Current status of post release issues:

[Berin Loritsch <bl...@apache.org>]

My initial stab at prioritization follows.  Is everyone in agreement
with these?  Should we change the priorities on these?

We need to create a TODO file and prioritize entries:
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- Place "package.html" files in the source for Excalibur [High]

- Convert to JUnit [High]

- Document Release schedule [high]
  + Framework is feature based
  + LogKit and Excalibur are 3 month intervals
  + Cornerstone/Phoenix should be 3 month intervals as well (Alpha)

- Document Scratchpad to Excalibur promotion [high]
  + Must conform to Avalon idioms
  + API must be stable
  + Must have three +1 votes and no -1 votes

- Component Directory [Wish]

- CJAN/JJAN/JNLP integration [Wish]

- Move to DocBook dtd [High]

- Code autoformat for CVS [Low]
  + only for .java files


Closed and removed items are:
-----------------------------

- Create a doclet for javadocs (noone wants to do/support this)

- Use Velocity instead of Stylebook (we are using Cocoon)

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[off-topic] RE: Current status of post release issues:

[Leo Simons <ma...@leosimons.com>]

<<Thus, I decided to abandon the effort and install windows 2000 with
> cygwin. While trying to reformat my hard drive to NTFS, I managed to
> screw it up so completely that the only thing I could do to get running
> again was run an 'NSA-strength' data destroyer boot floppy over the
> entire disk. Took 87 hours, btw.
> I installed win2000 on a FAT 32 disk. Worked fine for about two days;
> when I tried to install the latest service pack though, the thing started
> hickupping; when I installed IE 5.5, it died. Hurray.

Is your hardware compatible with Win2k?  I am running it with no problems.
I find Win2k to be pretty stable/usable for a MS OS.>>

I did too before I tried ADSL or any upgrade of the OS. Anyway, it should
be compatible as it's all standard components which are neither too old nor
too new - the fact that SuSe recognizes all of it automatically except for
my graphics tablet (which does work btw) and MS joystick should say
enough....

<<> So, now I'm running the ugly but at least working windows 98 again.....

yuck.  98 sucks>>

I only have to look at it for e-mail. Other than that, I run cygwin...
anyhow, my ISP/employer is thinking about putting one of their backup
servers
in my house (you know, website backup in case of fire)...which should also
leave me with a 100baseT-like permanent connection for my home PC. Only
catch here is that I'll be forced to run Red Hat 6.2 on it...something I can
live with =)
Then again, it's probably never gonna happen ;/

cheers,

Leo


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Re: Current status of post release issues:

[Berin Loritsch <bl...@apache.org>]

Leo Simons wrote:
> 
> (and status of my PC at the bottom)


> 8* Code autoformat for CVS [Low]
>   + only for .java files
> 
> * I'm concerned this will be buggy.

We have a volunteer to test it for us on an off-line CVS
provided we have a formatter that is good enough.  This
is may not come to fruition though.

> ------------------------
> Is he back now? Short answer: yes.

Yay!

> Long answer:
> 
> Remember how I talked a while ago about totally getting rid of MS
> when I got ADSL?
> To cut a very long and boring story a bit shorter, I have spent countless
> hours trying to get either of linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Darwin and even
> minix to work with ADSL. It turns out the _only_ way to do this
> so it _actually_ works like it should is by doing some (illegal)
> hacking of the ADSL modem. Which I cannot do as I work for my ISP...

Lovely how that works....

> Thus, I decided to abandon the effort and install windows 2000 with
> cygwin. While trying to reformat my hard drive to NTFS, I managed to
> screw it up so completely that the only thing I could do to get running
> again was run an 'NSA-strength' data destroyer boot floppy over the
> entire disk. Took 87 hours, btw.
> I installed win2000 on a FAT 32 disk. Worked fine for about two days;
> when I tried to install the latest service pack though, the thing started
> hickupping; when I installed IE 5.5, it died. Hurray.

Is your hardware compatible with Win2k?  I am running it with no problems.
I find Win2k to be pretty stable/usable for a MS OS.

> So, now I'm running the ugly but at least working windows 98 again.....

yuck.  98 sucks

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RE: Current status of post release issues:

[Leo Simons <ma...@leosimons.com>]

(and status of my PC at the bottom)

I've added my personal priorities here:

4 - Place "package.html" files in the source for Excalibur [High]
3 - Convert to JUnit [High]
1 Document Release schedule [high]
  + Framework is feature based
  + LogKit and Excalibur are 3 month intervals
  + Cornerstone/Phoenix should be 3 month intervals as well (Alpha)
2 Document Scratchpad to Excalibur promotion [high]
  + Must conform to Avalon idioms
  + API must be stable
  + Must have three +1 votes and no -1 votes
5 Component Directory [Wish]
7 CJAN/JJAN/JNLP integration [Wish]
6 Move to DocBook dtd [High]
8* Code autoformat for CVS [Low]
  + only for .java files

* I'm concerned this will be buggy.



------------------------
Is he back now? Short answer: yes.

Long answer:

Remember how I talked a while ago about totally getting rid of MS
when I got ADSL?
To cut a very long and boring story a bit shorter, I have spent countless
hours trying to get either of linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Darwin and even
minix to work with ADSL. It turns out the _only_ way to do this
so it _actually_ works like it should is by doing some (illegal)
hacking of the ADSL modem. Which I cannot do as I work for my ISP...

Thus, I decided to abandon the effort and install windows 2000 with
cygwin. While trying to reformat my hard drive to NTFS, I managed to
screw it up so completely that the only thing I could do to get running
again was run an 'NSA-strength' data destroyer boot floppy over the
entire disk. Took 87 hours, btw.
I installed win2000 on a FAT 32 disk. Worked fine for about two days;
when I tried to install the latest service pack though, the thing started
hickupping; when I installed IE 5.5, it died. Hurray.

So, now I'm running the ugly but at least working windows 98 again.....

The lesson to be learned here: if you want cool (new) technology, it is
all but impossible to go around the microsoft monopoly.

Fortunately, java is platform-independent =)


Anyhow, I learned about the release at work from the Slashdot website...
I'm now downloading. Looks good people; congrats on the amount of work
done in the last few weeks.
My avalon mail folder still has 250 unread e-mails in it, so it'll be a
while before I'm up to speed. Which is when I will _finally_ get around
to JMX/phoenix (if Pete hasn't done it already).

Bla bla bla bla....in short, it's good to be back 8-)

- Leo

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