Oleg: congrats on the big milestone! I know you have been working for a long time on this. Thanks for your ongoing work on the project.
Jon On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > Folks > > I just committed a large chunk of code with the last big feature I had > in mind for the HttpCore 5.0 release. The server side transports (both > classic and async) now provide filter support that can be used to > implement cross-cutting aspects for all incoming requests such the > expect-continue handshake or user authentication and authorization. > > https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-core/blob/master/httpcore5-tes > ting/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/core5/testing/classic/ClassicAuthentic > ationTest.java > https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-core/blob/master/httpcore5-tes > ting/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/core5/testing/nio/Http1AuthenticationT > est.java > > Now I would like to shift the focus of development efforts from adding > new features and making disruptive API changes to code stabilization, > API polish and test coverage improvement. I > > _IMPORTANT_: if you would like to make some big API changes: move code > around, rename packages and classes, introduce new naming conventions, > propose new features with a large API footprint _NOW_ would be a good > time to do so. > > @Gary > > You wanted to discuss naming conventions some while ago, did not you? > > It is probably also the right time to discuss whether or not we should > consider building a full featured HTTP server with statement management > (server side cookies), authentication (server side auth schemes), > pluggable user registries, and all those things that used to be out of > project scope. > > I would like to cut another, likely last, ALPHA release soon and > propose moving to the BETA phase. > > Oleg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org > > -- ........ Jon Moore
