Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
> Cool, then a better phrase would be JMC enabled, since there is no standard that ADS
must follow, no?
I agree that "compliance" isn't quite right. Perhaps, under a separate
heading since they aren't features (yet):
Coming soon:
* Remote management via JMX.
* Java-based triggers and stored procedures.
-enrique
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Enrique Rodriguez [mailto:erodriguez@apache.org]
> Sent: Sat 1/22/2005 5:46 PM
> To: Apache Directory Developers List
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [ApacheDS][release] Announcing the release of ApacheDS 0.8,
>
>
>
> Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
> > What does "Pending JMX compliance" mean? Is there an LDAP JSR77-like spec? Just
curious.
>
> Nope, just means we'll be working to enable remote management using JMX.
> Relevant JSR's are JSR 160 (JMX Remote API) and JSR 28 (SASL). I
> mention SASL for the obvious reason that we'll want high QoP for
> management operations.
>
> -enrique
>
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian W. Fitzpatrick [mailto:fitz@apache.org]
> > Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 8:55 AM
> > To: Trustin Lee
> > Cc: prc@apache.org; Apache Directory Developers List
> > Subject: Re: [ApacheDS][release] Announcing the release of ApacheDS 0.8,
> >
> >
> >
> > (Just a few grammar tweaks and an additional paragraph)
> >
> > On Jan 20, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Trustin Lee wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > Apache Directory project team has released ApacheDS 0.8 yesterday, and
> > > wants to announce it to TheServerSide.com and freshmeat.net. I posted
> > > this message to directory-dev@incubator.apache.org to get confirmed
by
> > > team members. Noel Bergman told me PRC must be involved for all press
> > > releases, so I'm posting the announcement statement to see this is OK.
> > >
> > > Here is the announcement statement I wrote:
> > >
> > > -------- BEGIN --------
> > > Apache Directory team is pleased to announce the release of ApacheDS
> > > 0.8, a pure-Java LDAP server.
> > >
> > > Our primary vision is to build an enterprise directory server platform
> > > and its components where other Internet services ( DNS, DHCP, SLP,
> > > UDDI, ... ) snap in to store their data within the directory so they
> > > may be managed using LDAP.
> >
> > "The primary goal of the Apache Directory Project is to build...". I'd
> > rephrase and pull the TLAs out of the parentheses--maybe divide into 2
> > sentences?
> >
> > > Features:
> > >
> > > * Designed as an LDAP and X.500 experimentation platform.
> > > * The server exposes all aspects of administration via a special
> > > system backend.
> > > * JMX compliance is pending.
> >
> > Change to active voice: "Pending JMX compliance"
> >
> > > * Java based triggers and stored procedures are being implemented.
> >
> > Active voice.
> >
> > > * Both the backend subsystem and the frontend are separable and
> > > independently embeddable.
> >
> > Same.
> >
> > > * A server side JNDI LDAP provider which directly interacts with the
> > > backend storage.
> >
> > Not a sentence.
> >
> > > * Based on a simple Staged Event Driven Architecture (SEDA) which can
> > > handle large amounts of concurrency.
> >
> > Kind of weak.
> >
> > > Please note that the Directory Project is an effort undergoing
> > > incubation at the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). While incubation
> > > status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or
> > > stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to
be
> > > fully endorsed by the ASF.
> > >
> > > Check ApacheDS at: http://incubator.apache.org/directory/
> >
> > I think the content of the announcement is great, but it could use a
> > little bit of "strength" in its presentation. These are just my
> > recommendations--feel free to ignore them. :)
> >
> > > -------- END --------
> >
> > Please add this paragraph to the end:
> >
> > The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and
> > financial support for a broad range of open source software projects.
> > The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual
> > property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits
> > contributors potential legal exposure. Through a collaborative and
> > meritocratic development process, Apache projects deliver
> > enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract large
> > communities of users.
> >
> > > Is it OK to post the announcement by myself, or is there any person
> > > who does it for me?
> >
> > This isn't an "official" press release, so as long as your project's
> > PPMC gives it the thumbs up, you're golden.
> >
> > Good luck, and congrats on the release!
> >
> > -Fitz
> >
> > --
> > Brian W. Fitzpatrick
> > Vice President, Public Relations
> > The Apache Software Foundation
> > 312-925-0194
> >
> >
> >
>
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