Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:04:28 +0000
To: yyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Martin Kirk <yyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Status of the SNIA_CIMOM

I'm not proposing removing the source, just making it very clear that it is 
effectively deprecated!

If required I could start a new bugzilla database for the browser.

Regards,

Martin

At 13/01/2005 18:58, you wrote:
>Martin Kirk wrote:
>>Hi Folks,
>>It is becoming increasingly clear that the open source version of the 
>>SNIA CIMON in the CVS repository is so far out of step with the "real 
>>world" that it has little practical use. It might be a starting point for 
>>a new developer, but even that seems unlikely.
>>Some time ago I amended the home page to indicate that the project was 
>>essentially dormant. I am now proposing to amend that further. I would 
>>like to change it to indicate that the code is now considered obsolete 
>>and is the CVS repository remains available solely for historical 
>>reasons. At the same tine I would close down the bugzilla database.
>>I would like to canvas opinions within the community. Is this the right 
>>thing to do? Is there any follow-on open source project that we could put 
>>in its place, or should we be pointing people to the Java WBEM Services 
>>project?
>
>I don't care about the SNIA CIMOM, but I do use the browser. Would this 
>change apply to the browser as well?
>
>Yes, I know WBEMServices has a functionally equivalent browser (better in 
>many respects), but it's quite finicky about which version of Java you 
>have to use to run it, so I frequently end up just using the SNIA browser.
>
>--
>Dan Nuffer
>Vintela, Inc. http://vintela.com/
>


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