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Hi Simon

Simon Helsen wrote:
> Paolo,
> 
> I am not sure what are you trying to say with your message here. I realize 
> that open source projects don't come for free. I also realize that not all 
> bugs get fixed either. However, the existence and viability of open source 
> is based on a mutual benefit of the parties involved (see [3]) and I think 
> you are seeing benefits from my testing work.

True. Fact.
But, so far, no patches to bugs in TDB. Another fact.

> IBM 

   Individuals compose the ASF

  "All of the ASF including the board, the other officers, the committers,
   and the members, are participating as individuals. That is one strength
   of the ASF, affiliations do not cloud the personal contributions."
   -- http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html

> has a long history in 
> supporting open source initiatives wherever appropriate and possible, 
> whether this is something like the Eclipse Foundation or the Apache 
> Foundation itself (with countless donations and being a gold sponsor). 
> This support benefits you probably at this very moment, e.g. if you are 
> developing in Eclipse.
> 
> In this particular instance (i.e. Jena), we are extensively testing new 
> TxTDB code and providing feedback. 

Thanks.

> We may or may not adopt it, depending 
> on the outcome of our tests (and a bunch of other factors of course), so 
> this feedback may not even benefit us. The problems I am running into will 
> almost certainly come back to you. We are just providing early discovery 
> and I do what I can to help get them resolved. 

Thanks.

> I am pressing 

Pressing does not fix bugs faster.

Small reproducible test cases help.
Patches incredibly speed up the overall process! :-)

> for them to 
> be resolved because if they are not, it is going to be a pain for me to 
> adopt it because of the enormous time it takes to adopt just about 
> anything open-source related in IBM. We have lawyers literally going over 
> all the code and we cannot decide on short notice to upgrade or adopt a 
> new version of any project like this. It just doesn't work like that. I 
> looked at [2] and I am not sure what you are missing? 

See above.

> I also respect the work done in Jena and I wish I could leverage more 
> resources, but those are not my decisions. If we do end up adopting, I may 
> be able to convince my line management to invest more (including more time 
> for myself as well as perhaps hiring the services of certain companies 
> involved with Jena). We analyze these things constantly. 
> 
> You have a nice weekend as well,

Thanks.

> 
> Simon
> 
> PS: on a Friday night, I would probably not even work on [1], but I hope 
> that on a Monday morning [4] becomes an interesting challenge in achieving 
> "consistently high quality software " as pointed out in [5] under 
> Phylosophy

You certainly, as an individual, can help on "consistently high quality
software". :-)

Paolo

> 
> [4] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JENA-131
> [5] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#management
> 
> 
> 
> From:
> Paolo Castagna <castagna.lists@googlemail.com>
> To:
> jena-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date:
> 11/04/2011 03:06 PM
> Subject:
> Re: What are the JIRA issues to fix before a release?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> on a side note (it's Friday evening here, so maybe now I'll be doing 
> something
> "fun" [1]), it's great to report bugs and provide feedback in general.
> 
> I do sometimes report bugs to open source projects I use. If I am able, I 
> submit
> a patch, but I do not pretend or assume that just because I reported a 
> bug, the
> bug will be fixed. It's does not work like that. It depends on individuals 
> and
> here in Apache we are all individuals.
> 
> The "getting involved" [2] page on the Apache Jena website tries to show 
> people
> the path: submit bug reports/feedback >> use the SNAPSHOTs to stay on the
> bleeding edge >> checkout the sources and get used to it >> look around at 
> the
> other open issues >> find something you care about or like and submit a 
> patch
> (repeat, repeat, ...) >> engage with other committers more >> learn more 
> about
> Apache and how it works >> ...
> 
> One of the principle in Apache is "meritocracy: literally, government by 
> merit"
> [3]. I think it's a good one, one I believe in.
> 
> Have a nice week-end,
> Paolo
> 
>   [1] 
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/jena/Jena2/TDB/branches/hash-ids/
> 
>   [2] http://incubator.apache.org/jena/getting_involved/
>   [3] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#meritocracy
> 
> 
> Simon Helsen wrote:
>> I would like to see both
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JENA-131
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JENA-143
>>
>> resolved
>>
>> I provided input for 131 - I still have to try to produce a test-case 
> for 
>> 143, but depending on the origin of 131, it may be connected to the 
>> problem in 143
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> Paolo Castagna <castagna.lists@googlemail.com>
>> To:
>> jena-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Date:
>> 11/04/2011 09:21 AM
>> Subject:
>> What are the JIRA issues to fix before a release?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> today, I have time to work on Jena.
>>
>> What are the JIRA issues to fix before a release?
>>
>> Paolo
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
>