As I mentionned in several earlier posts we need an HTTP client for Cactus
because the default HttpURLConnection (which Cactus was using till now)
contains a blocking bug which is supposed to be fixed in JDK 1.4 but we
cnanot wait until JDK 1.4 is used by everyone...
I asked for your advice on this list and the general consensus was that we
should use commons-httpclient and "eat our own dog food". Fine with me ...
I tried to use it at the beginning of last week end and found that it was
far from being ready and especially contained a *serious* bug in that it is
not handling cookies (and other headers) correctly (it is not supporting
multiple headers with same names and different values). This is a
showstopper for using this library as part of any development I think and
especially Cactus as it breaks right away ...
I then proposed to help fix this and other things and have still not
received any answer or any hint of answer. This is bad! When someone
proposes to help, we should jump on that and make sure he can do it ASAP and
in the best conditions. Maybe I should be more patient and it is just a
coincidence that no one answered so far ...
However, I need a solution now and the only solution I can see is using
HTTPClient or build my own within Cactus.
I also fear that there might be issues with httpclient; from the earlier
posts I have seen initial donators do not seem to be keen to changes (this
is understandable because they rely on it for Slide) and from what I
understood there should have been a 1.0 release done so that work could
continue on the library. Has it been done yet ? If so, why is Rodney
comitting changes in another branch ? I also discovered that I have made
some changes already done by Rodney in his branch ...
Could we move on quickly on httpclient or should we just consider it as a
dead project already ?
Thanks
-Vincent
P.S.: I hope my message does not come too strong but my concern is simply to
go forward and help.
