Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 105 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2001 20:09:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 20 Dec 2001 20:09:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 21078 invoked by uid 97); 20 Dec 2001 20:09:39 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 20924 invoked by uid 97); 20 Dec 2001 20:09:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 2123 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2001 06:20:47 -0000 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 01:20:09 -0500 (EST) From: Damian Ryan Eads To: cc: , , Subject: RE:[cli] new command line interface library... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Dear Hristo, I am pleased to hear that you are interested in my option parsing library. The past two months have been considerably busy, and as a result, I have not had the time to "polish" off ritopt as intended. On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 HStoyanov@claritas.com wrote: > Folks-, > I try to evaluate "command line parser API" because I am tired of "doing it > all over again". > I think RITOPT(http://ritopt.sourceforge.net/) is much better and mature > than the one in JAKARTA-COMMONS-SANDBOX > (http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-commons-sandbox/cli/) > > I have the following questions to Damian Ryan Eads, though: > > 1) Would you agree to release it under Apache license or something less > restrictive than GPL. > How about moving it into JAKARTA-COMMONS (though SourceForge is fine > too...)? This issue with ritopt's license has been brought up by several people. Originally, I was not keen on the idea of changing the license because there didn't seem to be any advantages to the free software community. The GPL encourages that in return for using your software, developers give something back. Until recently, I refused to change the license in support of this principle. However, my stubborness has started to wear off a little. Changing the license to the LGPL is currently under consideration. > > 2)Would you re-structure the build systems, so it uses ANT > (http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html) > instead of UNIX makefiles. I can help with that! I must admit that I am not pleased with automake/autoconf's support for Java. So I am open to any ideas on how to improve the build process. > > I also have some minor bug reports and I am willing to help with > fixing/developing RITOPT, > but let's see what you think first ... Yeah, I appreciate any contributions. I am a little strapped for time this winter season but will make an effort to fix bugs promptly. Btw, who are you and what is your role with the Apache project? What are your objectives by working on ritopt? And under who's auspices would this work be performed? Thanks. Cheers, Damian ------------------------------------------------------------------- Damian Ryan Eads dre9227@cs.rit.edu or eads@lanl.gov 20-1D Fairwood Drive (585) 880-2493 Rochester, NY 14623 http://www.cs.rit.edu/~dre9227 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: