LSD::RELOAD -- Leo Simons' old weblogLeo Simons' old weblog. The new one is at www.leosimons.com. Mostly about java / open source / apache.Hey you! Python expert! Apache Gump need some constructive criticism- May 30, 2005 If you're a python guru (realistically, someone's who has built more than one medium-to-large sized application in python will be able to teach us a lot :-)), and you're reading this, you're likely the person we need right now to make Apache Gump a whole lot better. If you've got an hour or two to spare and would like to help Apache's continuous integration effort, do the following: checkout https:svn.apache.orgreposasfgumpbranchesGump3 with svn. Take a look at the contents of...http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/hey_you_python_expert_apache The Web Is Broken- May 25, 2005 So I've been reading up a little on the whole google web accelerator (GWA) debacle (ie this). It's amazing exactly how many developers out there are unaware of how "broken" the web is in many ways. The web is a total mess, deal with it! For example, someone commented about how the GWA might cause people that run phpMyAdmin to erase all their mysql data. Where GWA doesn't, in fact, work for HTTPS environments. Meaning this is about a php-based admin tool for mysql databases accessed over plain..http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/the_web_is_broken Miguel gets it all wrong- May 9, 2005 He writes: (...) The challenge that the Harmony project faces now is significant. They need to convince enough of the existing open source Java developers that they should abandon the current GNU classpath effort and either relicense their code to be Apache-license compatible, or that they should rewrite their code to assist this new effort on the grounds that the Apache License is better. This last point does not seem to be very well articulated in the FAQ which merely dances around the...http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/miguel_gets_it_all_wrong New Excalibur PMC Chair- May 9, 2005 From: Leo Simons To: Excalibur Developer Mailing List Subject: New PMC Chair Hi everybody, At the April 27, 2005 ASF board meeting, a change in Excalibur PMC chairVP was executed. I'm stepping down from that role, J. Aaron Farr will be stepping up to it. Aaron, have fun! Regards, Leo Simons I filled the role for about year. It was as uneventful as it should've been. Aaron was previously chair of Avalon. I trust he'll have a lot less on his hands at Excalibur :-)http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/new_excalibur_pmc_chair Apache Harmony: Open Source J2SE- May 8, 2005 Proposal; FAQ; Coverage: Geir, Sam, Aaron, Ted; Feedster. I'm very happy we didn't do a press release. The amount of e-mail so far seems quite reasonable. Who knows, maybe we'll get to work within a reasonable amount of time. Update 24h later: Mark, Dalibor, Weiqi, Simon, Graham and others comment, with of course Slashdot and TheServerSide coverage. I'm very surprised but happy with the general lack of mudslinging andor trolling so far. Most interesting was Dalibor's painting of the ASF...http://www.jroller.com/lsd/entry/apache_harmony_open_source_j2se |