Hi devs,
The EWS project is of interest to me as a possible way of introducing JSR 921 support to an app server. EWS is just one option. If app server modifications are required for integration that is not a problem.
I hope to have the opportunity to study EWS further...
BUT
My managers are very doubtful about the "status" (finished? / ongoing? / what %?) and "stability" (stable? / buggy? / what?) of the current EWS project.
There are a number of reasons that would make them feel this way.
For example:
1. This dev mailing list is so quiet. Where are all the users?
2. The EWS documentation is old:
- doc ages in CVS seem to be mostly 5+ months. We have no idea if old == obsoleted.
- TODO.txt in docs dir seems to have a number of unfinished items. Are they still unfinished or is the TODO.txt out of date.
- JSR 921 is not even mentioned in docs, only JSR 109.
- Client docs say "this part not implemented" for JNDI binding etc
3. There are no JIRA entries (ok there is 1). I understand that JIRA for EWS is new, but even so it still it gives an impression of a lack of interest in using JIRA and/or a lack of users, rather than a lack of bugs. Is there any evidence otherwise?
4. There seem hardly any devs participating in this project (compared to Axis for example)
5. Probably many more concerns - but you get the idea.
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Also, does EWS require any Axis source code modifications or does it work by just generating Axis artifacts for Axis deployment using the latest binary Axis distribution (eg Axis 1.2 RC3). I thought no Axis mods are needed but I would like confirmation of this please.
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If there are ANY reassuring statements (for the points above) about the actual current state of the EWS project - anything that might put my managers more at ease - please provide them.
Otherwise I expect my further study of EWS might be dropped.
And please note that responses like "a few months ago it was working on JBoss" are just going to make them more nervous!
Thanks in advance, Peter.
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