> > As you probably know, I've been working on a branch of httpclient to
> address
> > several issues that I believe prohibit a public 1.0 release, including
> > several critical bugs, and several design issues that complicate or
> prohibit
> > fixing those bugs and adding new features in line with the httpclient
> > charter and scope. Since that refactoring is nearly complete, and
> Vincent's
> > recent postings are beginning to press the issue, I'll open up my
changes
> > for discussion (not that they've been hidden up to this point). While
> > personally I believe every one of these changes is a postive step, I'm
not
> > trying to ram them down anyone's throat either, I'm just trying to open
up
> > the discussion
> >
> > To obtain this branch of httpclient, simply run "cvs -q
update -P -d -C -r
> > rlwrefactoring" from the root of httpclient.
> >
> > As discussed below, there are docs, javadocs and tests that should
> > demonstrate and document the use of this package.
> >
> > Below is an enumeration of the major changes I've made to the package,
> > although there are probably other changes that I can't recall right now.
> > I'd be more than happy to defend or discuss individual changes, although
> > here my intention is simply to enumerate them.
>
> Sorry, but while the bug fixes are more than welcome, the refactoring
itself
> looks rather gratuitous to me. Every change in the "bugs fixes" and
> "functional enhancement" categories of your list can be introduced without
> any API breakage (or I missed something). In terms of API design, there's
no
> limit to fanciness.
>
> I appreciate the good will you mention here :
>
> > * It has been (and still is) my intention to prepare the necessary
patches
> > for Slide to make it fully compatible with this refactoring. It should
be
> > relatively straightforward to do so.
>
> ... but I don't trust you too much on API compatibility issues, given what
> you already did with the logging.
>
Remy, are you willing to accept patches to allow Slide to use
commons-httpclient? I will help Rod to prepare them such that Slide is
impacted in the smallest amount possible. I understand how you feel, but I
do not want to see 2 versions of httpclient in jakarta land :(
Whether or not you are willing to accept patches for Slide, would you (or
anyone else for that matter) like to see the current httpclient released as
a 0.9, so that you could continue to use that?
Scott
