External plugin repository for JMeter?

2007-10-06 Thread sebb
JMeter has just been offered a Maven plugin for creating reports. Rather than include the code in JMeter, I think it would be better hosted at mojo.codehaus.org, along with the other Maven plugins. That got me thinking - perhaps a similar idea could be set up for JMeter plugins? Or is that a

Re: External plugin repository for JMeter?

2007-10-06 Thread Henning Schmiedehausen
Any particular reason, why this can not be a part of the JMeter project? Splitting a rather small community into two parts (apache + codehaus) does not sound too good. Having that plugin inside the JMeter project might lead to new hands helping out with JMeter itself. Gaining gravity in the

Re: External plugin repository for JMeter?

2007-10-06 Thread sebb
I don't see it as splitting the community, rather as an adjunct to the existing community. One of the reasons would be to allow independent release cycles. Also, not every user would need all the plugins. Perhaps this could be done by rearranging the JMeter project, but it seems cleaner to have

Re: External plugin repository for JMeter?

2007-10-06 Thread Henning Schmiedehausen
Hm, why shouldn't it be possible to do two independent products (JMeter + Maven Plugin) on different release cycles in one project? Other projects do this all the time (e.g. Turbine for a very long time with all the Fulcrum stuff, META etc). Still no need for a split for me. Best

Re: External plugin repository for JMeter?

2007-10-06 Thread Henri Yandell
On 10/6/07, sebb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JMeter has just been offered a Maven plugin for creating reports. Rather than include the code in JMeter, I think it would be better hosted at mojo.codehaus.org, along with the other Maven plugins. Agreed. That got me thinking - perhaps a similar