>I guess I wouldn't think it appropriate to put on ibiblio as it is now. Would you be satisfied with a SNAPSHOT build on the Apache "nightly-build/beta" repository? http://cvs.apache.org/repository/
Well, there is currently two different (and old) Snapshot builds on ibiblio and a very old 0.1 release. I'd prefer to see an updated snapshot build (with the timestamp format preferably) or something get put up there. After all the code does work right now, and has changed significantly since the last snapshot build (the build doesn't even have the authentication support).
The SNAPSHOT I deployed is also available via the timestamped version.
I would think that moving this to a 0.2 release would be acceptable. After all 0.2 is still indicates that the code is very pre-pre-alpha.
In general, I agree with you -- commons-email is just looking for someone to shepherd it along -- it is definitely functional. I've had less time than I thought I would since I requested karma to be able to apply patches and such, but I will continue to look for time to move it along...
That sounds interesting. If the class takes the responsibility for interacting with Velocity, I kind of feel that it should be in some alternate package, to keep the core dependencies lighter -- but for one class, that feels a little bit much too.
Hmmm.. Personally, I don't think putting it in a different package is overkill. Adding velocity requires the addition of Velocity.jar to build, but not to run (unless of course, you use the class ;-).
No, an alternate Java package is no big deal -- I meant more like an alternate "artifact." But I agree that if it only brings a runtime dependency, it isn't worth creating a second artifact for it, especially in the absence of any other reasons to make another artifact.
Alternatively, we can borrow the template abstraction used in Groovy for this sort of thing.
I hadn't realized there was one -- do you have a pointer? However, if using that requires a dependency on Groovy, then I'd want to wait until Groovy hits 1.0. My sense is that it's still prone to a lot of change.
Mike, do you know that your e-mail is timestamped one day ahead? Is that your way of staying on the cutting edge? ;^)
Joe
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