On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 14:01, Farr, Aaron wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I also want to point out that Merlin itself will remain compatible, but I > > will not issue a guarantee that any 3rd party code using the Avalon > > Repository directly will remain compatible. I happen to believe there > > ain't many other projects/products that depends on Avalon Repository > > directly, so no point making compatibility a requirement. And where it > > becomes an issue, we would need to provide wrappers in the old package > > names, blah blah blah... not really a difficult issue. > > There are not many other users, yet. I've thought about it a couple of > times. Avalon-Repository solves basically the same problem as Java WebStart > and JNLP but IMHO does a much better job of it. And I think "marketing" it > as an alternative to Java WebStart and looking to provide more functionality > of JWS would be great. > > I think this could happen better in Depot where the repository project would > be more visible and not overshadowed as a small component of Merlin. So in > general, I like the idea.
+1 > My only concern is with Depot's future. Have they decided if they're going > to shoot for a TLP? Or be part of Jakarta Commons or Apache Commons? That > would really be my only concern with this move. +1 perhaps we should talk to Nicola to determine where things are going. Personally I'd be totally on board with this and willing to contribute both to the code and community at the Depot project. Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
