Re: integrating wsa into core axis

[Steve Loughran <st...@apache.org>]

Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote:
> Hi Dug,
> 
> This sounds like a major re-arch of Axis 1.x. Do you see this being part
> of Axis 1.(x+1) or more say Axis1 2.0? 
> 
>>>From a project perspective, its perfectly fine and healthy to have
> multiple versions of a major project going (proof: HTTPD and Tomcat) but
> it does require a serious committment to keep this going. I'm curious
> whether the other regulars also feel this is the right thing to do:
> Glen/Dims/Tom/Steve/?. 

Old OSS projects take a long time to die. Axis1.x is used in app servers 
like JBoss and Geronimo, so keeping it current would be good.

At the same time, it is extra engineering costs and support calls.

1. I'd get some input from the Geronimo people. They are using Axis 1x, 
for the j2EE TCK, and probably care most about its future

2. I really hate working with WS-A. I dont see the point of complexity 
above and beyond URLs, its complete lack of stability is PITA, I have 
whole packages dedicated to moving WSA trees from one ns/version to the 
other. If we'd stuck to xsd:uri for addressing, no extraneous junk, life 
would have been much simpler. This isn't an argument against adding it 
to axis, more a commentary on how I think that WS-A is misguided. It 
makes the life of all standards downstream exceedingly painful.