Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-17 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On 07/15/11 15:40, Stefan Bodewig wrote: On 2011-07-15, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: snip I'm very keen on building a single, language agnostic community. I think I understand that and I don't think the existing Ant, Maven or Commons communities would fit in here. In particular, neither

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-15 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2011-07-14, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: On 07/08/11 09:09, Ross Gardler wrote: On 7 July 2011 22:07, Gavin McDonald ga...@16degrees.com.au wrote: So we have seen that RAT can be more than the sum parts of its acronym :) The Incubator is no place for a project to languish forever. The

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-15 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Stefan Bodewig: To me it sounds as if you are looking for a home for a bunch of scripts we use around the release process.  Something we don't really have, so a new TLP seems more appropriate - if we have and keep the momentum. This new TLP would likely be more focussed on users that are

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-15 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On 07/15/11 08:44, Stefan Bodewig wrote: snip I don't really see how Maven or Ant would fit if the only integration to their flagships is by spawning a new process (or maybe run the scripts in VM using Jython, I don't know). To me it sounds as if you are looking for a home for a bunch of

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-15 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2011-07-15, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: On 07/15/11 08:44, Stefan Bodewig wrote: I don't really see how Maven or Ant would fit if the only integration to their flagships is by spawning a new process (or maybe run the scripts in VM using Jython, I don't know). To me it sounds as if you

RE: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-09 Thread Gavin McDonald
-Original Message- From: Ross Gardler [mailto:rgard...@opendirective.com] Sent: Friday, 8 July 2011 6:10 PM To: rat-dev@incubator.apache.org; ga...@16degrees.com.au Subject: Re: Future For Rat...? On 7 July 2011 22:07, Gavin McDonald ga...@16degrees.com.au wrote: So we have

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-08 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On 07/07/11 22:04, Gavin McDonald wrote: -Original Message- From: Robert Burrell Donkin [mailto:rdon...@apache.org] and about tooling for OpenOffice.org in what way? Comprehension tools are a necessity for OOo (and why single out one project) OpenOffice is the first podling

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-08 Thread Ross Gardler
On 7 July 2011 22:07, Gavin McDonald ga...@16degrees.com.au wrote: So we have seen that RAT can be more than the sum parts of its acronym :) The Incubator is no place for a project to languish forever. The only sensible option in my opinion now is TLP. I was in two minds, but given that

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-08 Thread Ross Gardler
On 8 July 2011 07:58, Robert Burrell Donkin rdon...@apache.org wrote: On 07/07/11 22:04, Gavin McDonald wrote: -Original Message- From: Robert Burrell Donkin [mailto:rdon...@apache.org] and about tooling for OpenOffice.org in what way? Comprehension tools are a necessity for OOo

RE: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-07 Thread Gavin McDonald
-Original Message- From: Robert Burrell Donkin [mailto:rdon...@apache.org] Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:16 AM To: rat-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Future For Rat...? (back again from visiting my brother) snip On 06/17/11 14:28, sebb wrote: On 17 June 2011 14

RE: Future For Rat...?

2011-07-07 Thread Gavin McDonald
of here, now! Gav... -Original Message- From: Robert Burrell Donkin [mailto:rdon...@apache.org] Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:16 AM To: rat-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Future For Rat...? (back again from visiting my brother) snip On 06/17/11 14:28, sebb wrote: On 17

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-28 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
(back again from visiting my brother) snip On 06/17/11 14:28, sebb wrote: On 17 June 2011 14:01, Stefan Bodewig bode...@apache.org wrote: On 2011-06-15, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: I'm involved with some release and build wrangling over at James (and probably in the OO.o podling as well).

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-17 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2011-06-15, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: (My recovery has progressed, and I have now enough computer time - around 4 hours per day but not continuous - to start some coding and Apache stuff again :-) Good to hear that. I'm involved with some release and build wrangling over at James (and

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-17 Thread sebb
On 17 June 2011 14:01, Stefan Bodewig bode...@apache.org wrote: On 2011-06-15, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: (My recovery has progressed, and I have now enough computer time - around 4 hours per day but not continuous - to start some coding and Apache stuff again :-) Good to hear that. +1

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-16 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On 06/15/11 15:18, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin rdon...@apache.org wrote: TLP? Opinions? And how close is Rat to being able to graduate? My personal view remains that Rat is too small for a TLP and would be far better off as a subproject

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-16 Thread Christian Grobmeier
I agree that the current code base is too small for a TLP but it's been hard to find anywhere suitable. Maybe we need to think now about creating a suitable TLP for this code base and other similar stuff. You don't think Commons would fit? Just curious :-)

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-16 Thread Ross Gardler
On 16/06/2011 13:27, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: On 06/15/11 15:18, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin rdon...@apache.org wrote: TLP? Opinions? And how close is Rat to being able to graduate? My personal view remains that Rat is too small for a

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-16 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On 06/16/11 13:40, Christian Grobmeier wrote: I agree that the current code base is too small for a TLP but it's been hard to find anywhere suitable. Maybe we need to think now about creating a suitable TLP for this code base and other similar stuff. You don't think Commons would fit?

Future For Rat...?

2011-06-15 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
Hi (My recovery has progressed, and I have now enough computer time - around 4 hours per day but not continuous - to start some coding and Apache stuff again :-) I'm involved with some release and build wrangling over at James (and probably in the OO.o podling as well). I'm likely to need to

Re: Future For Rat...?

2011-06-15 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin rdon...@apache.org wrote: TLP? Opinions? And how close is Rat to being able to graduate? My personal view remains that Rat is too small for a TLP and would be far better off as a subproject of commons, or whatever might make sense. If

Re: Part 2: Future of RAT

2010-08-17 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote: So where is RAT going with respect to functionality. Is it really complete in it's current form, as some people have suggested? Don't get me wrong, it's a great tool for a very limited use case (I do use it outside

Re: Part 2: Future of RAT

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 14:42, Hyrum K. Wright wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:55 AM, Ross Gardlerrgard...@apache.org wrote: Something where I could say are we overlooking a potential committer or do any committers appear to have gone emeritus without telling us. You may be interested in something

Re: Part 2: Future of RAT

2010-08-17 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2010-08-17, Ross Gardler wrote: So for now I'd rather keep the question simple: Is it done? For all I wanted RAT to do, it is. That doesn't mean I wouldn't be around to help or even contribute as time permits if people want to implement the full scope of the proposal, I just lack the time

Re: Part 2: Future of RAT

2010-08-16 Thread Ross Gardler
On 16 Aug 2010, at 21:41, Stefan Bodewig bode...@apache.org wrote: On 2010-08-16, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: ... If RAT is going anywhere we must ensure it has enough people who care - of which there seem to be plenty, they may need to be recruited, though. Well, as a mentor of RAT, a user

Re: Part 2: Future of RAT

2010-08-16 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2010-08-16, Ross Gardler wrote: I think the general RAT is great vibe of the discussion was misrepresentative of what RAT currently is. There is not much to RAT at present other than a very complex pattern matcher that ensures license headers are present. It does not audit releases and

Part 2: Future of RAT

2010-08-15 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Hi, now that the waves are flattened again, the first thing I should probably do is to apologize: Had I anticipated the multitude of reactions, I'd have put my question to this mailing list, rather than to several. However, I expected no more than 2 or 3 replies, that's why the broad audience

Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Hi, having just published a release of Apache RAT with the -incubating label, I'd though it is time to discuss the future of RAT. RAT is an incubator project since 18 months. It is not an overly busy project: The occasional feature request, which is handled, a bug report from time to time, and so

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
: Hi, having just published a release of Apache RAT with the -incubating label, I'd though it is time to discuss the future of RAT. RAT is an incubator project since 18 months. It is not an overly busy project: The occasional feature request, which is handled, a bug report from time to time

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Stefan, However, I'm not sure I get the whole reasoning below RE: TLP? Why not have a RAT TLP? The overhead of filing board reports and not knowing anyone on the team that would be able to? Jochen has sure be joking here. The team list he pointed at contains at least two current PMC

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Craig L Russell
On Aug 10, 2010, at 7:03 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: Hi Stefan, However, I'm not sure I get the whole reasoning below RE: TLP? Why not have a RAT TLP? The overhead of filing board reports and not knowing anyone on the team that would be able to? Jochen has sure be joking here.

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi All, TLPs are not expensive, so they don't have to have a minimum size to justify their existence. +1. Cheers, Chris ++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Henri Yandell
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Jochen Wiedmann jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com wrote: If there will ever be a migration to a new license like ASL 3 or a another change of the header policy, then RAT will likely play a very important part in the process. There's also an SPDX spec coming to

RE: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Gary Gregory
-Original Message- From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 07:00 To: gene...@incubator.apache.org; rat-dev@incubator.apache.org; d...@commons.apache.org Subject: Re: Future of RAT On 2010-08-10, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: However

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
On 8/10/2010 10:39 PM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Greg Steingst...@gmail.com wrote: It is *very* true that Infra, Legal, and (all?) ASF PMCs will be clients/users of the tool. But are they interested in its development? If it goes under infra (as some are

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-10 Thread Hyrum K. Wright
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Philip M. Gollucci pgollu...@p6m7g8.com wrote: On 8/10/2010 10:39 PM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Greg Steingst...@gmail.com  wrote: It is *very* true that Infra, Legal, and (all?) ASF PMCs will be clients/users of the tool. But