Proposal for Combo Package

(0) Rationale

Jakarta Commons is a mess of jars. The Combo project builds and releases multiple Commons projects as a single distribution.

(1) Scope of the Package

Initially Combo will limit itself only to the released Commons projects. There will be different Combo releases consisting of different Commons projects, mainly driven by the external dependencies.

(1.5) Interaction With Other Packages

Combo releases will state their dependencies as a part of the definition of the sub-project.

No external configuration files are utilized.

(2) Initial Source of the Package

The initial source is a series of Ant scripts in the Combo CVS module.

(3) Required Jakarta-Commons Resources

• CVS Repository - New directory combo in the jakarta-commons CVS repository.
• Mailing List - Discussions will take place on the general commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org mailing list. To help list subscribers identify messages of interest, it is suggested that the message subject of messages about this component be prefixed with [combo].
• Bugzilla - New component "Combo" under the "Commons" product category, with appropriate version identifiers as needed.
• Jyve FAQ - New category "commons-combo" (when available).

(4) Initial Committers

The initial committers on the Combo component shall be as follows:

• Craig R. McClanahan (craigmcc)
• Henri Yandell (bayard)