On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Nathan Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Xiao-Feng Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Nathan Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Who's fixing bugs though? >> >> As I read, Xiaoming Gu and Chunrong Lai have fixed some bugs in past >> month. Are you fixing? ;) > > Yes, when I can, but the code base is a mess and I don't have the > uninterrupted time to spend trying to understand it. > > >> >>> The community is working, but it's not growing. Just look at the mail >>> traffic trend - http://harmony.markmail.org/. >> >> Yes, it is seen not growing. Everybody can help. I don't see it is >> specifically a concern of DRLVM development. Harmony is a community of >> a whole. > > That's even worse - the entire community is contracting! It's a > concern for DRLVM, because DRLVM has always had less participation > than the Class Library.
Ok, Nathan, I'd like to know if you have any constructive suggestions so that we can improve that. Thanks. (though I think the community is still healthy.) Thanks, xiaofeng >> >> Thanks, >> xiaofeng >> >>> -Nathan >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Xiao-Feng Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> This depends on people's expectation. If we consider the lines of >>>> code, I saw DRLVM had a large number of check-ins in the past month. >>>> Also the discussions on startup time, hashcode opt, global >>>> propagation, etc., incurred interesting comments/insights, which >>>> turned into some good improvements in DRLVM. >>>> >>>> One thing we should take into consideration is, JVM is entering a >>>> stable period in its development. It is not like the period of >>>> functionality development, since there is no major missing >>>> functionality in DRLVM now. The new developments are more for >>>> improvements. For example, when Wenlong saw the startup time had a >>>> problem, he initiated the discussions, and got feedbacks, then worked >>>> in it and came up with a patch. I reviewed the code, and think it's a >>>> good patch accomplishing its goal. This is a pretty good example of >>>> community-development. >>>> >>>> Of course, more discussions are welcome. Well I personally have no >>>> real concern about the development. But I agree with you that, a >>>> couple of committers are not active recently... >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> xiaofeng >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Nathan Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Should we mention the derth of DRLVM development. From a community >>>>> perspective I am a little concerned about it. >>>>> -Nathan >>>>> >>>>> On 12/10/08, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> Our regular update to the Apache Board is now due. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a draft in the Wiki here >>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/harmony/Board200812 >>>>>> >>>>>> Please take a look and amend as you see fit, especially PMC members as >>>>>> it is a PMC report although we always welcome all comments from the >>>>>> community. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Tim >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sent from my mobile device >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com >> > -- http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com
