Complexity and Codebase annotations

2020-05-21 Thread Peter Firmstone
Hello, Michael Warres identified a number of issues with class loading and codebase annotation loss, none of which were fully addressed. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10./1698139 I wanted to share with you an new JERI InvocationLayerFactory I've been working on, on and off for some time.

Re: Board feedback - Request discuss attic for River

2020-05-21 Thread Peter Firmstone
Thanks Dan. :) On 5/21/2020 12:20 PM, Dan Rollo wrote: Hi Peter, I acknowledge the contributions are slow to come, but I agree with your observation that contributions are still coming. I would prefer the River project not be moved to the attic just yet. (“I don’t want to go on the cart. I

Re: Board feedback - Request discuss attic for River

2020-05-21 Thread Peter Firmstone
Thanks Patricia, I'm not sure we're going to see a significant number of developers contributing in the near future. Unfortunately the technical matters, which are complex and difficult have caused a lot of argument in the past and have been the cause of a high barrier to entry for new

Re: Board feedback - Request discuss attic for River

2020-05-21 Thread Dennis Reedy
Hi Peter, Some quick late night thoughts ... - Time depending, helping a Gradle build for River is something that I'd be glad to participate in. I think one of the biggest challenges will be getting the testing framework working, or choosing a modern equivalent. - As it relates to

Re: Board feedback - Request discuss attic for River

2020-05-21 Thread Peter Firmstone
Hi Dennis, Good to hear from you. The truth is, I'm no build expert, Dan is much more capable than I am, so I'm waiting to hear Dan's opinion on Gradle, it certainly looks good. Would you be interested in helping to create a Gradle build? Something else I've been thinking about is you once

Re: Board feedback - Request discuss attic for River

2020-05-21 Thread Dennis Reedy
I think showing/explaing how River can fit into a larger eco-system of existing applications would certainly help. How could River augment Spring Boot? What would it look like to combine River and Kafka? A discussion of what it would mean to deploy micro-services built with RIver in the cloud?

Re: Board feedback - Request discuss attic for River

2020-05-21 Thread Bryan Thompson
I think engagement requires a few things. +1 on the technical points that you have called out Peter. But we also need to engage developers beyond those who are traditional users of River/Jini to foster new development with River. Which can then lead to new development of River by a broader base