Hi there, I talked with Victor about how to merge his job with Xalan's code base, it seems that Vict's project add XSLT 2.0 support for Xalan by merging PsychoPath, not build a brand new version of Xalan base on its code base. So i think it is a little strange to release his project as a new Xalan version. We are tend to release his project as a *independent* project which supplies XSLT 2.0 features (We are not very clear how to describe its relationship with Xalan).
If we want to develop a new Xalan release version, i think we should reboot Xalan PMC first and then release a official development plan. Victor's GSoC project help with improving Xalan community's activity, but he is a student and only have 3 months to work on it, it is obvious impossible for him to finish a *fantastic* XSLT 2.0 version Xalan, but anyway, for this community, this is a commendable trial project, once he finished his project, we can review his source code and decide the next step (merge with Xalan's current code base or something). GSoC schedule things, yes, according to GSoC schedule, student will submit their final result in the middle of August. 2011/6/27 Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> > Hi Victor, > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Victor Wang > <wangqi.aguai.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >... Yeah, I am working for merging PsychoPath with Xalan to get XSLT 2.0 > > features, but I have just started this job for more than one month and > have > > not finished a steady version yet, so i do not think it is a good idea to > > merge my *experiment* code with Xalan code base currently... > > Of course, but if you have some code (and I assume you do, after a > month's work) it's much better to expose it early so that others can > comment on, in the spirit of "release early, release often". > > That's more of a topic for your mentor to handle, of course - I don't > want to step on Xun Long Gui's toes here, but from my point of view of > helping the Xalan community move forward I'd very much like this code, > and its evolution, to be made visible to the Xalan community as you go > along. It doesn't matter right now if the code is hosted elsewhere, as > long as it lands in the Xalan project in the end and as long as the > Xalan community can see it evolve as you work on it. > > > ...In GSoC schedule, > > we will finish this job in August. Then, we can consider how to deal my > job > > and Xalan code base.... > > I think that's too late, but that might be just me. Let's hear your > mentor's opinion! > > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: xalan-dev-unsubscr...@xml.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: xalan-dev-h...@xml.apache.org > > -- Best Regards Gui Xun Long (桂训龙)
