@me ;-) I have no problem with hosting it somewhere else, (you have to see that this code is just a starting point),
Daniel On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]>wrote: > @Ethan: I have no problem with the change. I can delete Daniel's > client stub, he can host it somewhere else (like Google Code) and we > can reference it via the wiki. > > @Daniel: do you have a problem with that? You could probably patch it > more rapidly if it was independent of the Apache SVN. > > I like the idea of "reference" client but we should probably vote on > it on the esme-dev mailing list. > > We already have another client stub (in the svn) for the old API > (submitted from Darren a year ago). What should we do with that? > > D. > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While I'm a huge fan of having API client libraries galore, I don't > > think it's a very good idea to maintain them in the actual ESME > > repository. There are several reasons for this: > > > > 1. Most client library authors will not be commiters, creating an > > unnecessary bottle-neck around library checkins. > > > > 2. There may be more than one version of a client in a given > > language/platform, and we probably shouldn't be playing favorites. > > > > 3. Checking them in as part of the project gives a sort of "Apache > > stamp of approval", which we may indeed want to give, but should > > probably do by listing the clients on the wiki rather than checking > > them into the repository. > > > > Overall, I'd say that the general approach for API clients to projects > > like this is for authors to maintain them in public repositories > > (usually Github or Google Code, depending on the choice of version > > control system). They can then be managed outside of the Apache > > process. > > > > Often, an implementation will provide a reference client in one or > > more languages, not meant for production use. If that is what we are > > trying to do here, then I guess I could come around to supporting that > > position, but we should be aware that we are signing up for more work > > :-) > > > > Wow, I'm such a contrary person aren't I? Richard (and others) what do > > you think? Were you going for "reference client" or were you planning > > for this to happen for all clients? > > > > Ethan > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> FYI > >> > >> I just added Daniel's initial code drop > >> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ESME-14) for a Java client for > >> the streaming API to SVN. > >> > >> D. > >> > > > -- --- Daniel Koller Jahnstrasse 20 80469 München * [email protected]
