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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:32:02 -0400
From: Davanum Srinivas <davanum@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dims@apache.org
To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org>,
	rwinston@eircom.net
Subject: Re: Jakarta Commons Discovery
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Rory,

if you take care of the jakarta release...maven repo stuff is easy. i can d=
o it.

thanks,
dims

On 4/20/05, Rory Winston <rwinston@eircom.net> wrote:
> Sorry Fernando, I meant a 0.3-RC jar.
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> Do you know if the patches are already in CVS (i.e. if Discovery was buil=
t from CVS now, and released into apache dist/ that would be good enough? I=
f so, I can cut a release easily enough. I dont know about the Maven reposi=
tory stuff, but I could put a release on Jakarta.
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> "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org> wrote:
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> >
> > Hi Rory,
> >
> > Rory Winston wrote:
> > > AFAIK, Discovery has been inactive for quite a while now. I dont know=
 if you will find any of the original developers still around, to be honest=
.
> > >
> > > What exactly needs to be done here? Would an easy solution just be to=
 package up a Discovery-0.2-RC1 and make that .jar available?
> > >
> >
> > There is a 0.2 already.
> >
> > http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/commons/discovery/source/commons-dis=
covery-0.2-src.tar.gz
> >
> >
> > However, this version has some bugs that prevents its use and people ar=
e
> > resorting to some CVS snapshots that contain the patches that fix the
> > bugs.  For instance, ObjectWeb JOnAS is using a snapshot dated 27-Mar-2=
004.
> >
> >
> > JPackage.org and all Linux distrubutions based on it build their
> > packages from sources, so what they are looking for is a
> >
> > http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/commons/discovery/source/commons-dis=
covery-0.3-src.tar.gz
> >
> > (or 0.2.1) that contains the patches.
> >
> > I believe ObjectWeb would also like to be able to download the .jar
> > directly and I believe it should also go into the maven repository if i=
t
> > is being used by other Apache projects that have been mavenized.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Fernando
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org> wr=
ote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Hi everyone,
> > >>
> > >>robert burrell donkin wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 00:30 -0400, Phil Steitz wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Hi Fernando,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Unfortunately, I don't think we can do what you are asking without
> > >>>>cutting a release.  We don't publish snapshots of Jakarta Commons
> > >>>>components.  To cut a release, we need a release manager to volunte=
er,
> > >>>>develop a plan, initiate a vote and then cut the release.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>+1
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>OK
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>Any [discovery] volunteers?
> > >>>
> > >> >
> > >> > i think that this is an issue that we should think about addressin=
g.
> > >> > (hopefully, a discovery volunteer will jump in about now...)
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>It seems all discovery folks are busy with other things :-(
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>in the absence of discovery volunteers, i think that this is
> > >>>circumstance where we might consider seconding volunteers from other
> > >>>commons components onto discovery. (the traditional form would be to
> > >>>commit a change to the appropriate file and then wait for -1's.)
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>The bug in 0.2 makes it impossible to use and is creating a "de facto=
"
> > >>release out of untagged cvs code.  It would make sense going ahead wi=
th
> > >>your plan "B" and see if someone opposes and if somone from another
> > >>component pushes it out.  I do not have the necessary knowlwdge to do
> > >>it, otherwise I would offer to help.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Regards to all,
> > >>Fernando
> > >>
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