I think one of the prior problems was JIRA karma and GPG keys (SVN commit access), but I can't recall. Hopefully you can get those barriers knocked out in short order.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 14:52 Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Dave. > > For those not following along on [email protected] -- I do not see any > roadblocks which would completely negate my ability to act as release > manager. I believe history can show us that the community there is not > capable of making a release of commons-vfs (as it's been 4+ years). As > such, I volunteered to be an RM for 2.1. I'm waiting on an ACK from > them, but I don't anticipate any negative feedback. > > [email protected] wrote: > > Josh, > > > > I see that you have made progress. Let me know how I can help get this > released. > > > > Dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Josh Elser"<[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:57:45 PM > > Subject: Re: On the future of our commons-vfs2 dynamic classloading > implementation > > > > Alright, I'll suck it up and start the conversation yet again. > > > > At least that will remove me from any future guilt ;) > > > > [email protected] wrote: > >> My email from Dec 2015 was sent as a last ditch effort before we fork. > I don't remember receiving a response to it. I may have worn out my welcome > in that community as I have been outspoken on the lack of movement. It > might be useful for someone else to try once more, and if not, then we fork > VFS, remove all of the things we don't need, and make it better. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: "Josh Elser"<[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 1:02:08 PM > >> Subject: Re: On the future of our commons-vfs2 dynamic classloading > implementation > >> > >> Thanks Dave. I know you've spent a bit of time trying to push them in > >> the right direction. > >> > >> I don't have a lot of familiarity with how the commons-* actually work. > >> I am more than happy to address any issues of pick-and-choose engagement > >> by commons-* folks at the ASF level if you have more info to back this > >> up. I trust Benson to raise the issue to the right group if there is > >> something inherently wrong. > >> > >> Based on your emails, it seems like there have been discussions having a > >> release for 2+ years, but no discernible progress (despite your offers > >> to help with the process). > >> > >> Being the one who has been making the most effort on this front, what do > >> you feel is the best course of action to unblock us? > >> > >> [email protected] wrote: > >>> I feel your pain and am very frustrated by the lack of support from > the Commons team. I have brought up the subject multiple times[1,2,3] and > have even volunteered to do the release. FWIW, I am using the features of > the new classloader in production with little issue (using the 2.1 snapshot > code). A few months ago I discussed this with Christopher and the topic of > forking did come up. Also note that Benson just went through the release > process for Commons IO and it was not pain free. Apparently they are > willing to work with some people and not others. > >>> > >>> [1] > http://markmail.org/message/4iczynn2tqbtwdhd?q=VFS+2.1+release+list:org.apache.commons.dev/+from:%22dlmarion%40comcast.net%22&page=1 > >>> [2] > http://markmail.org/search/?q=VFS%202.1%20release%20list%3Aorg.apache.commons.dev%2F#query:VFS%202.1%20release%20list%3Aorg.apache.commons.dev%2F%20from%3A%22dlmarion%40comcast.net%22+page:1+mid:zkjkgvpsrh4blvtj+state:results > >>> [3] > http://markmail.org/message/ojgizsfevkjjl6jv?q=VFS+2.1+release+list:org.apache.commons.dev/+from:%22dlmarion%40comcast.net%22&page=1 > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> > >>> From: "Mike Drob"<[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:37:25 AM > >>> Subject: Re: On the future of our commons-vfs2 dynamic classloading > implementation > >>> > >>> Have we asked them about making a release? > >>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Josh Elser<[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> I was trying to test out Dylan's patch this weekend and was met with a > >>>> repeated failure of another VFS unit test due to the same race > condition > >>>> we've been fighting against for years. > >>>> > >>>> A cursory glance to vfs' website show still shows that they haven't > made > >>>> the 2.1 release which supposedly fixes this issue. In other words, > they > >>>> have no made a release since 2011. > >>>> > >>>> I'm now under the assumption that we cannot rely on them to make a > >>>> release. As such, if the community wishes to continue to support this > >>>> feature, something needs to happen before 1.8.0 -- fork vfs, > use/build some > >>>> other library for this functionality, or remove the > dynamic-classloader > >>>> functionality from Accumulo completely. > >>>> > >>>> I've tried to be very patient waiting for this to happen, but I'm > rather > >>>> frustrated having wasted significant time over the past years (not > even > >>>> exaggerating which is even crazier) working around known broken code > that > >>>> is unusable by users. > >>>> > >>>> Thoughts? > >>>> > >>>> - Josh > >>>> > >> > > > > >
