----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:19 PM Subject: RE: [DBCP] AbandonedTrace - Connection Recovery
> Juozas, > > > I do not think it is good idea to maintain any kind of public API for > > "abandoned connections", It is garbage, > > If application or server is not broken, it doe's not need workarounds. > > It is easy for you to say this, but the fact remains that a number of people > are quite vocal in their support for it, it is wrong for us to ignore the > needs of _all_ users, particularly if we are talking about removing > functionality which already exists and is in use. > > Therefore there we have four options: > > 1/ We vote and the winning proposal is implemented leaving everyone else > dissatisfied > 2/ We retain the status quo > 3/ Someone makes a change without the general consent of the group > 4/ We reach a compromise. > > 1 is the Apache way. > 2 is ignoring the issue. > 3 is unacceptable and would cause trouble. > 4 is surely the most reasonable course of action to take. > > Now I know you favour dropping support, others don't. > What would you say if we retained it? I think I will leave commons and I will spend more my time on SF with forked code, if this kind of vote can win at apache. My input is not a very big, but I will lose any energy to work for crap . > What would they say if we dropped it? > > Alternatively Serge's proposal is a proposal for compromise, I was > attempting to provide some support for the proposal by detailing one > possible way in which a compromise can be accomodated, allowing both sets of > users to have DBCP behave in the way they favour without breaking it for the > others. > > If you believe my suggestions are garbage I suggest you help the process by > suggesting an alternative compromise as it looks likely that only a > compromise will be generally acceptable. > > d. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
