Re: Donation of JAXP 1.3 Sources to Apache

Neeraj Bajaj wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I was wondering when can we start merging the JAXP 1.3 sources ? Merging 
> the code in branch/review/testing/committing to main trunk
> would take time so at least from my side i would like to see this work 
> started as early as possible say from tomorrow.  What is the general 
> procedure ? Is there any formality that needs to be completed first ? 
> What is the opinion of
> (Xml-commons/Xerces/Xalan) committers ?

I'm assuming that this is something that XML-Commons/Xerces/Xalan wish 
to do?

I've CCd general@incubator as well, as I'd like Noel's opinion, but my 
feeling is that *if* the Xerces/Xalan and/or XML-Commons community want 
this code to be imported (and it sounds like they do - but I'd like to 
see that formalised), then the community side is already there.

If that's the case, then I don't think we need to go through the full 
incubation process (Noel - thoughts appreciated!) - we only need a code 
grant from Sun (we can't take something into our repository until we are 
sure we have appropriate legal rights to do so) + someone needs to fill 
out the incubation docs to show that everything is AOK.  I'm happy to 
help out with the latter part.

Code grant details can be found at :

http://www.apache.org/licenses/#grants

> 
> As the sources would be put in a branch so it won't affect normal 
> development but it would be good if we can restrict
> large chunk of changes to the main trunk and fix only critical changes. 
> It would help merging the changes back to main
> trunk. What do others think ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Neeraj
> 
> 
> Neeraj Bajaj wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Ramesh Mandava wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Both Elliotte's and Clay's questions below are important.  If someone
>>>> familiar with the code could comment on:  For either the main trunk, or
>>>> a temporary working branch for integration:
>>>>
>>>> -- What JVM's will this code compile on?  Version/Vendors?
>>>>
>>>   J2SE 1.4.x,  J2SE 5.0 . We tried this on Sun JDKs but the same 
>>> sources should run on  other JVMs as well.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- What JVM's will this code run on?  Version/Vendors?
>>>>
>>>
>>> J2SE 1.3.x, J2SE 1.4.x,  J2SE 5.0. Again we qualified the sources on 
>>> Sun JVM. But as there is no Sun JVM specific codem these  sources 
>>> should work on other JVMs without modification ( we have to try it 
>>> out though  :-) ). 
>>
>>
>>
>> Right. This hasn't been tried but i don't see any reason why it 
>> shouldn't work on any other JVM as there isn't any Sun JVM specific code.
>>
>> In other mail i have suggested that active Xerces/Xalan committers can 
>> try this before committin on main truck as the plan is to put the code
>> on branch first. I proposed JAXP 1.3 APIs to be committed on 
>> xml-commons main trunk but i am totally fine with creating a branch 
>> first to test
>> the compatibility with other JVM.
>>
>> Neeraj
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We need to *clearly* document which versions this stuff works on, and
>>>> should conditionally compile or something if it won't compile on at
>>>> least 1.3
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Right now we face compilation problems in couple of file with J2SE 
>>> 1.3, but these should be worked around though. We can atleast have a 
>>> switch to achieve the requirement  of compiling on J2SE 1.3.
>>>
>>>> (since we still have a lot of older JDK version users here).
>>>>
>>>> My knee-jerk reaction is also to hope that it will compile & run on
>>>> both recent Sun and IBM JVMs at least before we put this on the main
>>>> trunk: we should really try to be JVM-vendor agnostic.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> -Ramesh
>>>
>>>> (anyone still
>>>> working on kaffe?  8-)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- Clay Leeds <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 12, 2004, at 5:12 AM, Elliotte Harold wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>>> Are these APIs and implementation thereof independent of Java 1.5? 
>>>>>>     i.e. can they be compiled and used in a Java 1.2/1.3/1.4
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> environment?  
>>>>>
>>>>>> If not, could they be backported to work in such environments?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Elliotte Rusty Harold  [email protected]
>>>>>> XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published!
>>>>>> http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/
>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ 
>>>>>> ref%3Dnosim
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Forgive me if this is covered under Mr. Harold's question, but:
>>>>>
>>>>> Would this also be portable to IBM Java 1.30 (and any other 
>>>>> non-Sun  implementation of Java...)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Web Maestro Clay
>>>>>
>>>>> p.s.  I'm not trying to look a gift-horse in the mouth--Thank you
>>>>> Sun!  Love your logo!
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Clay Leeds - <[email protected]>
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>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> =====
>>>> - Shane
>>>>
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