Some good news for Cactus users ! Cactus has been accepted as a top level project. It will no longer be a sub project of Jakarta-Commons but will be a standalone project, at the same level as Tomcat, Ant, Struts, Velocity, ... As you may have read on this list, I had announced a few weeks ago that Cactus 1.2 would be delivered around the 15th of September (that's tomorrow). In view of this major event, I would like to postpone the 1.2 release by a few days (possibly a week), so that we have enough time to make the move to Cactus' new location. All this should be very good news for everybody as it means Cactus is being recognized as a mature framework. It also means Cactus will get more visibility and thus more help to continue its development. However, there is one drawback : the package names will have to change from "org.apache.commons.cactus" to "org.apache.cactus". I have sent last week a mail asking if that would cause trouble to Cactus users. I've received only 2 answers saying it was ok. I really think this is a change that must be done ASAP, which is why I prefer to delay the Cactus 1.2 release and incorporate this change within this release. However, I am still open to suggestions (provided they come fast !). Thanks -Vincent Massol
