2007/8/10, Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Oliver Zeigermann wrote: > > Martin's and > > also my hopes had been that when the - indeed useful - WebDAV client > > was moved to a different project it could actually be revived. Reasons > > are that it is functional, useful and of much less complexity than the > > server. I would at least volunteer to support the initial move > > (including cleanup) to HttpComponents and once it is there am > > confident it will attract further contributors. The command line > > client should be dropped, really. > > So the idea would be to leave the server part behind and > just cut out the WebDAV client based on HttpClient 3.x > during the move? > HttpClient 4.x has no API similarity to 3.x at all, > so it is inevitable that the WebDAV client be ported > to the new 4.0 API if it's supposed to have a future. > Content related parts should be re-usable, but everything > on the method level will need to be re-written.
Got that. > Moving Slide, or the WebDAV client from Slide, is one > option. Another option is to leave Slide and it's 3.x > based WebDAV client behind and just start with a new > WebDAV client based on the 4.0 API in the new project. > That would significantly reduce the administrative > overhead and does not preclude code re-use from Slide. Maybe that could be a second step. > While I would like to get rid of HttpClient 3.x rather > sooner than later, there's no denyig that it will stay > with us for several years to come. From this angle, it > would make sense to move the WebDAV client as it is. Maybe that could be the first step. WDYT? Oliver --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
