On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 00:17 +0000, sebb wrote: > On 09/03/2008, Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 18:55 +0000, sebb wrote: > > > On 09/03/2008, Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Roland > > > > > Honestly, I really think this whole native code thing is not as bad > > as > > > > > it may seem. > > > > > > > > > > > > It sure makes my spider-sense tingle like mad. > > > > > > > > > > I feel uncomfortable too. > > > > > > Who is going to build and test the code? > > > > > > Or is the code only going to be released as source? > > > > > > Yes, source code only, unsupported, as is, no releases, no guarantees of > > what so ever. > > So why bother?
The same reasons we provide all our 'contrib': (1) help solve _real-world_ problems that cannot be addressed by official releases (2) help foster a larger ecology around our code (3) help ensure some day someone may be find this code useful enough to start a full blown project, like Not-Yet-Commons SSL, based on that code. > It could just be posted anywhere, with a link from the > Wiki for those who wanted to use it. > Where? > > > > > If so, will there be any checks to see if the code compiles? > > > > > > > > > Same checks we have for unsupported code now, that is, no automatic > > checks. > > > > > > > What about build scripts? > > > What compilers will be permitted? > > > > > > > > > Why should we preclude any compilers? > > > > Because not all compilers are freely available. > Not all operating systems we support are freely available as well. Shall we discontinue our support for all commercial software? > > > > > The current discussion is only about Windows. > > > If we decide to allow JNI code, what other platforms will need to be > > supported? > > > > > > If there is ever Windows integrated authentication for other platforms, > > I do not see a problem accepting that code into the 'contrib' package as > > well. > > > > Although prompted by the Windows NTLM issue, I thought this discussion > was about more than just authentication. > As far as I am concerned this discussion is about _one_ thing and one thing only: turning away contributors and turning down potentially useful contributions due to some personal (mis)conceptions. Oleg > > Oleg > > > > > > > I don't believe we should say that we'll only allow Windows-specific > > code. > > > > > > However, if we do decide to allow non-Java code, IMO it should only be > > > permitted where there is no reasonable alternative. > > > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > > Roland > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
