AW: future of icap-patch

>>> Baumgaertel Oliver wrote:
>>> I do understand that there were a couple of people in the past asking
>>> for exactly that and it was denied. I am currently in the position to
>>> have the freedom to start a new icap code project. But before I dive
>>> headfirst into it, I'd ask if it is at all possible to make it a part
>>> of the mainline once it reaches a certain maturity and if so, what do
>>> I have to do for it.

>> Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>> For it to get included it must be to the development version of Squid,
>> i.e. Squid-3.
>>
>> Squid-2.5 is in it's STABLE cycle where only bugfixes is accepted. No
>> new features is accepted except as required to address security issues.

> Joe Cooper wrote:
> Though there have been occasions where a new branch was started just to
> "keep up" with what a side project was doing. Sometimes those branches
> get merged into the next development release, either by someone else, or
> the same person that started the branch.
>
> But, Henrik is the boss of devel.squid-cache.org, so my opinion is moot.
> Just mentioning what has been known to happen in the past...

Well Henrik, that was my point exactly. The problem I have with that is
plain and simple. Squid 3 is in development since what, 3 years now? It'll
take at least another year to get it into a usable, complete release. Then
I'll have most likely to wait another half year until I can introduce it as
a test version on one server of the main farm. And then I'll get permission
to invest work into it to add the features we need or to fix issues we'll
encounter. Besides, last time I looked the documentation of 3 was just as
bad as the one 2 has.

However I put it, I am on the loosing end. I could start to write an icap
version for S3, but I have also to make that same code run in S2. Perhaps I
can give persuading my employer another shot to go with the current version
as is and letting me concentrate on S3 as I originally intended in the first
place. But given the current time frame I'd have a better chance to get the
clearance for a complete own proxy project.
Received on Tue May 03 2005 - 01:07:36 MDT