+ 1 for the plan, and I will assist as indicated
"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
>
> Over the last week or so, there has been some interest in changes to Tomcat
> 4.0-beta-1, including some changes in fundamental APIs within Catalina. It
> would be desireable to make these changes before a 4.0 release is completed, so
> that we can strive to maintain API compatibility, to the maximum degree
> possible, throughout the 4.x lifetime.
>
> Therefore, I would like to propose "unfreezing" the 4.0 codebase, and opening it
> again to new development, with some of the major items listed below. The
> revised release plan for Tomcat 4.0 Beta 2 would then become:
>
> Proposed Release Manager: Craig McClanahan (unless someone
> else wants to volunteer for this part)
> Proposed Code Freeze Date: February 5, 2001 (two weeks from today)
>
> Major Work To Be Completed:
>
> * Finish the Valves API Changes originally suggested by
> Peter Donald, and formalized in my proposal last weekend
> (I am working on this; it is nearly ready for testing).
>
> * Finish the new package layer needed to implement the
> security manager (Glenn Nielsen is working on this; Remy
> Maucherat has volunteered to assist).
>
> * Backport the changes to the Resources implementation
> from 4.1 to the 4.0 repository. This implementation is the
> basis for being able to run webapps independent of the filesystem
> (for example, direct from a WAR file or from a database that is
> configured appropriately). (Remy Maucherat has volunteered
> to do this).
>
> NOTE: WIth this change, we will no longer need to maintain the
> "jakarta-tomcat-4.1" repository, or do double commits on fixes.
> We can recreate the 4.1 repository when 4.0 is refrozen, based
> on the current code at that time.
>
> * Major improvements and updates to the mod_webapp connector
> module, as well as bug fixes between now and release. (Pierpaollo
> Fumagalli has volunteered to work on this).
>
> * Integrate the changes for persistent session storage, as well as
> session passivation and activation, proposed by Kief Morris. This
> will initially be checked into a temporary branch for experimentation,
> but will likely be found solid enough to incorporate into 4.0-b2. (I
> will do the commits now, but will also propose Kief as a committer
> in his own right if he's interested).
>
> * Miscellaneous bug fixes from BugRat reports, as well as bug reports
> on the mailing lists. (a variety of patches have already been proposed).
>
> * POSSIBLE ITEM: Tweak the lifecycle APIs so that we can implement
> running Catalina under the "invocation" interface in the services directory.
> Among other things, this will allow running Tomcat 4.0 stand alone on
> port 80, without having to run as root. (No volunteer yet to work on this).
>
> Craig McClanahan
>
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