Ok, here is my thinking on how we proceed towards Gump 3.0, i.e.:
1) Metadata Gathering 2) Processing (Build/Sync/Update) 3) Results/Presentation/History Query/Analysis
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1) Phase One (Metadata Gathering) is simply the way to get XML documention into a local file system for Gump to process. Eventually this could be crawlers (etc.) that parse GOMs and POMs, but (for now) the CVS update & HTTP gets are tolerable. [If anybody has an itch to tackle this first, speak up, but I think it is a reasonable/significant amount of work and (IMHO) can wait a little while longer.]
+1
2) Phase Two (Building) is what we currently have as core, but that outputs to an historical database (plus some files for those w/o huge databases). It will not do RDF/RSS/Atom/Notification/XHTML Presentation (or XDOCS). It will not do Stats (neither XHTML presentation nor internal to DBM) nor will it do XRef (XHTML).
+1
3) Phase Three (Analysis/Communication) is a whole new world; re-writting the 'will not do' list from above from the results database. This could be Python code, or Cocoon, or ...
I'd like to focus my time on (2) and request that others help with (3).
I'm game. I can take ownership of #3.
Question: We currently run JDK1.5 and Kaffe off TRUNK not LIVE. Ought we
change this?
yeah, it makes sense.
Alternatively, ought we perform this Gump work in a separate branch. I think I can add to the current w/o too much instability, then remove stuff when needed. I'm game to listen to others opinions/concerns though.
Currently, Dynagump is the code name for "#3" and does not depend on any code from Gump (only on a common database schema).
I think we keep it the way it is for now, we can move stuff back and forth later on, thanks to SVN.
[FWIIW: Personally, I'd love to get back to NAnt building except that Mono is still my roadblock.I think Gump 3.0 ought be far less resource bound, and it ought help us simplify running/operating Gump. As such, I hope it leads to more users and hence more hands to help with NAnt, etc.]
I personally would love to see Mono stuff being gumped as well, but it's a low priority for me ATM.
-- Stefano.
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