Re: BeanShell alternatives (was Re: Status ofprojectand adding 1.5 generics)

He maintains that he's not the maintainer of beanshell2.  He's written
that he doesn't want to be the maintainer and prefers a more extreme
kind of lassie fair to the project.


Toomas R=F6mer writes:
 > Hi
 > =

 > From the thread we can see that we do have one active maintainer,
 > fschmidt of bsh2. Maybe we could agree on general guidelines for new
 > features, work out a roadmap, think about release engineering to
 > provide the necessary QA and hop onto the BSH2 boat?
 > =

 > Toomas
 > =

 > =

 > =

 > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 3:01 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
 > > You echo what everyone (most?) have been saying: there is a need for a
 > > maintainer that has the time, experience and interest in releasing
 > > stable builds.  I have yet, though, to see anyone stepping up to the
 > > plate.
 > >
 > >
 > > Toomas R=F6mer writes:
 > >  > Hi
 > >  >
 > >  > I'm very glad that such a discussion is taking place. The company I
 > >  > work for also uses BSH in its products for scripting support and we=
're
 > >  > not very happy that we cannot commit patches nor get patches for
 > >  > current bugs.
 > >  >
 > >  > >From the thread I can say that the fschmidt bsh2 fork is a bit too
 > >  > scary for us. The approach of everybody getting their stuff in is t=
oo
 > >  > experimental. We're looking for more of a maintenance mode with
 > >  > bugfixes and only features that would have Java compatibility in mi=
nd.
 > >  > We're also interested in compiling for Java 1.4 as long as possible=
. I
 > >  > guess our wishes are the closest to David's ones.
 > >  >
 > >  > So if there would be a stability branch we could definitely support=
 it
 > >  > with bug fixes, testing, code-reviews etc.
 > >  >
 > >  > Toomas
 > >  >
 > >  > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 6:42 PM, David A. Lee <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
 > >  > >> I've been monitoring this list for a long time, and the lack of
 > >  > >> traffic is pretty damning. It seems like it will take a lot of w=
ork
 > >  > >> and evangelizing to get sufficient interest to keep BeanShell go=
ing
 > >  > >> for the long run.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > I for one would volunteer some time maintaining a branch who's pr=
imary goal
 > >  > > was stability,
 > >  > > key bug fixes, limiting arbitrary changes, and fully QA testing a=
nd who had
 > >  > > some kind of shared vision along that goal.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Branches who's intent is adding lots of features and open to anyo=
ne
 > >  > > submitting code are intresting in thieir own way, but not the bra=
nch I'd be
 > >  > > willing to invest much effort in besides passivly watching and se=
eing where
 > >  > > it goes.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > But yes ... this has come up before and hasnt gone anwhere yet.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > My "New Years Wish" is that Pat would officially write and say he=
's done
 > >  > > with BeanShell.   He's done a fantastic job, and given the "commu=
nity" a
 > >  > > great present.  But as long as he doesnt officially come out and =
say he's
 > >  > > done,
 > >  > > I really doubt there'll be enough initiative for anyone or group =
to take it
 > >  > > over.  Even better if he would "officially" apoint a group to tak=
e it over.
 > >  > > I'm sure we'd find enough volunteers that to take on that task if=
 it was
 > >  > > sactioned.
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > > -David
 > >  > >
 > >  > > -----------------------------------------------------------
 > >  > > David A. Lee
 > >  > > [email protected]
 > >  > > http://www.calldei.com
 > >  > >
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