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On 12/09/2011, at 5:18 PM, Olivier Lamy wrote:

> Hello,
>=20
> 2011/9/12 Brett Porter <brett@apache.org>:
>> Wonderful to hear. You're right, it hasn't escaped into the wild. We =
could use more hands.
>>=20
>> The two things that are blocking a 1.4 release that contains the =
staging functionality are:
>> - deciding on a default production metadata storage (we have a =
file-backed implementation and a JCR-backed implementation) - MRM-1327
>=20
> Something I have on my my TODO is to have a benchmark module to test
> both application in a huge load env.

I have some figures based on initial scan times. They probably aren't =
indicative of normal running situations though, so a good thing to do.

> Note we are currently dependant on a jackrabbit SNAPSHOT (but the
> release looks to be soon :
> http://markmail.org/message/soxy2dddc4rqculj )
>=20
>> - testing and fixing up any bugs that have arrived due to refactoring =
since the last release (several of these are in JIRA for 1.4-M1, though =
we could probably stand to trim that list further)
> Agree :-). I will have a look on selenium tests some failed for long =
time.

Hmm, they had been working last time I checked. Are these things broken =
recently, or have there always been problems?

I know there are some spots it doesn't cover particularly well as I've =
seen a few bugs slip through them.

>>=20
>> With regard to the staging functionality in particular, I've started =
some work to improve it, but I need to commit it once I can get past all =
the merge conflicts with Olivier's recent work :) That was mostly to =
apply the improvements after the initial GSoC implementation, =
particularly to avoid them being "full" repositories that has caused us =
a few problems with search & metadata.
>>=20
>> Cheers,
>> Brett
>>=20
>> On 12/09/2011, at 4:25 AM, Benson Margulies wrote:
>>=20
>>> Olivier,
>>>=20
>>> I'm starting from an informal notion that it's in a snapshot, not =
yet
>>> released. For all I know, the staging feature is entirely fine, and
>>> it's other things that need doing that standing in the way of a
>>> release. In short, I'm not opinionated, just trying to be helpful.
>>>=20
>>> I will also try setting up a copy any playing with it.
>>>=20
>>> --benson
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Olivier Lamy <olamy@apache.org> =
wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> AFAIK this is something which already exists.
>>>> I wanted to improve it too.
>>>> What was your idea on how to improve this ?
>>>> BTW feel free to create a jira entry.
>>>>=20
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> --
>>>> Olivier Lamy
>>>> Talend : http://talend.com
>>>> http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
>>>>=20
>>>> 2011/9/11 Benson Margulies <bimargulies@gmail.com>:
>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Can you use a pair of hands getting to the point where there is a
>>>>> release of archiva with a staging feature? I have selfish, day-job
>>>>> motivation here, and if there are JIRA that I could attack and =
patch I
>>>>> am game.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> --benson
>>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>=20
>> --
>> Brett Porter
>> brett@apache.org
>> http://brettporter.wordpress.com/
>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Olivier Lamy
> Talend : http://talend.com
> http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy

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Brett Porter
brett@apache.org
http://brettporter.wordpress.com/
http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter