On 24-08-2005 01:44, "Sasvata (Shash) Chatterjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As discussed in several threads earlier, this is a request for a PMC > vote to release Avalon Framework 4.3, Avalon Logkit 2.1, Excalibur > Components 2.1, Cornerstone Components 2.1, and Fortress Container 1.2, > based on the earlier RC1-RC3 releases over the past few weeks.
Can you please provide a reference to the actual files as part of this thread? > There are several issues to consider, however, for the vote: > > - As reported by Leif, qdox-1.5 has some incompatibilities when compared > to qdox-1.2 for Fortress meta-data. This can, hopefully, be worked > around in the immediate future by substituting qdox-1.2 in the final > application build, unitl a fix can be implemented in Fortress-meta, and > more importantly, in qdox. I might suggest delaying the fortress release and releasing everything else, but I'm not fully aware of the issues. Incompatibilities are bad. > - Vadim has suggested a change for removing thread-locals in LogKit. We > can go forever with issues every week, so my preference is to release > now without the fix. Yes. This problem is in the other releases as well so we can state the issue is not fixed in the new release. > We can immediately turn around, put the fix in, > release a SNAPSHOT, and then wait for the next release <TBD>. Yes. > - There have been requests for Fortress meta data changes and additions > (in Cornerstone). These also can be worked around with configuration > files, for now, so I don't believe we should hold the release at the moment. As long as the new releases are an improvement and don't introduce incompatibilities or new bugs then we're not talking showstoppers. > So, despite these issues, here's my +1 for a release. Community, > please provide feedback on your opinions, and PMC please provide your > votes. If passed, I'll plan on releasing on Sunday August 28th. +0. I haven't had time to verify the RCs and won't be able to anytime soon. Cheers! Leo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
