RE: Moving to sourceforge Was: Re: jde-import-kill-extra-imports not working

Hi,

I plan to move the JDEE to SourceForge as soon as possible. I had hoped
to do this earlier but have not been able to do so because of a host of
job- and family-related issues as well as the holidays.

Please be patient.

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carlos Konstanski [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 11:58 PM
> To: Len Trigg
> Cc: Carlos Konstanski; Paul Kinnucan; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Moving to sourceforge Was: Re:
jde-import-kill-extra-imports
> not working
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> OK, I get it, you want someone to move JDEE now.  I did express my
> willingness to do the dirty work of moving JDEE.  Paul Kinnucan
> responded (in this very thread) by saying that it would be best if he
> performed the task.  That's where we stand now.  We wait until Paul
> gets an opportunity to do the migration, and then we carry on with
> patch-applying and such in the new repository.  If Paul were to ask
> for someone else to do the work, Paul Landes and I would both be
> available.  Out of respect for Paul Kinnucan's great contribution, I
> think we should let him call the shots re: the migration of his code.
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> Carlos Konstanski
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> At Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:57:58 +1300,
> Len Trigg wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Carlos,
> >
> > You seemed ready, willing, and able to move JDEE to sourceforge.
Can
> > you just go ahead and do it please?  It seems that if we continue to
> > wait for Paul, we could be waiting indefinitely.  If Paul finds time
> > to help in the process that's OK, but we should not further delay
the
> > move.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Len.
> >
> >
> > At Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:47:15 -0500,
> > Paul Kinnucan wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Carlos,
> > >
> > > I think it would be best if I moved the JDEE myself to
Sourceforge. I
> > > will have this completed by next weekend.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Carlos Konstanski [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 5:06 PM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: jde-import-kill-extra-imports not working
> > > >
> > > > At Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:58:25 +0000,
> > > > Phillip Lord wrote:
> > > > > I would move to sourceforge or gna.org. This is
straightforward
> > > enough.
> > > > Then
> > > > > pull the current cvs into a svn as quite a lot more people are
> using
> > > > this
> > > > > nowadays (it's not essential though).
> > > > >
> > > > > The jobs that need doing are:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) checking patches for people without svn/cvs access.
> > > > > 2) adding people to svn/cvs where appropriate
> > > > > 3) organising a release schedule. In practice, this means
doing a
> > > new
> > > > release
> > > > >    when ever enough patches have come in.
> > > > > 4) Updating the website with new tarballs, new zips.
> > > > >
> > > > > As an added extra:
> > > > >
> > > > > 5) add a top level makefile to build packages for the various
> > > linuxes --
> > > > rpm,
> > > > >    gentoo and the like. Or add autoconf support which should
bring
> > > the
> > > > former
> > > > >    nearly for free I think. I'm not a real package expert.
> > > > >
> > > > > Once the release mechanism is fixed, then use can be made of
> > > existing
> > > > > patches. This would at least keep JDE ticking over.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm afraid I am not volunteering here; I rarely code Java
these
> > > days, so
> > > > I can
> > > > > live without. But it would be nice to have the option to use
Emacs
> > > for
> > > > those
> > > > > occasions that I do.
> > > > >
> > > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > > OK, the weekend is here and I am ready to do this thing.  First
of
> > > > all, do we have buyoff from the author/current maintainer to
move
> JDEE
> > > > to sourceforge?  I hereby officially ask the individual(s) in
charge
> > > > if it's all right for me to set up a JDEE sourceforge project
and
> move
> > > > the CVS repository there, in accordance with the promises I made
> > > > earlier in this thread.