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Posted to dev@hc.apache.org by Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> on 2006/03/29 12:55:51 UTC
The future of HttpClient 3.x
HttpClient community,
Maintaining Commons HttpClient 3.x and working on HttpComponents is
getting a little too burdensome for me. At some point this year I plan
to stop actively hacking on HttpClient 3.x code. I would not even bother
to develop HttpClient any further, did not we owe a release with Cookie2
support to Google for having sponsored the 'Summer of Code' program.
Bottom line, I am very unlikely to continue working on HttpClient 3.x
beyond the 3.1 release.
If any of you is interested in *gradually* taking over the maintenance
of HttpClient 3.x code and by doing so freeing up the actual committers
to fully concentrate on HttpComponents (aka HttpClient 4.0) you are very
welcome to step forth. The 3.1 development would a perfect opportunity
to work yourselves into the project and the code base.
Oleg
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Re: The future of HttpClient 3.x
Posted by Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org>.
Ryan, Raj, Bindul
Many thanks for your interest in helping with HttpClient 3.1 development
Getting involved is absolutely simple. To a start take a look at the
development road map below:
http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-httpclient/HttpComponentsProjectRoadmap?action=show
There is a link with a Bugzilla query to show open issues targeted for
the release 3.1. Some of the bugs lined up for 3.1 release are fairly
trivial. Some of them even have patches attached. Go through the list,
pick up an issue you find simple and interesting enough to keep you
motivated and run with it. To goal should be to not only fix the bug or
implement a new feature but also to preserve the API compatibility with
3.0. So, it is important to ensure that all existing test cases pass.
You should also try to provide additional test coverage for new code
whenever possible. Lots of test cases in a patch will make us, the
actual committers, feel warm and fuzzy. Once you think the fix is ready
to be reviewed, attach a patch to the bug report and I will take it from
there.
The most difficult and important part of the 3.1 release is undoubtedly
the RFC 2965 (Cookie2) support. Samit did a good job on it, but was
unable to complete it fully. The RFC 2965 cookie spec still lacks some
polish and testing. If any of you were interested to do some work there,
it would be really awesome. This said, I would strongly recommend to go
for some low hanging fruits first, get a feel of what hacking for a
Jakarta project is like, and then take on something more challenging.
Oleg
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 12:38 -0700, Bindul Bhowmik wrote:
> Hello Oleg,
>
> On 3/29/06, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote:
> > HttpClient community,
> >
> > Maintaining Commons HttpClient 3.x and working on HttpComponents is
> > getting a little too burdensome for me. At some point this year I plan
> > to stop actively hacking on HttpClient 3.x code. I would not even bother
> > to develop HttpClient any further, did not we owe a release with Cookie2
> > support to Google for having sponsored the 'Summer of Code' program.
> >
> > Bottom line, I am very unlikely to continue working on HttpClient 3.x
> > beyond the 3.1 release.
> >
> > If any of you is interested in *gradually* taking over the maintenance
> > of HttpClient 3.x code and by doing so freeing up the actual committers
> > to fully concentrate on HttpComponents (aka HttpClient 4.0) you are very
> > welcome to step forth. The 3.1 development would a perfect opportunity
> > to work yourselves into the project and the code base.
>
> I have been a 'happy user' of HttpClient for a long time and have been
> lurking on the list for over a year now.
>
> I would be glad to spend some free time.
>
> - Bindul
> >
> > Oleg
> >
> >
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Re: The future of HttpClient 3.x
Posted by Bindul Bhowmik <bi...@gmail.com>.
Hello Oleg,
On 3/29/06, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote:
> HttpClient community,
>
> Maintaining Commons HttpClient 3.x and working on HttpComponents is
> getting a little too burdensome for me. At some point this year I plan
> to stop actively hacking on HttpClient 3.x code. I would not even bother
> to develop HttpClient any further, did not we owe a release with Cookie2
> support to Google for having sponsored the 'Summer of Code' program.
>
> Bottom line, I am very unlikely to continue working on HttpClient 3.x
> beyond the 3.1 release.
>
> If any of you is interested in *gradually* taking over the maintenance
> of HttpClient 3.x code and by doing so freeing up the actual committers
> to fully concentrate on HttpComponents (aka HttpClient 4.0) you are very
> welcome to step forth. The 3.1 development would a perfect opportunity
> to work yourselves into the project and the code base.
I have been a 'happy user' of HttpClient for a long time and have been
lurking on the list for over a year now.
I would be glad to spend some free time.
- Bindul
>
> Oleg
>
>
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Re: The future of HttpClient 3.x
Posted by Ryan Smith <rs...@livedatagroup.com>.
Id be willing to donate some of my free time. LMK what i need to do next.
:)
-Ryan
Oleg Kalnichevski wrote:
>HttpClient community,
>
>Maintaining Commons HttpClient 3.x and working on HttpComponents is
>getting a little too burdensome for me. At some point this year I plan
>to stop actively hacking on HttpClient 3.x code. I would not even bother
>to develop HttpClient any further, did not we owe a release with Cookie2
>support to Google for having sponsored the 'Summer of Code' program.
>
>Bottom line, I am very unlikely to continue working on HttpClient 3.x
>beyond the 3.1 release.
>
>If any of you is interested in *gradually* taking over the maintenance
>of HttpClient 3.x code and by doing so freeing up the actual committers
>to fully concentrate on HttpComponents (aka HttpClient 4.0) you are very
>welcome to step forth. The 3.1 development would a perfect opportunity
>to work yourselves into the project and the code base.
>
>Oleg
>
>
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