Have a great day! lia

On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 1:01 PM Alex O'Ree <alexo...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hmm if it's no longer needed, maybe consider a vote to move it to the attic
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 7:27 AM Rony G. Flatscher (Apache) <r...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On 01.02.2023 09:49, sebb wrote:
> > > On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 at 00:22, Alex O'Ree <alexo...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >> No problem. There was some activity on github.
> > > Please note: That does not mean the component is being developed.
> > > Dependabot runs on most components, and that generates traffic.
> > > Also there may need to be changes to asf.yaml which affect all
> > > components on github.
> > > Etc. This is no indication that the component is being actively
> > > maintained, as such changes need very little (if any) knowledge of the
> > > component.
> >
> > Well, I have been interesting in keeping BSF up and going.
> >
> > >> I ran the owasp dependency
> > >> check thing against it and found a few issues, attempted to update
> some
> > of
> > >> the dependencies (jython) and hit a bit of a snag. I'm not entirely
> sure
> > >> where to go from here. I'm not sure if anyone else has attempted this
> or
> > >> not.
> > > Note that the component has a separate 3.x version, which is based on
> > > JSR-223 - see https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bsf/
> > >
> > > I’m not entirely sure that either are still needed.
> >
> > BSF 3.0, the open-source implementation JSR-223 (package javax.script)
> may
> > not be needed anymore
> > with OpenJDK containing it.
> >
> > >> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 6:34 PM Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> This is an open source project, so support is as best as us
> volunteers
> > see
> > >>> fit or have itches to scratch ;-)
> > >>>
> > >>> In this case the lack of activity might show that the original
> authors
> > >>> could have abandoned the component. Let's see how else pipes in.
> > At least one project (BSF4ooRexx, e.g. <
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/beta/>)
> > has been actively using it.
> > >>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 17:21 Alex O'Ree <alexo...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Is the bsf library still supported? Looks like the website hasn't
> been
> > >>>> published since 2011.
> >
> > This is mostly a question of free time on one's hands. E.g. for the
> > BSF4ooRexx project I have a few
> > little changes applied to BSF which I have always been meaning to
> > incorporate.
> >
> > Alex, your initiative w.r.t. jython and the website are highly welcome!
> >
> > ---rony
> >
> > P.S.: Will try to assess the differences between the official BSF and the
> > one in BSF4ooRexx in the
> > next weeks (time permitting) and then adding the few enhancements with
> > JIRA tickets for tracking.
> > One thing that will take me some time is re-orienting myself to
> > <https://github.com/apache/commons-bsf> and learn about becoming able to
> > commit there (not sure
> > where I would have to register/report my github id such that it can be
> > associated with my ASF id).
> >
> >
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