Does the requested feature exist in JSTL? If so, don't duplicate the effort in Struts. This is not just my opinion, it has been discussed among the committers before.
I don't think people requesting enhancements or patches realize the amount of effort required to get it into Struts. Committers have to analyze the request, figure out the code to change, code it, test it, build it, and finally commit it. Add those steps up and you've got several hours of work. *I* will not volunteer my time implementing a feature that is already part of a standard taglib.
David
From: John Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Short term plans Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 16:34:07 +0800
At 11:46 am 01-03-03, you wrote:JSTL (and JavaServer Faces, when it becomes available) require Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2, so they are not even an option for a very significant portion of the Struts user community. Thus, it would be irresponsible to abandon our focus on ensuring the quality of the Struts tag libraries -- and this would be true even if Struts was a commercial product instead of an open source package.
With respect (too :-), what criteria should/would the (developer) community use to strike a balance, both ensuring the quality and relevance of Struts taglibs (JSP 1.1 dependent) and migrating users gradually to JSTL (JSP 1.2 dependent)?
For instance, in a recent feature request:
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17535
As David, the recently crowned MVC (what an acronym), pointed out the requested feature for <bean:message> is already available in JSTL <fmt:message>. Is there an easy litmus test for Struts users to guestimate if an enhancement is worthwhile requesting?
regards,
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