Ted Husted wrote:
> It seems to me that the core issue is that
>
> * TC3.x will need more committers if it is going to remain viable once
> TC4 is released.
>
> If you believe in Costin and TC3.x, then the thing to do is jump-in and
> earn your committer's badge, so you will have a binding vote.
Yesterday Costin was headed to SourceForge and 3.x was abandonware. Today,
Costin is still very much alive and we are now arguing about the little
numbers at the end of the 3.x version. My plans remain unchanged: to learn
the 3.2 source as fast as possible. When that is done (hopefully in a week
or two), I'll see what the current state of affairs is. One way or
another, I _will_ be involved in Tomcat very shortly.
> If you are willing to join Costin at SourceForge later, then join him
> here now (and maybe the SourceForge exodus won't happen).
Again, this changes daily and is completely out of my hands at the moment.
> If you are not ready to write code yet, then start documenting the code
> as you learn it, and post it as you go, so others can follow your lead.
> (Which I'm doing on another project.)
I will definitely take some rather detailed notes on the design as I
learn, but I believe I will stay out of the e-mail fray. No one seems to
have any opinions on my ideas about it being a very hostile and shifting
environment for new developers to enter into anyway, so I sincerely doubt
that my documention posts will be missed. I do agree with your point about
putting up or shutting up, it's just a little difficult to follow the
situation at the moment.
- Christopher
