>From: "Bernhard Slominski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Gary, thanks for the answer. > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Gary VanMatre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Februar 2008 16:08 > > An: dev@shale.apache.org > > Betreff: Re: Shale Status > > > > > > Say, weren't you working on a Shale in Action book at one > > time. Maybe I've confused the name. > > > > I was working on this that's right and I already finished 5 chapters, problem > is > that some co-authors didn't finish their stuff, also right now the future od > Shale itsself is really unsure, so at the minute I don't see a chance that > someone will publish the book. > Even though I think I should do something with the 5 chapters, maybe I > release > it as a blog or I pass it to the community, I guess there will be some > interest. >
Shale might be a good home for that information :-). Or, at least a wiki link to wherever it rests. > > The vision of Shale was to provide feature addons to JSF. We will be seeing > forms of these features added to the next versions of the JSF spec so as time > > > passes they will be less desirable. However, I have to believe there are > fresh > ideas out there looking for a home. > > > I don't think I can answer you question about when the next shale release > > will > be. I think it depends on when we can coordinate the efforts. > > I think we are still suffering from the "loss" of Craig, but in gerneral I > guess > Shale should not disappear, it is useful and people want and need the stuff > which is in Shale, question is really is the developper and user community > strong enough to keep Shale alive? > I see what feedback I can get from the presentation. > There is not doubt that Craig's inactivity has been a factor. I don't think that I'm going out on a limb by saying that 85 percent of Shale was Craig's craftsmanship and I have great respect for him and his work. He has invested allot into Shale. He obviously must have much bigger fish to fry for the time and my bet is that whatever has his time will have a driving influence on technology. > Bernhard > Gary
