+1, I suspect we'll find several things that can be replaced by the Java 8 standard library or newer versions of Guava and Guice.
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Zameer Manji <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to be clear, I'm proposing forking the java parts only. > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Joseph Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Also a (tough to concede) +1. Although I’m not a fan of the fork, it will > > help improve velocity and empower a migration away from twitter common. > > > > > On Jul 3, 2015, at 8:15 PM, Bill Farner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > That's roughly the eventual plan, which this move would help us > > facilitate. > > > We use guava heavily already, most of our current dependence is on ZK > > and args handling code...but we would look towards dep-shallow > alternatives. > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________ > > > From: Chris Aniszczyk <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, July 3, 2015 8:03 AM > > > Subject: Re: Forking twitter-commons into our tree > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Cc: Jake Farrell <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > I'll see what I can do about IP clearance. > > > > > > For giggles, how much work do you think it would be to shed > > twitter-commons > > > and just rely on guava and other what I would consider more standard > > > libraries. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Bill Farner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Thanks, Jake! > > >> > > >> -=Bill > > >> > > >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Jake Farrell <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> yes, makes it easier to donate when its Apache License 2.0, but still > > >>> requires the IP clearance [1], which is handled through the IPMC. > This > > is > > >>> required so there is an audit trail of that software being donated to > > the > > >>> ASF > > >>> > > >>> -Jake > > >>> > > >>> [1]: http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Bill Farner <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Jake - i'm not fully versed on licenses, but is that true even > though > > >>> it's > > >>>> all Apache License 2.0? > > >>>> > > >>>> -=Bill > > >>>> > > >>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Jake Farrell <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> no objections, but we would have to get an IP clearance doc from > > >>> Twitter > > >>>>> for this code in order to bring this code into the ASF > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -Jake > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Zameer Manji <[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Hey, > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Aurora depends heavily on twitter-commons for lots of > > >> functionality. > > >>>>>> However upstream is not very active and I suspect that it will be > > >>> less > > >>>>>> active in the future. Currently we depend on artifacts published > > >> from > > >>>>> this > > >>>>>> project which causes us to depend on older versions of guava and > > >>> guice. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> As a result, it seems that will be difficult to address tickets > > >> like > > >>>>>> AURORA-1380 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AURORA-1380> > > >>>> without > > >>>>>> changing something. I propose we fork all of the java portions of > > >>>>>> twitter-commons into our tree, remove the parts we don't use and > > >>> update > > >>>>>> guava and guice so we can move forward on this front. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> What are people's thoughts on this? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> -- > > >>>>>> Zameer Manji > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Chris Aniszczyk > > > http://aniszczyk.org > > > +1 512 961 6719 > > > > -- > > Zameer Manji > > > > <%2B1%20512%20961%206719> > > >
