On Sunday 02 November 2003 05:15, Leo Simons wrote:
> One reason that has often been quoted is that,
> whereas class/code management, and to a lesser extend
> configuration/metadata management, is an area where there exists lots of
> expertise. We know relatively well how to deal with those and come up
> with a solution that works for the vast majority of problem spaces.

Good point. Do what you are good at... :o)

> More "general" resource management is much more difficult, as there is
> no "general" kind of resource; just about every resource that is only
> very loosely coupled tocode will be more specific to a (category of)
> problem space(s).

Let's create the expertise.
IMHO, generalizations are only possible after experiencing enough specifics, 
to be able to recognize the abstractions. It is almost impossible to bring a 
general solution to the table with going through a larger set of specific use 
cases.

But I feel we probably have enough use cases within the community to start 
this now.

> If I'm to fully digest all the implications of your words, I think I'll
> need a lot more "context". I learn well by example :D

;o)  I learn by teaching !!

My plan for the near future is to take the experience from my "Ant based 
packaging" (no special tasks) and extract what I think is useful, and put 
that forward as a starting point. I have also started to look into a Eclipse 
plug-in.

> If there's people to do the work, again, IMO it fits our charter,
> so I think we're pretty open that kind of thing.

Overall, rather encouraging words. Thanks.


Cheers
Niclas

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