Aren't we in 'comit then review' mode for the trunk ? My understanding was that RTC is in effect for the stable releases, but not the trunk, and if there is no controversy ( and so far I think the only major issues was 'don't touch file structure or break ant' ) - he can just submit.
Sorry, I haven't been paying attention to all the rule changes - if someone could post the short version, I'm quite interested - I plan to re-start contributing few things and it would be good to know the process. Costin On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Costin Manolache wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Costin Manolache wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > We already have eclipse files checked in AFAIK - that counts as the > > > > second > > > > build system. > > > > We used to have makefiles too, also in parallel with ant (in 3.0 > > > > times). > > > > > > > > The goal IMO is that people who like to type mvn can do it - without > > > > any > > > > guarantee that > > > > the result will be identical with the official release or will be > > > > maintained > > > > long term, just like > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > isn't that the culprit, including a feature under the pretenses that > > > it > > > wont be maintained? > > > > > > > > > > > > I meant 'maintained' in the apache-sense, of having 3 +1, etc. ( which > > AFAIK > > is required for > > something to be 'officially' released ). > > > > I'm sure Henri will maintain it - and at some point it may even have > > the 3 > > +1s. As long as there is > > no technical reason for a veto ( besides the 'don't break existing > > build' - > > which I think he addressed ), > > I don't see how to stop him. I don't like Maven - but I think as > > long > > as it doesn't break anything > > Henri is perfectly entitled to work on this. > > > > > absolutely correct, and it should follow the guidelines of voting just > like everything else > 1+ means I support and intend to help > if you just support it, but are not planning on doing the work, then the > vote is +0 :) > > Henri is more than welcome to make the proposal, no one is stopping him > from doing so. > > Filip > > > > > Costin > > > > > > > > > > > Filip > > > > > > the eclipse project can run but it's quite different from the > > > official > > > > > > > > > > build. > > > > > > > > If it's making easier for some people to build tomcat - and it > > > > doesn't > > > > affect people who use > > > > ant in any way - what's the harm ? > > > > > > > > Costin > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Remy Maucherat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 22:28 -0400, Yoav Shapira wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Remy Maucherat < > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The current build scripts are fully tested and work well. > > > > > > Adding > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > additional methods of building or replacing these scripts > > > > > > > altogether > > > > > > > would only provide ways to create and/or release broken > > > > > > > binaries. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Again, no one is saying anything about touching the current > > > > > > build > > > > > > scripts, build process, release process, or source structure. > > > > > > All > > > > > > those remain the same. The job of the release manager remains > > > > > > the > > > > > > same. > > > > > > > > > > > > This is just an alternative for those people who want to use a > > > > > > slightly easier / user-friendlier build system. We could do > > > > > > worse > > > > > > than lowering the barrier to entry for new contributors. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You mean you type "mvn" instead of "ant" ? I agree te keys are > > > > > closer > > > > > together on my keyboard, so it could indeed be easier. 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