[Springframework-developer] Spring sub-projects

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Everybody,
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As recently discussed in private mails, I suggest to keep sub-projects =
that are close to the Spring core as separate modules in Spring's main =
CVS. The first two candidates are:
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- Keith Donald's Spring Rich Client Platform
- Torsten Juergeleit's Spring Eclipse Plugin
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Both Keith and Torsten are in favor of hosting them in our main CVS. So =
if noone objects, I will create new CVS modules "spring-rcp" and =
"spring-eclipse", and accordingly give Keith and Torsten commit rights =
for the main CVS. As the module names cannot be changed easily, feel =
free to suggest different names!
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The rationale is to keep all projects that use "org.springframework" as =
package name in Spring's main CVS. Separate modules make sense to let =
the sub-projects evolve independently; this way, they do not have to be =
released in direct accordance with the Spring core. Of course, generic =
classes that emerge can still go into the core.
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Consequently, both sub-projects should also get respective sections on =
our main website. We should definitely clarify all this before 1.0 final =
(March 1st), as I expect quite a lot of media coverage at that time - we =
shouldn't miss that chance!
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Juergen
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