On Oct 8, 2016 12:21 PM, "Mark Thomas" <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 08/10/2016 16:46, Guillaume Ch wrote: > > Dear Daemon's developers, > > > > I'm working on some improvements for Apache Daemon on my Github fork of > > your mirror and I would like to know your opinions about these > > changes/involvements : > > - Removing MSVC specific features (e.g try/catch); > > - Building C sources with MinGW for windows; [1] > > - Migrating Makefiles to CMake scripts. I can build with any C compilers > > supported by CMake generators (and supporting resource files). > > Given the history of this component, I suspect the current Windows build > environment is similar to the common build environment shared by the > Tomcat Native components [2]. > > With all of the change above, my question would be "Why?". What are the > benefits of the proposed changes? What are the impacts on the other > supported operating systems? > > > What I plan to do for a major version (except if you considered these > > features as useless): > > - Remove CMake and Maven and use Gradle instead; > > - Create a Java interface independent of any platforms; > > - Pruning useless features when the previously mentioned interface will be > > functional (e.g declaring start/stop methods etc.); > > Taking Daemon off in a new direction isn't really what the community > needs right now. What the community needs is support (in terms of fixes > and releases) for the 1.0.x series.
+1, for example we should release 1.0.16 with what ever low hanging fruit fixes we have. > > > Another idea : > > - Publish executables to mvn repository > > +1 +1 Gary > > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >
