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| HttpComponents Project Charter |
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| ~~ The Charter was approved by a PMC vote ending on 2008-02-09. |
| ~~ Changes to the Charter require PMC approval. |
| ~~ DO NOT EDIT the "Charter" section, not even to fix typos. |
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| {Charter} |
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| The Apache HttpComponents project is responsible for creating and |
| maintaining a toolset of low level Java components focused on HTTP |
| and associated protocols. |
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| We develop and maintain a component called <<HttpCore>>, which addresses |
| the basic needs for communicating via HTTP on the client and server side. |
| HttpCore defines a framework for extending the provided functionality |
| beyond the basic needs. |
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| We develop and maintain a component called <<HttpClient>>, which builds |
| on HttpCore and adds functionality typically required for client-side |
| HTTP communication. In particular, HttpClient adds support for cookies, |
| authentication, and client-side connection management. |
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| <<HttpCore>> and <<HttpClient>> are at the center of the |
| Apache HttpComponents project. All other activities orbit around this duo. |
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| We maintain the codebase of the Jakarta Commons HttpClient, also known as |
| Commons HttpClient 3.1, until such time that the new HttpClient based on |
| HttpCore is considered ready for use in production systems. |
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| We are looking for new components that build upon and extend the |
| functionality of the existing ones. |
| We are also looking for new components that complement the |
| functionality of the existing ones and make them more useful |
| or easier to use. |
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| We are open to give a home to applications that derive a significant part |
| of their functionality from our components, if approached by such projects. |
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| ~~ end of the "Charter" section that must not be edited without PMC approval |
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| {History} |
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| The history of the HttpComponents starts with the now retired |
| {{{http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/}Jakarta Slide}} project. |
| Slide was a WebDAV server including a client component, and the |
| WebDAV protocol builds on HTTP. There was interest in using the |
| client-side HTTP implementation independently of Slide. |
| The code was spun off from Slide in 2001 to become the HttpClient |
| subproject of the Jakarta Commons. |
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| Since it generated a disproportional amount of traffic on the |
| Commons mailing lists, HttpClient activity was moved to separate |
| mailing lists. This started the dissociation of HttpClient from |
| Commons, which continued when HttpClient was promoted to the |
| Jakarta subproject level in 2004. |
| The latter event is recorded as the oldest {{{./news.html}News}} item |
| of the HttpComponents project. |
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| The shortcomings in the design of HttpClient, as explained in the |
| {{{./commons-httpclient-lessons.html}Lessons Learned}}, |
| created interest in redesigning the API from scratch. To that end, the |
| Jakarta HttpComponents project replaced the HttpClient project in 2005. |
| The new project was charged with the tasks of developing a successor |
| to HttpClient 3.x, and of maintaining the existing codebase until the |
| new one is ready to take over. |
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| The {{{http://commons.apache.org/}Commons}}, cradle of HttpClient, |
| left Jakarta in 2007 to become an independent Top Level Project. |
| Later in the same year, the HttpComponents project also left Jakarta |
| to become an independent Top Level Project, taking the responsibility |
| for maintaining HttpClient 3.x with it. |
| Our TLP resolution is presented below. |
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| {Resolution} |
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| The Apache HttpComponents project was established |
| as an Apache top level project in November 2007, |
| when the Apache Board approved the following resolution: |
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| ~~ The following is a verbatim copy of the TLP resolution. |
| ~~ DO NOT EDIT, not even to fix typos |
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| Establish the Apache HttpComponents project |
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| WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and |
| consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with |
| the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to a toolset of low level Java |
| components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and of applications based on these components, |
| for distribution at no charge to the public. |
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| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as "Apache |
| HttpComponents Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be |
| it further |
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| RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and |
| maintenance of a toolset of low level Java components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and |
| of applications based on these components; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache HttpComponents" be and hereby is created, the |
| person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the |
| Apache HttpComponents Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects |
| within the scope of responsibility of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the |
| initial members of the Apache HttpComponents Project: |
| |
| * Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk AT apache DOT org> |
| * Sebastian Bazley <sebb AT apache DOT org> |
| * Erik Abele <erikabele AT apache DOT org> |
| * Ortwin Glück <oglueck AT apache DOT org> |
| * Roland Weber <rolandw AT apache DOT org> |
| * Ant Elder <antelder AT apache DOT org> |
| * Paul Fremantle <pzf AT apache DOT org> |
| * Asankha Perera <asankha AT apache DOT org> |
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| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Erik Abele be appointed to the office of Vice |
| President, Apache HttpComponents, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the |
| Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or |
| disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and |
| rationalization of the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and |
| maintenance of the codebase formerly known as Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient until it is |
| obsoleted by the components of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject and |
| the former Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient codebase encumbered upon the Apache Jakarta Project are |
| hereafter discharged. |
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