Hi Alex,
I'm doing nightly builds and source packages at:
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/nightly-3.3
Regarding the PMC meeting - it seems all depends on the support and votes
that a 3.3 release proposal can get.
The main concern ( or at least my understanding of it ) was that 3.3
doesn't have enough support, and I'm ... well, you can read Jon's and
Pier's postings so far to get a feeling what kind of person I am.
I'll be posting a release plan this evening, that will be voted - and 3.3
will happen if enough people are willing to vote it _and_ help make it
happen.
I'm still working on the plan, but there are 2 big problems to be
resolved:
1. Bug fixes. Tomcat 3.3 will be released _only_ if it'll have all the
known bugs fixed, and at least 3 commiters are willing to help fix further
bugs.
2. Code review and documentation. I'm not going to propose a release
unless and until there is a reasonable amount of documentation (
architecture and comments ) and enough eyeballs read the code and send
their comments.
Since this will going to be the last version of 3.x( only major bug fixes
after - any further development can happen only in revolutions or in
another place ) it'll have to basically finish the job and achieve the
goals of tomcat 3.
I can't stress enough how critical it'll be to get your help. Either bugs
or comments on the code or architecture.
I'll try to get some time off and I'll spend all my free time in the next
months to make it happen - but regardless of what I do, tomcat 3.3 will
not happen if you don't help. It doesn't matter how small the bug is -
what's important is that _you_ help fixing it.
Please don't get involved into any flame - and please ignore Jon and Pier
- just don't answer to any provocations. For my health I'm going to
filter them out, since I'm not that good at ignoring.
Costin
P.S. the other conclusion of the PMC ( as I understand it ) was that I'm a
bad person that can't be trusted, and all work for 3.2 was done by Craig
alone ( my apologies to Larry, Henri and Nacho ).
P.P.S. My sincere apologies to Roy and Brian and Hans and Sam and James -
I said bad things about the PMC ( that I don't trust it and it's one-sided
), listening you make me believe there is hope.
> Hi all!
>
> I've seen a lot of discussion here on Tomcat 3.3 vs 4.0. Without some
> knowledge about the inside workings of each version, it's very hard to
> follow it -- I mean, find out the actual issues behind the "politics" --
> or the politics behind the actual issues.
>
> The article linked by cmanolache, 'Internal Tomcat', is very good IMHO.
> But then it's all words; there's nothing like studying the way it's
> implemented.
>
> So I was trying to at least take a look at the code and the way it's
> organized. But the link to the 3.x nightly builds is broken, so no code
> for 3.3. Do I need CVS to get it? (Don't get used to those weird
> commands.)
>
> And, by the way, has PMC made any important decision about Tomcat 3.3?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Alex.
>
>
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