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Oleg -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Sutton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Commons HttpClient Project Subject: Fwd: [VOTE][PROPOSAL][RESULT] Promote HttpClient to Jakarta Level Hi all, Recently the Commons HttpClient project voted on a proposal to move HttpClient out of Jakarta Commons to become a full Jakarta subproject. The result of the vote is below. It's our understanding that the Jakarta PMC now needs to vote on the proposal as well. Please advise us of any step in this process we're missing. Regards, Adrian Sutton. Begin forwarded message: > From: Adrian Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 29 March 2004 8:47:16 PM > To: Commons HttpClient Project > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [VOTE][PROPOSAL][RESULT] Promote HttpClient to Jakarta Level > Reply-To: "Commons HttpClient Project" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The vote has passed. We will put forth the proposal below to the > Jakarta > PMC to move HttpClient to a Jakarta level project. The vote details > are > below: > > +1 votes - > Adrian Sutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oleg Kalnichevski [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Michael Becke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dIon Gillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > +0 votes - > Ortwin Glück [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Vote thread - > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/BrowseList?listName=commons- > httpclient-de > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&by=thread&fromh1919 > > > (0) RATIONALE > HTTP is the main protocol used today on the internet. Although the JDK > includes basic support for building HTTP-aware client applications, it > doesn't provide the flexibility or ease of use needed for many > projects. > > The current package in Jakarta-Commons is a widely used implementation > with > a strong community behind it. The size of it's community and it's > project > has significantly outgrown the commons project and a move to a Jakarta > level > project would provide better support for that community and for the on > going > development of HttpClient. > > (1) SCOPE > The project shall create and maintain a Java library implementing the > client > side of the HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 protocol, as defined in RFC 1945, RFC > 2616 and > RFC 2617. > > HttpClient also supports the following RFCs. > > * RFC 2109 for HTTP state management mechanism (Cookies) - an upgrade > to RFC > 2965 is planned for a future version of HttpClient > > * RFC 2396 Uniform Resoruce Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax > > * RFC 1867 Form-based File Upload in HTML > > The package should: > > * Have an API which should be as simple to use as possible > * Be as easy to extend as possible > * Provide unconditional support for HTTP/1.1 > > The package is quite different from the HTTP client provided as part > of the > JDK (java.net.HttpURLConnection), as it focuses on the HTTP methods > being > sent (instead of making that transparent to the user), and generally > allows > more interaction with the lower level connection. The JDK client is > also > not very intuitive to use. > > The package is used by a wide range of projects both within the ASF > and from > third parties. These include: > > * Jakarta Slide > * Jakarta Commons Latka > * Nortel Networks > * HtmlUnit > * Jakarta Cactus > * JSR 147 > * NOSE Applied Intelligence ag > * MindIQ's Design-a-Course > * ContactOffice > * Newknow > * de4d2c > * Furies > * Term Highlighting for Verity Ultraseek search results > * Mule - Universal Message Objects > * many more. > > (1.5) Interaction With Other Packages > > HttpClient relies on: > > * Java Development Kit (Version 1.2 or later; 1.3 or later recommended) > * Jakarta commons-logging (Version 1.0 or later) > * Jakarta commons-codec (Version 1.2 or later) > > (2) INITIAL SOURCE OF THE PACKAGE > > The initial codebase exists as a sub-project of Jakarta-Commons, in the > httpclient subdirectory of the jakarta-commons cvs tree. > > The proposed package name for the new sub-project is > org.apache.httpclient. > > (3) REQUIRED JAKARTA RESOURCES > > * CVS Repository - New module, jakarta-httpclient in the CVS > repository. > > * Initial Committers - The list is provided below. All of the proposed > committers are currently jakarta-commons committers. > > * Mailing List - Two new mailing lists will be required: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > These will be used for developer discussions and user discussions > respectively. CVS commit messages will be sent to the httpclient-dev > list. > > * Bugzilla - New product category "HttpClient", with appropriate > version > identifiers as needed. Existing bugs in the HttpClient component > under the > Commons product category will need to be migrated. > > (4) INITIAL COMMITTERS > The initial committers on the HttpClient component shall be: > > * Michael Becke > * Jeff Dever > * dIon Gillard > * Ortwin Glück > * Oleg Kalnichevski > * Adrian Sutton > > > Adrian Sutton > ---------------------------------------------- > Intencha "tomorrow's technology today" > Ph: 38478913 0422236329 > Suite 8/29 Oatland Crescent > Holland Park West 4121 > Australia QLD > www.intencha.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------- Intencha "tomorrow's technology today" Ph: 38478913 0422236329 Suite 8/29 Oatland Crescent Holland Park West 4121 Australia QLD www.intencha.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
