[dna-dev] Response requested: When can we move some Maven projects around?

[Randall Hauch]

DNA 0.1 introduced the concept of a sequencer, and we created a  
"sequencers" folder (under trunk) where we've been putting the  
projects that provide sequencer implementations.  With DNA 0.2, we've  
also introduced the concept of a connector and - not surprisingly -  
placed all of the connector implementations in projects under a  
"connectors" folder (under trunk).  Recently we introduced a third  
kind of extension point: the MIME type detector.  We currently have  
only one implementation, but there certainly is the possibility that  
we'll have more.  And really, the "dna-maven-classloader" is another  
type of extension.

But three different types of "extensions" doth make a pattern, and I  
wouldn't be surprised if we have more.  Rather than have different  
folders under trunk for these different types of extensions, I'd like  
to make a single "extensions" folder (under trunk) and move all  
sequencer, connector, MIME type detector, and Maven class loader  
projects into that one folder.  The project naming convention helps  
keep things clearly identified, all of these extensions really are  
optional (easier to describe in the documentation), we'll simplify the  
directory organization, and it will make it easier if any extension  
project wants to provide more than one type of extension (say, a  
detector AND a sequencer).

I'd like to schedule this to have a minimal impact on our development  
environments, so please let me know whether tomorrow is a good time to  
do this.  If not, please let me know a time that might work better for  
you.  Feel free to reply to this email or comment directly on https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/DNA-191 
.

Best regards,

Randall