Cornerstone has been released. James is one project we are aware of
that has runtime depedencies - but the reality is that anyone who has
downloaded Cornerstone and has plased confidence in our deliver of
maintained components may be subject to fail contions similar to that
identified with the James scenario. I believe we "Avalon Development
Community" have to do do two things:
(a) correct the current 1.0 component implementations such that they
implement the Component interface.
(b) provide a 2.0 release that is independent of the the Component
interface
Paul Hammant wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Because the Mailets that JAMES uses (think servlets) can demand a
> ComponentManager from the JAMES kernel, they are going to try to cast
> things to Component. At the beginning of this year, we decided that
> Component was on the way out and it is now deprecated. Unfortunately
> nobody knew that JAMES was tied to CompManager, we all assummed that
> JAMES could migrate. Because there is a slim possbility that its user
> community has their own Mailets, we must support Componentized
> Cornerstone comps for JAMES.
>
> Our question is do we....
>
> a) Put back Component on the Cornerstone blocks, with a note that it
> will go again another month.
-1
Component is depricated - that's all - if you want to make Component
dissapear - then come up with a new component version.
>
>
> or
>
> b) create a branch in Cornerstone CVS that supports the old Component
> way.
+1
Put 1.0 Component based into the branch.
Put in place a Component independent version under the head - but make
sure it version 2.0.
>
> or
>
> c) find some clever wrapper way of supporting Componentized blocks.
>
> I am voing to vote +1 for (b).
>
> Long term we have to persuade the JAMES comunity to create a new
> Mailet API and move their people to it. It was mootd about two months
> ago and your truly was going to lace together a demo, but has failed
> them given I'm currentlly quite ill, though not enough to keep me from
> my 10 hour working day and am also spending way too much time in
> London pubs.
>
> Regards,
>
> - Paul
>
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