On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Andreas Veithen <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 06:41, Amila Suriarachchi > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Andreas Veithen > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi devs, > >> > >> I think we should have a look at AXIS2-4311 and see if and how we can > >> fix that for the 1.6 release. > >> > >> I had a quick lock at the different packages and here are my > >> preliminary conclusions: > >> > >> * org.apache.axis2.util in axis2-adb only contains a single utility > >> class --> should not cause much trouble to move it elsewhere > >> * org.apache.axis2.transport.jms is no longer in axis2-kernel. > >> * org.apache.axis2.transport.http in axis2-kernel mainly contains the > >> standard MessageFormatter implementations. Obviously the package name > >> is no longer appropriate for this and it would make sense to move > >> these classes. However, this means that users need to change their > >> axis2.xml file. Note that cleaning this up would also be a good > >> opportunity to move the non standard message builders/formatters from > >> the transports project to the core Axis2 project, as discussed back in > >> december 2008 [1] [2]. > >> > >> Thoughts? > > > > I agree with you that there are some areas we need to re factor and > find > > the proper way of doing it. > > > > We did the Axis2 1.5 release last year May but actually cut the branch on > > December as I remember. So my idea was to do an Axis2 1.6 release with > > whatever the fixes we have done after cut the 1.5 branch. Otherwise > people > > tend to think Axis2 has died. > > > > The split package problem is actually part of the whole Axis2 OSGI work. > > Saminda started this discussion some time ago and there was no progress > > after that. > > > > So my suggestion is to just wait until Axiom and woden releases (which I > > believe happen shortly) and cut the Axis2 1.6 branch. Then we can take > the > > topics like "Axis2 OSGI" , "Axis2 Spring integration" and do subsequent > > releases with them. > > > > And also I think synapse people wait on Axis2 1.6 release. So lets do > Axis2 > > 1.6 with whatever fixes we can do with and target major changes to Axis2 > > 1.7. > > I tend to agree with that from a purely Axis2 point of view. Not sure > though what the Geronimo folks think about that, considering that 1.7 > will not be release before a long time. Don't forget that they are one > of our important "customers"... > I haven't looked into the jira, when I send the reply. As I saw they have the option of using it as a one bundle isn't it? thanks, Amila. > > > thanks, > > Amila. > > > > > >> > >> Andreas > >> > >> [1] http://markmail.org/message/fgtbr6tzpfemlery > >> [2] http://markmail.org/thread/i6cq72unknnnvjy5 > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Amila Suriarachchi > > WSO2 Inc. > > blog: http://amilachinthaka.blogspot.com/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Amila Suriarachchi WSO2 Inc. blog: http://amilachinthaka.blogspot.com/
