On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:51:24AM +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: > just a few more from me: > > * Jakarta Http Components continues the development of Jakarta > HttpClient (formerly Jakarta Commons HttpClient ) based on the toolset > of HTTP components. This tool focuses strictly on the client side of > HTTP. > > -> > > * Jakarta Http Components continues the development of Jakarta > HttpClient (formerly Jakarta Commons HttpClient ) based on the toolset > of HTTP components. This tool focuses on the client side of HTTP. > > 'strictly' is an unnecessary and subjective qualifier so probably best > removed. > > * Jakarta Http Components MAY develop non-client components (such as an > HTTP connector, a lightweight server component, proxy components) as > reference material to demonstrate the capabilities of the toolset. The > said artifacts ARE NOT meant for production use and are not released as > official Apache Jakarta products. > > -> > > * Jakarta Http Components MAY develop application layer components > (such as an HTTP connector, a lightweight server component, proxy > components) as reference material to demonstrate the capabilities of the > toolset. The said artifacts ARE NOT meant for production use and are not > released as official Apache Jakarta products. > > this fits in better with the rest of the draft: low level transport > layer APIs suitable for use on servers may be developed but application > layer components (whether client or server) may only be developed as > demonstrations. > > i'd also like to add a new clause: > > * Jakarta Http Components is additional charged with the maintenance of > the existing jakarta-commons httpclient component. > > this makes it clear that the sub-project can and will maintain the > existing httpclient components even if they would not longer be > considered in-scope. > > all just IMHO, of course >
Hi Robert, I believe the changes you have suggested are quite reasonable. Please do not be shy and feel free to tweak the draft of the project charter directly in the Wiki: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-httpclient/NewProjectCharter Cheers, Oleg > - robert > > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 01:10 -0400, Henri Yandell wrote: > > Any more comments before I call a vote? > > > > Hen > > > > On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Henri Yandell wrote: > > > > > > > > Prior to calling a PMC vote here in a week or two, I'd like to ask if > > > anybody > > > has any comments on the following proposal for Commons HttpClient to > > > become a > > > Jakarta subproject focusing on Http components. > > > > > > Hen > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > > > > > > (The following charter for Jakarta Http Components project is pending > > > approval of the Jakarta Project Management Committee (PMC). ) > > > > > > Rationale: > > > ========= > > > > > > The original Jakarta Commons HttpClient API has a number limitations that > > > cannot be resolved without a significant architectural redesign. > > > Moreover, > > > Jakarta Commons HttpClient has been increasingly used in applications and > > > environments it has not been specifically designed for. The existing > > > monolithic design no longer adequately reflects the use patterns of > > > HttpClient. > > > > > > HttpClient needs to be refactored into a toolset of simple, low level > > > HTTP > > > components suitable for building more specialized HTTP services. > > > > > > Project scope: > > > ============= > > > > > > * Jakarta Http Components develops a toolset of low level components > > > focused exclusively at the transport aspects of HTTP protocol. > > > > > > * Jakarta Http Components MUST be content agnostic. The project DOES NOT > > > develop components intended to produce or consume content of HTTP > > > messages. > > > > > > * Jakarta Http Components continues the development of Jakarta > > > HttpClient (formerly Jakarta Commons HttpClient) based on the toolset of > > > HTTP components. This tool focuses strictly on the client side of HTTP. > > > > > > * Jakarta Http Components MAY develop non-client components (such as an > > > HTTP connector, a lightweight server component, proxy components) as > > > reference material to demonstrate the capabilities of the toolset. The > > > said artifacts ARE NOT meant for production use and are not released as > > > official Apache Jakarta products. > > > > > > * Jakarta Http Components collaborates with other projects to develop > > > specialized HTTP services for production use based on the toolset of HTTP > > > components. > > > > > > * Jakarta Http Components DOES NOT define a server side API on top of the > > > low > > > level transport API. > > > > > > Targeted specifications and standards: > > > ===================================== > > > * RFC1945 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0 > > > * RFC2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 > > > * RFC2617 HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication > > > * RFC2109 HTTP State Management Mechanism -- Cookies > > > * RFC2965 HTTP State Management Mechanism -- Cookie2 > > > * A standard for robot exclusion - robots.txt parser (contribution > > > requiring > > > Software Grant - http://www.osjava.org/norbert/) > > > > > > Initial set of committers: > > > ========================== > > > Project Lead > > > Michael Becke > > > > > > Project Committers > > > Adrian Sutton > > > Ortwin Glueck > > > Oleg Kalnichevski > > > Henri Yandell > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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]
