Yes but consequence was a lack of community increase which is a killer for an incubator project on the long run.
Le 17 mars 2018 15:19, "Gilles" <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> a écrit : > On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:47:40 +0100, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote: > >> Le 17 mars 2018 11:49, "Gilles" <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> a écrit : >> >> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:13:39 +0100, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote: >> >> 2018-03-15 14:36 GMT+01:00 Otto Fowler <ottobackwa...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> If we can come to consensus on the way forward, I’ll be happy to do the >>> >>>> work ( although I’ll need help of course ). >>>> I guess I’m the straw that broke the camel’s back then? ;) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On March 15, 2018 at 08:09:45, Gilles (gil...@harfang.homelinux.org) >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 03:52:58 -0700, Otto Fowler wrote: >>>> > I think bringing back commons-monitoring/sirota would only be >>>> > possible if >>>> > it were to be modular enough that you could bring in the ‘core’ >>>> > classes >>>> > without needing to bring in all of what sirota ended up being, which >>>> > was an >>>> > end to end solution. >>>> >>>> Isn't it possible? [I didn't look; Romain should tell whether he >>>> would be interested in taking that route.] >>>> >>>> >>>> Sirona was done modular, just the API, the in memory part, etc... >>> But this kind of impl needs way more just after so not sure it does worth >>> splitting it to put it back altogether after. >>> >>> What is the rational to try to push a very small part @commons instead of >>> creating a community @incubator with an E2E solution? This is what I fail >>> to see. >>> My experience - coming exactly from here - tends to make me think commons >>> will not fit very long or will not bring enough value pretty quickly but >>> that's just my opinion. >>> >>> >> Not "just" an opinion since you evoke Sirona's precursor as being >> the kind of component we'd reinstate. Unless we learn >> 1. why the precursor needed to become TLP, and >> 2. why the TLP didn't succeed, >> we'd go in circles. >> >> >> We failed at community@asf and pby communication/promotion levels I >> think. >> Other parts were successful (prod etc). >> >> > [It seems that part of your message went missing.] > > Lack of marketing skills should not entail failure, especially > not since communication is a transverse concern. > > Gilles > > Would it make sense that Sirona becomes (again?) "Commons Monitoring"? >> Does the "StackWatck" (Otto's contribution that started this discussion) >> already exist in a Sirona module? If not, can it be done, so that usage >> is similar to what Otto had in mind? >> >> Regards, >> Gilles >> >> >> commons-monitoring or commons-timing seem to be the correct thing >>> >>>> > however, >>>> > but I would like to think that there would be more impetus >>>> >>>> I'm afraid that it's rather the lack of manpower. >>>> [And my inner conviction is that that state of things often >>>> led to rush to cramming more code into existing components, >>>> rather than "distribute" more uniformly according to subject >>>> matters. When scarce human resources ("community") disappear, >>>> cruft accumulates, sometimes up to stifle clean-up, maintenance, >>>> improvement, and even development.] >>>> >>>> > to do this than >>>> > thinking StackWatch is ‘too big’ for lang.time. >>>> >>>> It isn't any more than many other functionalities that were >>>> introduced but shouldn't have been. >>>> Depending on what the "Commons" PMC wants to favour ("code" >>>> *or* "community"?), the choice is between continuing with the >>>> accumulation, or back-pedaling through the creation of as >>>> many *real* components as they are developers willing to >>>> maintain them. >>>> >>>> > It really isn’t that complicated a thing. >>>> >>>> Sure. >>>> The issue is somewhere else. >>>> Note that, personally, I hadn't imagined that there would >>>> be an issue for regular developers of [Lang] (or I wouldn't >>>> have spent time reviewing the "details" ;-). >>>> But I of course agree that the question should be asked; the >>>> more so that, with [Math], we've a striking example of what >>>> awaits a library that lacks boundary checks and explicit >>>> road map. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Gilles >>>> >>>> > On March 8, 2018 at 11:50:17, Gilles (gil...@harfang.homelinux.org) >>>> > wrote: >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:03:24 +0000, Gary Gregory wrote: >>>> >> -1 to "commons-misc". It feels to me like a copout and unfocused >>>> >> like >>>> >> SomethingUtils. >>>> >> We need a proper home. >>>> > >>>> > +1 >>>> > >>>> >> How about the idea of commons-measure. >>>> > >>>> > Just because the first feature would happen to be a timer? >>>> > What other content do you foresee? >>>> > >>>> >> Then there >>>> >> still the idea of resurrecting other Apache projects. Kind of going >>>> >> in >>>> >> circles... >>>> > >>>> > Indeed, IIRC the questions were asked (whether the feature could >>>> > be contributed to ex-Sirona and whether that project would be >>>> > repatriated to "Commons") but not answered (unless I'm mistaken)... >>>> > >>>> > Best, >>>> > Gilles >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >> Gary >>>> >> >>>> >> On Mar 8, 2018 08:58, "Otto Fowler" <ottobackwa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> So, could think about commons-misc or something? >>>> >> I don’t think we are going to come up with a perfect module for >>>> >> these >>>> >> things. >>>> >> >>>> >> Maybe the way it can work is: >>>> >> >>>> >> commons-misc exists. >>>> >> >>>> >> It is the landing place for things that seem to be outside the scope >>>> >> of >>>> >> commons-xxxx, but don’t justify >>>> >> a new module or sandbox effort. >>>> >> >>>> >> Things in misc can be reevaluated for inclusion in new modules at >>>> >> things >>>> >> go, and at that point @Depricated >>>> >> out of misc. >>>> >> >>>> >> ? >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On March 3, 2018 at 00:42:12, Matt Sicker (boa...@gmail.com) wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> On 2 March 2018 at 13:31, Oliver Heger >>>> >> <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> One other suggestion: It was stated in the past that the concurrent >>>> >>> classes are also a bit out of scope for [lang], especially the >>>> >>> circuit >>>> >>> breaker implementations. Would it make sense to move those into a >>>> >>> new >>>> >>> module, and could this be a home for the watch classes, too? >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> Considering the amount of retry libraries there are out there, I >>>> >> think it >>>> >> makes perfect sense for circuit breaker libraries to be their own >>>> >> thing, >>>> >> too. See Hysterix for example. >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >