Ryan, Raj, Bindul
Many thanks for your interest in helping with HttpClient 3.1
development
Getting involved is absolutely simple. To a start take a
look at the
development road map below:
http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta
-httpclient/HttpComponentsProjectRoadmap?action=show
There is a link with a Bugzilla query to show open issues
targeted for
the release 3.1. Some of the bugs lined up for 3.1 release
are fairly
trivial. Some of them even have patches attached. Go through
the list,
pick up an issue you find simple and interesting enough to
keep you
motivated and run with it. To goal should be to not only fix
the bug or
implement a new feature but also to preserve the API
compatibility with
3.0. So, it is important to ensure that all existing test
cases pass.
You should also try to provide additional test coverage for
new code
whenever possible. Lots of test cases in a patch will make
us, the
actual committers, feel warm and fuzzy. Once you think the
fix is ready
to be reviewed, attach a patch to the bug report and I will
take it from
there.
The most difficult and important part of the 3.1 release is
undoubtedly
the RFC 2965 (Cookie2) support. Samit did a good job on it,
but was
unable to complete it fully. The RFC 2965 cookie spec still
lacks some
polish and testing. If any of you were interested to do some
work there,
it would be really awesome. This said, I would strongly
recommend to go
for some low hanging fruits first, get a feel of what
hacking for a
Jakarta project is like, and then take on something more
challenging.
Oleg
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 12:38 -0700, Bindul Bhowmik wrote:
> Hello Oleg,
>
> On 3/29/06, Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk apache.org> wrote:
> > HttpClient community,
> >
> > Maintaining Commons HttpClient 3.x and working on
HttpComponents is
> > getting a little too burdensome for me. At some
point this year I plan
> > to stop actively hacking on HttpClient 3.x code. I
would not even bother
> > to develop HttpClient any further, did not we owe
a release with Cookie2
> > support to Google for having sponsored the
'Summer of Code' program.
> >
> > Bottom line, I am very unlikely to continue
working on HttpClient 3.x
> > beyond the 3.1 release.
> >
> > If any of you is interested in *gradually* taking
over the maintenance
> > of HttpClient 3.x code and by doing so freeing up
the actual committers
> > to fully concentrate on HttpComponents (aka
HttpClient 4.0) you are very
> > welcome to step forth. The 3.1 development would a
perfect opportunity
> > to work yourselves into the project and the code
base.
>
> I have been a 'happy user' of HttpClient for a long
time and have been
> lurking on the list for over a year now.
>
> I would be glad to spend some free time.
>
> - Bindul
> >
> > Oleg
> >
> >
> >
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-Ryan
Oleg Kalnichevski wrote:
>HttpClient community,
>
>Maintaining Commons HttpClient 3.x and working on
HttpComponents is
>getting a little too burdensome for me. At some point
this year I plan
>to stop actively hacking on HttpClient 3.x code. I would
not even bother
>to develop HttpClient any further, did not we owe a
release with Cookie2
>support to Google for having sponsored the 'Summer of
Code' program.
>
>Bottom line, I am very unlikely to continue working on
HttpClient 3.x
>beyond the 3.1 release.
>
>If any of you is interested in *gradually* taking over
the maintenance
>of HttpClient 3.x code and by doing so freeing up the
actual committers
>to fully concentrate on HttpComponents (aka HttpClient
4.0) you are very
>welcome to step forth. The 3.1 development would a
perfect opportunity
>to work yourselves into the project and the code base.
>
>Oleg
>
>
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