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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by dl...@apache.org on 2002/02/22 03:00:08 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-commons-sandbox/util PROPOSAL
dlr 02/02/21 18:00:08
Modified: util PROPOSAL
Log:
Expanded the Abstract, added Sponsors, and tweaked list of initial
commiters.
Revision Changes Path
1.3 +17 -7 jakarta-commons-sandbox/util/PROPOSAL
Index: PROPOSAL
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-commons-sandbox/util/PROPOSAL,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- PROPOSAL 24 Aug 2001 21:42:10 -0000 1.2
+++ PROPOSAL 22 Feb 2002 02:00:08 -0000 1.3
@@ -4,21 +4,31 @@
Abstract:
-The Commons Util package is a home for tool and utility code which is
-shared amongst many projects. The code housed in Util will have no
-external dependencies (i.e. import nothing outside the core java.*
-packages).
+The Commons Util package is home to latchkey code that one might
+expect to find in the java.util, java.lang, or java.text packages
+which does not fall clearly in the domain of another Commons package.
+The code housed in Util attempts to have few external dependencies
+(i.e. be miserly with the number of imports outside the core java.*
+package).
-Looking at each Commons project is a product, the Util package is a
+Looking at each Commons project as a product, the Util package is a
location for utilities that aren't large enough to necessitate the
overhead involved with full productization (i.e. with starting a whole
new project).
-Initial commiters:
+Sponsors:
+
+Geir Magnusson, Jr. (geir)
+Bayard (bayard)
+Scott Sanders (sanders)
+
+
+Initial commiters (implicitly including Sponsors):
Daniel Rall (dlr)
-Jason van Zyl (jvz)
+Aaron Smuts (asmuts)
+Jason van Zyl (jvanzyl)
Current maintainer of Base64 class (Jeffrey Rodriguez?)
Leonard Richardson (leonardr)
Kasper Nielsen (knielsen)
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