+1 > On Jan 24, 2018, at 4:05 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > Gary > >> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:35 AM, Benedikt Ritter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Mark, >> >> +1 In my opinion this is exactly what Commons should be doing. >> >> Regards, >> Benedikt >> >> Mark Thomas <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 23. Jan. 2018 um 07:34 Uhr: >> >>> All, >>> >>> As you may know, the ASF has been using a code signing service for a >>> number of years provided by Symantec. We use it to sign Commons Daemon >>> Windows binaries. >>> >>> The code signing service has a web based GUI and a SOAP based API. >>> Tomcat has written an Ant task to use the SOAP API and Sling has taken >>> this used and used it as the basis for a Maven plug-in. >>> >>> Currently, the Ant task is hosted within the Tomcat codebase and the >>> Maven plug-in within Sling. Both communities would like to move this to >>> a better home where it can more easily be re-used by other Apache >>> projects and other organisations using Symantec's code signing service. >>> >>> After some thought and discussion, we (Robert Munteanu and I) would like >>> to propose this code signing component as a new component at Commons. >>> Our reasons for this are as follows: >>> >>> - The code is written in Java >>> - It is a relatively small component >>> - It is a utility likely to be of interest to multiple Apache projects >>> - If it is going to be re-used across multiple projects, it needs to be >>> formally released and that requires a PMC >>> >>> If accepted the plan would be: >>> - commit the original Tomcat code for the Ant task >>> - refactor it to allow re-use of code common to the Ant task and Maven >>> plug-in >>> - add the Maven plug-in >>> - release it as a single JAR that provided both the Ant task and the >>> Maven plug-in >>> - Ongoing review and maintenance (there are a couple of areas that could >>> benefit from some improvement) >>> >>> Thoughts? Comments? >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>
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