Hi Deepal, I will look into this. Thanks, Asanka
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Deepal jayasinghe <deep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another big item would be to reduce time it takes for Axis2 build. May be > we can move some modules out or find a better way to build. > > Deepal > > There is another area where help would be welcome. I did some work >> recently to make the build succeed on Java 7, and I know that it works >> on Mac OS X (because I use that OS) and Linux (because the build works >> on Jenkins). On the other hand, Deepal reported that he had/has >> problems building on Windows. A build having platform (and Java >> version) dependent issues is obviously bad. Personally, I no longer >> have access to Windows machines (and I'm not really motivated to get >> one running in the cloud somewhere...). So one useful contribution >> would be to test the build on various platforms and Java versions and >> help debugging issues identified. >> >> Andreas >> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Hiranya Jayathilaka >> <hiranya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Andun, Ravi and Asanka, >>> >>> Thank you very much for your show of support for Axis2 and Synapse >>> projects. >>> Please subscribe to the Axis2 mailing list if you already haven't and >>> start >>> working on some issues. I'm sure Deepal would be happy to point out some >>> of >>> the most important ones that need fixing immediately. >>> >>> I will also try to find some time over the next couple of weeks and help >>> expedite the Axis2 release. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Hiranya >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Deepal jayasinghe <deep...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> As I mentioned in one of the previous email, the best way to contribute >>>> at >>>> this point is pick few JIRAs and send patches. Once you send around >>>> three >>>> patches we will make you a committer. >>>> >>>> Deepal >>>> >>>> Hi Hiranya/Deepal, >>>> >>>> I've also been working with synapse and axis2 in the past two or so >>>> years >>>> and have some familiarity with the code base so I too would like to >>>> contribute. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ravi >>>> >>>> On 28 June 2015 at 11:06, Hiranya Jayathilaka <hiranya...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm opening this up for dev@ in the hope of getting some more >>>>> feedback. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Hiranya >>>>> >>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>> >>>>> From: Hiranya Jayathilaka <hiranya...@gmail.com> >>>>> Subject: Time to Call it a Day? >>>>> Date: June 10, 2015 12:08:33 AM PDT >>>>> To: "priv...@synapse.apache.org" <priv...@synapse.apache.org> >>>>> >>>>> [THIS AN INITIAL REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ONLY. NOT A VOTE.] >>>>> >>>>> Hi Folks, >>>>> >>>>> It doesn't look like there's any active development happening in >>>>> Synapse >>>>> anymore. Here's a quick run down of our track record over the last few >>>>> years: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No. of commits in 2015: 2 >>>>> No. of commits in 2014: 10 >>>>> Last committer vote: December 2013 >>>>> Last release: January 2012 (v2.1) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Needless to say these are not the signs of a healthy open source >>>>> project. >>>>> Additionally, we have very little traffic on our mailing lists, and our >>>>> efforts to do a release have been impeded by a number of factors >>>>> (committers >>>>> having difficulty finding time, slow release cycles of Axis2 and other >>>>> dependencies etc.). >>>>> >>>>> Deepal is trying really hard to get an Axis2 release out the door, but >>>>> despite his best efforts that release is also being delayed due to >>>>> lack of >>>>> time and manpower. >>>>> >>>>> Given this status, I'm beginning to wonder whether it's time to close >>>>> down the shop, and move the project into Attic. What do you think? >>>>> >>>>> In my PERSONAL opinion, both Axis2 and Synapse have had a great run, >>>>> and >>>>> now it's time for them to gracefully retire. From the lack of mailing >>>>> list >>>>> and development activity, it looks like there's not much interest in >>>>> these >>>>> technologies any more. At least not to the point, where new releases >>>>> are >>>>> required -- existing users might still need patches and routine >>>>> maintenance >>>>> to already released code. The problems these projects attempt to solve >>>>> (SOAP >>>>> services and enterprise integration), have been well studied, >>>>> researched and >>>>> solved over the last 15 years. Many powerful and mature solutions exist >>>>> (some of which are based on Axis2 and Synapse), but there doesn't seem >>>>> to be >>>>> any interest towards further developing these core platforms. The >>>>> industry >>>>> focus has shifted to other matters. >>>>> >>>>> However, that's just my personal view point. If the community at large >>>>> believes otherwise, then we need to take a few corrective measures. >>>>> Some of >>>>> us need to join the Axis2 release effort, and expedite that release >>>>> cycle. >>>>> There's an open invitation from the Axis2 PMC, and I'm sure they will >>>>> be >>>>> happy to grant us commit access if any of us are willing to join. Then >>>>> we >>>>> need to get the Synapse release process underway, and start thinking >>>>> about >>>>> the future development prospects for the Synapse project. >>>>> >>>>> Let me know what you think. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Hiranya >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Hiranya Jayathilaka >>>>> Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; >>>>> Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu >>>>> E-mail: hira...@cs.ucsb.edu; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 >>>>> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Hiranya Jayathilaka >>>>> Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; >>>>> Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu >>>>> E-mail: hira...@cs.ucsb.edu; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 >>>>> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Hiranya Jayathilaka >>> Mayhem Lab/RACE Lab; >>> Dept. of Computer Science, UCSB; http://cs.ucsb.edu >>> E-mail: hira...@cs.ucsb.edu; Mobile: +1 (805) 895-7443 >>> Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@synapse.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@synapse.apache.org >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@synapse.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@synapse.apache.org > >
