Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-17 Thread Ortwin Glück
Oliver Köll wrote: I only have a minor feature request for the preferences architecture: it would be nice to be able to define default HttpMethodParams per HttpClient instance. (i'm not sure, but you may already have taken care of that). Actually that was one of the design goals of the new

HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
Folks, It looks like HttpClient 3.0 is not only ALPHA2 ready, it is almost code and feature complete. There are only 5 open tickets targeted for 3.0 FINAL. It may take me just a couple of days to get all the remaining issues dealt with, if needed.

Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Michael Becke
I agree. I think we're ready for another 3.0 release. There has been surprisingly little comment on the 3.0 API, and I'm also concerned about freezing it until we've had more feedback. We definitely have a chicken and the egg problem here. My preference is to continue with a new 3.0 alpha

Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
The 3.0-alpha2 release should certainly be the first step. I would even go so far as to announce this release be the last ALPHA release. More visibility is definitely a must. I think we could even make use of our new Jakarta subproject status and temporarily deploy the site generated off the CVS

RE: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Gerdes, Tom
What is the web site... And what are the improvements? -Original Message- From: Michael Becke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:27 AM To: Commons HttpClient Project Subject: Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed I agree. I think we're ready

RE: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
wrote: What is the web site... And what are the improvements? -Original Message- From: Michael Becke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:27 AM To: Commons HttpClient Project Subject: Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed I agree. I think

Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Ortwin Glück
Gerdes, Tom wrote: What is the web site... I guess we should upload a copy of the 3.0 website and place a link to it. Users can create the website by checking out the CVS and run Maven 1.0: maven site:generate You will then find the Site under target/docs/index.htm Odi --

Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Oliver Köll
Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: Anyways, before things turn ugly, give us some feedback, pleeese Hi Oleg, i'm sorry, that i haven't given any feedback earlier, but i always felt, that my understanding of HttpClient wasn't deep enough to qualify any criticism. The good news: i'm already using

RE: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Gerdes, Tom
Thanks! Ortwin, that helps to know what changes have been made! -Original Message- From: Ortwin Glück [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:55 AM To: Commons HttpClient Project Subject: Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed Gerdes, Tom wrote

Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
No worries. The preferences API can be tricky. As soon as 3.0a2 is officially out, there will be a new guide dealing exclusively with the preferences API. Meanwhile you can get it from the CVS (as always) Oleg On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 18:16, Oliver Kll wrote: Hi Oleg, thanks for the tips - i'll

Re: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Michael Becke
Another evil plan that I have been contemplating recently is to address our fellow open-source developers that are known to be using HttpClient (read: shamelessly spam the dev mailing lists) and ask them what they think of the new 3.0 API and whether they have any migration plans. If needed I am

RE: HttpClient 3.0 is kind of done. Feedback needed

2004-09-16 Thread Sam Berlin
is kind of done. Feedback needed Another evil plan that I have been contemplating recently is to address our fellow open-source developers that are known to be using HttpClient (read: shamelessly spam the dev mailing lists) and ask them what they think of the new 3.0 API and whether