Re: Making a new release

Jason Hunter <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:28:01 -0700
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Hi Michael! Great to hear from you. :)

Rolf's LinkedIn says he worked at IBM in Canada.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolflear/?originalSubdomain=3Dca =
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolflear/?originalSubdomain=3Dca>

Maybe someone out there at IBM can figure something out?

-jh-

> On Mar 16, 2021, at 1:19 AM, Michael Kay <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Well, I'm still here. And I hope Rolf is; yes, it's difficult when you =
get no response to messages - it's like when someone who sends you a =
Christmas card every year stops sending them, you wonder what's =
happened. Memo to self, don't do that to other people!
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> Picking up a piece of software or a piece of process that you haven't =
touched for years is always difficult; there's a high cost in "opening =
the box" compared with the cost of making the small change you want to =
make. Can't offer to help, I'm afraid. We aren't active JDOM users, we =
just make sure the integration keeps working.
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> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
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>> On 16 Mar 2021, at 07:54, Jason Hunter <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> It's sure been quiet around here. How many of you are out there? How =
many "address not found" responses am I about to get? :)
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>> One reason it's been quiet is Rolf Lear hasn't been communicating =
since Dec 2015. I'm not sure what happened to him. That's the downside =
of purely electronic open source collaboration. Is he OK? I hope so. I =
don't know how to find out.
>>=20
>> We're at a point where there's a need to make a new JDOM release to =
fix a small but important issue. I have the fix but I don't have time =
the next six weeks to figure out Rolf's system. I don't even have time =
to figure out the level of effort. Maybe it's easy, but I'm swamped with =
other tasks.
>>=20
>> Does any of the old crew want to help get a new release out the door? =
We'll have to figure out what Rolf was doing.
>>=20
>> Thanks,
>> -jh-
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Hi =
Michael! Great to hear from you. :)<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Rolf's LinkedIn says he worked at IBM =
in Canada.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolflear/?originalSubdomain=3Dca" =
class=3D"">https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolflear/?originalSubdomain=3Dca</a=
></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Maybe =
someone out there at IBM can figure something out?</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">-jh-<br =
class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Mar 16, 2021, at 1:19 AM, Michael Kay &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">Well, I'm still here. And I hope Rolf is; yes, it's difficult =
when you get no response to messages - it's like when someone who sends =
you a Christmas card every year stops sending them, you wonder what's =
happened. Memo to self, don't do that to other people!<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Picking up a piece of software or a piece of process that you =
haven't touched for years is always difficult; there's a high cost in =
"opening the box" compared with the cost of making the small change you =
want to make. Can't offer to help, I'm afraid. We aren't active JDOM =
users, we just make sure the integration keeps working.<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Michael Kay<br class=3D"">Saxonica<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On 16 Mar 2021, at =
07:54, Jason Hunter &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">It's sure been quiet around here. How many of you are out =
there? How many "address not found" responses am I about to get? :)<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">One reason it's been quiet is Rolf Lear hasn't =
been communicating since Dec 2015. I'm not sure what happened to him. =
That's the downside of purely electronic open source collaboration. Is =
he OK? I hope so. I don't know how to find out.<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">We're at a point where there's a need to make a new JDOM =
release to fix a small but important issue. I have the fix but I don't =
have time the next six weeks to figure out Rolf's system. I don't even =
have time to figure out the level of effort. Maybe it's easy, but I'm =
swamped with other tasks.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Does any of the =
old crew want to help get a new release out the door? We'll have to =
figure out what Rolf was doing.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Thanks,<br =
class=3D"">-jh-<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">_______________________________________________<br =
class=3D"">To control your jdom-interest membership:<br class=3D""><a =
href=3D"http://www.jdom.org/mailman/options/jdom-interest/youraddr@yourhos=
t.com" =
class=3D"">http://www.jdom.org/mailman/options/jdom-interest/youraddr@your=
host.com</a><br class=3D""></blockquote><br =
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