[Fwd: gnet [LSARC/2008/654 FastTrack timeout 10/30/2008]]

[David.Fan at sun.com]

Hi,

The Gnet LSARC case reached timeout last Thursday (10/30).   Can I 
assume it is approved?

Thanks,
dfan



On 10/23/08 14:02, John Fischer wrote:
> All,
>
> I am sponsoring this case for David Fan.  As you may recall sponsorship
> of this case was requested last week.  Since that time David and myself
> have refined the proposal below which is archived in the case directory.
> I have set the timer for Thursday, October 30th, 2008.
>
> This case proposes to integrate GNet into a Minor release of Solaris.
> Gnet is a simply network library that abstracts various Internet-isms
> like TCP, UPD, URIs.  The project will be following the community and
> as such has declared the interfaces Volatile.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: gnet [LSARC/2008/654 FastTrack timeout 10/30/2008]
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:47:43 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Fischer <johnf at sac.sfbay.sun.com>
> To: LSARC at sac.sfbay.sun.com
> CC: David.Fan at Sun.COM, Steven.Le at Sun.COM
>
>
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
>     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>      gnet
>     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>      Author:  David Fan
>     1.3  Date of This Document:
>     23 October, 2008
> 4. Technical Description
> 1. Background
>
> GNet[1] is a simple network library under GPL.  It is written in
> C, object-oriented, and built upon GLib.  It supports abstract
> Internet addresses, TCP, UDP, IP Multicast, IPv6, asynchronous
> DNS lookups, SHA, MD5, Base64, URIs, and SOCKS.This project
> intends to integrate  GNet 2.0.8 into the JDS consolidation
> and will be installed as SUNWgnet.
>
>
>  1.1  Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>
>       Author:  david.fan at sun.com
>       Author:  steven.le at sun.com
>       Sponsor: John Fischer
>
>  1.2  Date of This Document:
>
>       10/14/08
>
> 2. Architecture
>
> GNet requires GTK GLib 2.0/2.2.   It was designed so that most
> of the implementation is hidden from the developers.  Developers
> should not have to include any network header files other than gnet.h.
>
> Gnet features:
>  * TCP "client" and "server" sockets
>  * UDP and IP Multicast sockets
>  * High-level TCP connection and server objects
>  * Asynchronous socket IO
>  * Internet address abstraction
>  * Asynchronous DNS lookup
>  * IPv4 and IPv6 support
>  * Byte packing and unpacking
>  * URI parsing
>  * SHA and MD5 hashes
>  * Base64 encoding and decoding
>  * SOCKS support
>  * High-level HTTP connection object
>
>
> 3. Dependencies
>
>    glib 2.10.1    LSARC/2006/202
>
>
> 4. Interfaces
>
>     Interface Name            Classification       Comments
>     --------------------------- -------------------    -----------------
>    SUNWgnet                               Volatile       Package name
>    /usr/lib/libgnet-2.0.so.0.8.0          Volatile       version 2.0.8
>    /usr/lib/libgnet-2.0.so                Volatile       symlink
>    /usr/lib/libgnet-2.0.so.0              Volatile       symlink
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0                  Volatile       directory
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/gnet.h           Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/base64.h         Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/conn-http.h      Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/conn.h           Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/inetaddr.h       Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/iochannel.h      Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/ipv6.h           Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/mcast.h          Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/md5.h            Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/pack.h           Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/server.h         Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/sha.h            Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/socks.h          Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/tcp.h            Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/udp.h            Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/tcp.h            Volatile       header file
>    /usr/include/gnet-2.0/uri.h            Volatile       header file
>
>
>    Imported Interfaces
>    -------------------
>    /usr/lib/glib-2.0                      Uncommitted    LSARC/2006/202
>
>
> 5. Man pages
>
>    /usr/share/man/gnet.3
>
> 6. References
>
> [1]  Gnet homepage:  http://www.gnetlibrary.org
>
>
>
>
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
>     6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>        6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>         SFW
>     6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>     6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>