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Posted to dev@hc.apache.org by Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> on 2004/11/08 16:05:33 UTC
3.0 API freeze in a week time
Folks,
I suggest HttpClient 3.0 API be formally frozen within a week or two.
The feedback we have had so far can hardly bee seen as comprehensive.
However, I see very little sense in waiting any further.
I and Mike approached several open-source projects (both Apache and
non-Apache) that are presently dependent on HttpClient 2.0 soliciting
feedback on the new API and inquiring about plans (or lack thereof) to
migrate to HttpClient 3.0. Sadly enough we have not received a single
response and I doubt any feedback is forthcoming. Hopefully HttpClient
has been doing a decent job for our peer open-source developers.
However, there's enough people who have been using 3.0 for some time
already. We should concentrate on supporting the new users rather than
trying to get the existing projects to migrate. I think it is time we
moved on. Any criticism of 3.0 API can be addressed in releases 3.1 and
4.0.
Evil Comrade Oleg
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Re: 3.0 API freeze in a week time
Posted by Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org>.
Hi Eric
The noteworthy enhancements include:
===================================
* New preference architecture
* Granular non-standards configuration and tracking
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/3.0/preference-api.html
* Improved exception handling framework
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/3.0/exception-handling.html
* Plug-in mechanism for authentication modules
* Improved authentication framework
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/3.0/authentication.html
* Cookie specification plug-in mechanism
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/3.0/cookies.html
* Cross-site redirect support
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/3.0/redirects.html
API changes:
===========
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/jakarta-commons/httpclient/API_CHANGES_3_0.txt?view=markup
> ps. How do I change the url for the Laszlo Presentation Server in the
> 'applications' page on the website to http://www.openlaszlo.org ?
>
I guess by posting a request to this list ;-)
Cheers,
Oleg
>
> Oleg Kalnichevski wrote:
> >Folks,
> >
> >I suggest HttpClient 3.0 API be formally frozen within a week or two.
> >The feedback we have had so far can hardly bee seen as comprehensive.
> >However, I see very little sense in waiting any further.
> >
> >I and Mike approached several open-source projects (both Apache and
> >non-Apache) that are presently dependent on HttpClient 2.0 soliciting
> >feedback on the new API and inquiring about plans (or lack thereof) to
> >migrate to HttpClient 3.0. Sadly enough we have not received a single
> >response and I doubt any feedback is forthcoming. Hopefully HttpClient
> >has been doing a decent job for our peer open-source developers.
> >
> >However, there's enough people who have been using 3.0 for some time
> >already. We should concentrate on supporting the new users rather than
> >trying to get the existing projects to migrate. I think it is time we
> >moved on. Any criticism of 3.0 API can be addressed in releases 3.1 and
> >4.0.
> >
> >Evil Comrade Oleg
> >
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Laszlo Presentation Server URL
Posted by Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org>.
Eric,
I updated the url for the Laszlo Presentation Server per your request:
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/applications.html
Cheers,
Oleg
On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 07:41 -0800, Eric Bloch wrote:
> Hey Oleg and HttpClient folks,
>
> The (recently opensourced) Laszlo Presentation Server still uses the 2.0
> api.
>
> Is there a doc that points to the major
> changes/improvements/deprecations/removals in 3.0? That would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> ps. How do I change the url for the Laszlo Presentation Server in the
> 'applications' page on the website to http://www.openlaszlo.org ?
>
>
> Oleg Kalnichevski wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I suggest HttpClient 3.0 API be formally frozen within a week or two.
> > The feedback we have had so far can hardly bee seen as comprehensive.
> > However, I see very little sense in waiting any further.
> >
> > I and Mike approached several open-source projects (both Apache and
> > non-Apache) that are presently dependent on HttpClient 2.0 soliciting
> > feedback on the new API and inquiring about plans (or lack thereof) to
> > migrate to HttpClient 3.0. Sadly enough we have not received a single
> > response and I doubt any feedback is forthcoming. Hopefully HttpClient
> > has been doing a decent job for our peer open-source developers.
> >
> > However, there's enough people who have been using 3.0 for some time
> > already. We should concentrate on supporting the new users rather than
> > trying to get the existing projects to migrate. I think it is time we
> > moved on. Any criticism of 3.0 API can be addressed in releases 3.1 and
> > 4.0.
> >
> > Evil Comrade Oleg
> >
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Re: 3.0 API freeze in a week time
Posted by Eric Bloch <bl...@laszlosystems.com>.
Hey Oleg and HttpClient folks,
The (recently opensourced) Laszlo Presentation Server still uses the 2.0
api.
Is there a doc that points to the major
changes/improvements/deprecations/removals in 3.0? That would be helpful.
Thanks,
Eric
ps. How do I change the url for the Laszlo Presentation Server in the
'applications' page on the website to http://www.openlaszlo.org ?
Oleg Kalnichevski wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I suggest HttpClient 3.0 API be formally frozen within a week or two.
> The feedback we have had so far can hardly bee seen as comprehensive.
> However, I see very little sense in waiting any further.
>
> I and Mike approached several open-source projects (both Apache and
> non-Apache) that are presently dependent on HttpClient 2.0 soliciting
> feedback on the new API and inquiring about plans (or lack thereof) to
> migrate to HttpClient 3.0. Sadly enough we have not received a single
> response and I doubt any feedback is forthcoming. Hopefully HttpClient
> has been doing a decent job for our peer open-source developers.
>
> However, there's enough people who have been using 3.0 for some time
> already. We should concentrate on supporting the new users rather than
> trying to get the existing projects to migrate. I think it is time we
> moved on. Any criticism of 3.0 API can be addressed in releases 3.1 and
> 4.0.
>
> Evil Comrade Oleg
>
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Re: 3.0 API freeze in a week time
Posted by Michael Becke <be...@u.washington.edu>.
I agree. The only bugs left open are for documentation and testing.
Let's plan to call for a beta 1 release at the end of next week. Once
the beta code is out the door, the API can be considered frozen.
We should probably be flexible enough for some minor API changes
following beta 1, but our focus should be to push changes into 3.1 or 4.0.
Mike
Oleg Kalnichevski wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I suggest HttpClient 3.0 API be formally frozen within a week or two.
> The feedback we have had so far can hardly bee seen as comprehensive.
> However, I see very little sense in waiting any further.
>
> I and Mike approached several open-source projects (both Apache and
> non-Apache) that are presently dependent on HttpClient 2.0 soliciting
> feedback on the new API and inquiring about plans (or lack thereof) to
> migrate to HttpClient 3.0. Sadly enough we have not received a single
> response and I doubt any feedback is forthcoming. Hopefully HttpClient
> has been doing a decent job for our peer open-source developers.
>
> However, there's enough people who have been using 3.0 for some time
> already. We should concentrate on supporting the new users rather than
> trying to get the existing projects to migrate. I think it is time we
> moved on. Any criticism of 3.0 API can be addressed in releases 3.1 and
> 4.0.
>
> Evil Comrade Oleg
>
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