On 10/sep/09, at 15:05, Ellis Pritchard wrote:
Lamentable indeed.
Having taken a break from Cocoon 2.1 at work, and returned to 2.2,
after much pain and frustration at recreating what was in cocoon
using 'pure' java and spring mvc + freemarker (urgh) + 1000's of
lines of horrible java to do stuff cocoon did for free, I realize
how much I miss the simple power of the platform. For XML content,
there is simply nothing better.
2.2 really should have been finished: user docs, the halfway house
between spring and Avalon, missing blocks (eventcache anyone?)...
it's all so close and yet so far.
I'd love to get involved in polishing this stuff, but I've never
really been part of the 'community', just finding and reporting
tricky defects!
Is there any interest out there for futher work on 2.2?
I am.
On 10 Sep 2009, at 12:56, David Legg <david.l...@searchevent.co.uk>
wrote:
Hi David,
I'm just about to embark on a new project... I'd like to use
Cocoon 2.2 for this, but I'm concerned about the apparent lack of
support for it.
It is true that Cocoon has hit a low point at the moment and I'm
sure many of us wonder if it will ever recover. Many of the
original contributors have moved on to other things and officially
version 2 (and 2.2) are in 'maintenance mode'. Version 3 is still
being worked on but to be honest it looks so different that you
will be starting again from scratch compared to version 2.
It's a great shame as I really thought version 2.2 was beginning to
gain traction.
Can anyone suggest any resources that will help me get started
with Cocoon 2.2?
I would archive that book on version 2! It will be of little use
to you when working with 2.2.
Most of the useful documentation can be found here: -
http://cocoon.zones.apache.org/dev-docs/2.2/1159_1_1.html
But you should be aware that this is the 'published' version of the
documentation. It may be the case that the 'unpublished' versions
are more up to date. To get to them you can click on the link at
the bottom of the page where it mentions 'Errors and
Improvements'. This link will take you to the Daisy CMS which is
what Cocoon members use to write and edit documentation before it
gets published.
Yes!... It is a horrible mess and I have commented about this
before but was persuaded it was for the best.
I'm concerned that interest in and support for Cocoon is dying
out. Would I be better off choosing a completely different
technology for my project?
I would say think seriously before you commit another year or two
of your life to learning it!
Regards,
David Legg
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