Jason van Zyl wrote:
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 16:57, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
I think that producing a single repository, or at least a set of mechanisms that allow a single storage facility to look like a repository with multiple interfaces, is a task for infrastructure and commons to work out (meaning that the people who have interest in such a thing will work together to minimize the cost to the ASF, both in terms of bandwidth and volunteer time, under the auspices of the people responsible for keeping us on the net). We don't need a separate group for that because it is an internal task, and there are no IP issues that require a trip through incubator.
If there are additional software tools that might make useful
Apache products and people to stoke the engines, then we should
incubate those here as new projects. We just need a clear proposal.
So if I understand this correctly the discussions on [EMAIL PROTECTED] should now be conducted on infrastructure where we are talking about the physical layout of the repository in a file system that is accessible via http.
Small note - some of the participants on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] are discussing the actual requirements - which from my (and other) point(s) of view go beyond a file-system http protocol cut-and-dried implementation solution. Some consider this area to be much more than an HTTP download handler. In fact - if the scope of a repository model were limited to that then would would be missing a really big opportunity to do this in a way is of real value to multiple projects. Yes - you can assume some simplistic models down low - but hopefully this is not just about plumbing but also about addressing the requirements across different abstractions that will ultimately ensure that semantic assumptions are consistent across multiple repository-enabled applications.
Just trying to clarify, is this correct?
I hope not - it would not meet Avalon project requirements relative to repository-aware applications. I much prefer Roy's terminology "a single storage facility to look like a repository with multiple interfaces". Roy's statement *does* encompass the scope of requirements that I see as relevant.
Stephen.
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