and get a new release out of the door > - Work on [DBUTILS] and get a new release out of the door > - Push [lang] 3.4 out of the door > - Have a look at [compress] 2.0 > - Backport important fixes from [collections] 4.0 to 3.x and create a > last service update > - work on [text] > - help releasing [imaging] 1.0 > - Improve docs on how to get involved at commons > - Organize a logo contest for commons > - ... many more > > I wonder how you feel about this. I have the feeling that a lot of > people ask us to fix stuff and release components but we don't really > catch up with this. This will give people the feeling that we are > slow or we simply don't care. > Whenever I see someone posting on JIRA "can you please fix this, we > need this in out application" and nobody is reacting, I feel tempted > to jump right in, even if I don't know the component (which adds > another entry to the list above). > I don't see a way how we can improve this. My feeling is, that we > need more committers. But then I have the comments of people I've > talked to in my ear: "to old school", "to difficult to get involved", > "to slow development process", "to unwelcoming community". So what do > we do? Do we need help? > > I'm excited to hear your thoughts :-) > > Best regards, > Benedikt > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
