On 11/05/2011 22:24, Eric Baldeschwieler wrote:
This is a really interesting topic! I completely agree that we need to get
ahead of this.
I would be really interested in learning of any experience other apache
projects, such as apache or tomcat have with these issues.
I don't know about apache httpd
Tomcat is the JCP reference implementation of JSP, the JSP Jar is
broadly reused, and the JCP program defines a test kit (with licensing
T&Cs) to define compatibility. That is because the JCP program was
designed to split specification from implementation.
Hadoop doesn't have that, which is a strength and a weakness. Strong:
agility. Weakness: compatibility between versions as well as with others.
I think Sun NFS might be a good example of similar defacto standard, or
MS SMB -it is up to others to show they are compatible with what is
effective the reference implementation. Being closed source, there is no
option for anyone to include SunOS NFS or MS SMB in their products -the
issue of "how much of SunOS NFS to include before you have to stop
calling it that" never arose.
