For ORO and RegEx I am +1 to mothball. With RegEx in Java since 1.4, I do not see the need for these libs aside from legacy application support. I consider mothballing a service to the community at large: please, join us in the 21st century, port your RegEx code to Java 1.4. ;)
Gary Gregory Senior Software Engineer Seagull Software email: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.seagullsoftware.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Rahul Akolkar [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 18:19 > To: Jakarta General List > Subject: Re: [VOTE][LAZY] Move ECS, ORO and Regexp to Attic > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Vadim Gritsenko <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Aug 15, 2010, at 12:16 AM, Rahul Akolkar wrote: > > > >> This is a vote (or more correctly, three independent votes) to move > >> Jakarta ECS, Jakarta ORO and Jakarta Regexp to the Apache Attic, based > >> on the outcome of the most recent discussion on the topic. > > > > There is one unreleased bugfix on trunk since the last regexp release, > that's probably the only reason stopping me from voting +1. But if you are > eager to mothball it, I won't object. My vote is +0. > > > <snip/> > > I wouldn't say I'm eager to mothball any codebase, its upto the > remaining developers of each of these codebases. In recent > discussions, it seemed like one or more of the mentioned codebases may > be ready for the Attic. > > My opinion is that unless we anticipate release activity, we can go > ahead with the move. WRT Regex then, were/are you planning a release > some time in the not so distant future with said bugfix? If so, it'd > be great to make that release and then mothball it -- worth waiting in > that case. What do you think? > > -Rahul > > > > Vadim > > > > > >> Since none of these subprojects may have enough PMC members active, > >> this vote will be held by lazy consensus. > >> > >> If you object, please also provide a reasonable explanation. > >> > >> Vote runs for a week, ending no sooner than Aug 22nd, ~1:00 am Eastern > >> US. Vote is being held on gene...@jao but is being cross-posted to > >> ensure we reach the full audience. Please include gene...@jao in your > >> reply. > >> > >> -Rahul > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
