Watch our YouTube videos about Innovation. On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 12:27 PM 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). > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@commons.apache.org > >
