--- "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Graham wrote: > > >DbUtils exhibits all of the qualities of a component that should be in > >Commons proper: > >- It's small and focused. > >- It's API is well defined > >- It has a group of existing Jakarta committers providing code, ideas, > and > >support. > >- It has good unit test coverage. It has also been tested in real world > >database applications. > >- It has automated nightly builds, website, and Maven all working > >- It has incubated in the sandbox for long enough to become stable > > > >DbUtils is a mature component that should move to Commons proper so it > can > >be released to the public. Here's my +1. > > > > > > > > Looks like this is likely to pass. Are there any committers on dbutils > that have karma for the jakarta-commons-sandbox repository but don't > have karma on jakarta-commons itself? If so, I can clean that up when > the code gets promoted as well.
I did a quick check of the CVS avail file and it looks like all DbUtils folks have karma in commons and sandbox. David > > Craig > > >The website has additional information: > >http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/sandbox/dbutils/index.html > > > >Here's the component proposal for reference: > >(0) Rationale > > > >Correct JDBC coding is time consuming and error prone. Many > >JDBC coding tasks can be simplified with a small helper library > >that factors out the mundane resource cleanup steps. DbUtils > >is focused on providing such a library without any heavyweight > >framework surrounding it. > > > >(1) Scope of the Package > > > >This proposal is to create a package of Java utility classes for > >various types of JDBC related activity. DbUtils will > >not be an OO representation of database objects nor will > >it be an Object/Relational framework. It will be > >a lightweight JDBC library that helps developers write > >correct database code. > > > >(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages > > > >DBUtils relies only on standard Java 1.2 (or later) APIs for > >production deployment. It utilizes the JUnit testing framework for > >developing and executing unit tests, but this is of interest only to > >developers of the component. Being dependent on Java 1.2 means that > >this code is expected to be of JDBC 2.0 level. > > > >No external configuration files are utilized. > > > >(2) Initial Source of the Package > > > >Potential source code for this package will come from the initial > >committers' personal libraries. > > > >The proposed package name for the new component is > ><code>org.apache.commons.dbutils</code>. > > > >(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources > > > >CVS Repository - New directory dbutils in the jakarta-commons CVS > >repository. > > > >Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. To help > > list subscribers identify messages of interest, it is suggested > that > > the message subject of messages about this component be prefixed > with > > [dbutils]. > > > >Bugzilla - New component "DBUtils" under the "Commons" product > > category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed. > > > > > >(4) Initial Committers > > > >The initial committers on the DBUtils component shall be: > >Henri Yandell > >Steven Caswell > >Juozas Baliuka > >David Graham > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > >http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
