That would be dead then :) If it's not possible - I think we should retire the library asap with such a statement. Do not use - it's not able to do what it says on the tin.
Is there any more conversation we should have before determining that a) it's misleading and b) there shouldn't be a 1.3 or 2.0 release with the improved if not great functionality? Hen On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Oliver Zeigermann <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks! > > What Henri says is completely right. > > The project has been abandoned by me as I lost faith in one of its > goal - ACID properties (especially atomicity) on any file system. From > my (and others) point of view it can not be achieved by *any* > implementation. So if you are asking whether there is another > implementation that is more suitable, my answer is "there can't be > any". > > Certain parts of the 2.0 code are quite reasonable, though, especially > the locking and deadlock detection part. That's why I have not been > determined what to do with the project. Certainly 2.0 is better than > 1.x by any means, but I still think it should not be released as its > promises can not be kept. > > Any thoughts? > > - Oliver > > 2010/3/5 Henri Yandell <[email protected]>: >> The current version is 1.2 (released in 2007). >> >> 1.3-SNAPSHOT is then the subsequent version in development, but it >> looks as though it was quickly renamed to 2.0. >> >> 2.0 currently has 6 of 9 issues resolved, the most recent being >> reported and applied in Sept 2009, and 2 of the open issues were >> opened a month ago. >> >> So I wouldn't call it dead - there just hasn't been much to do. Your >> email does raise the question of whether 2.0 should be released or >> not. I've cc'd Oliver who has been doing most of the work. >> >> Hen >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:07 PM, John Ericksen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I came across the file transaction capabilities in commons-transaction today >>> which was exactly what I was looking for. To my disapointment, however, it >>> looks like there hasn't been an update to the project for over 2 years. The >>> home page says the current version is a SNAPSHOT and from my search of the >>> mailing list, it looks like 2.0 is upcoming (in 2007?). >>> >>> My question is, is the commons-transaction project abandoned, is there a >>> better library out there for transactional file system operations? >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. >>> >>> John >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
