Vincent, <quote> AFAIK, there are not many known bugs. 99.99% of the time it is an error from its users. J2EE stuff is complex. </quote>
Maybe that's because there are a lot of subtle things that you need to do to get it to work, and they're never mentioned in the documentation. <quote> There are other ways to pay back apart from money, like giving your time to help the others and contributing. I can tell you that if you're recognized for doing this others will more likely help you out. That's how things work in life. It's also true for open source. </quote> That's easier said than done. How can you contribute to something you can't understand? If you have a problem and you never find out how to solve it, what do you have to contribute? Anyway, thanks to everyone. And, BTW, mock objects are my next trial, so wish me luck. Thanks, Tarek Nabil -----Original Message----- From: Vincent Massol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 12:06 PM To: 'Cactus Users List' Subject: Good bye Tarek (was RE: REPOST: RE: Authentication Failure --> Problem Found) > -----Original Message----- > From: Tarek M. Nabil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 November 2003 10:22 > To: Cactus Users List > Subject: RE: REPOST: RE: Authentication Failure --> Problem Found > > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for your support. I hope that you and everyone else will have > better luck with your efforts. As for me, I've decided to drop the whole > Cactus idea. The problem I described below took me several days to > determine the root cause and until now, I haven't been able to solve it. > Now, that I'm even faced with more problems writing trivial tests, and my > questions are not being answered by anyone, it seems that the whole thing > is losing its meaning. This is supposed to increase productivity, not > hinder it. > > Maybe in the future, when the framework is less buggy and there are more > developers dedicated to support, maybe then I will try again. AFAIK, there are not many known bugs. 99.99% of the time it is an error from its users. J2EE stuff is complex. > > Before I unsubscribe from this list, I just want to say that I still > believe in the open source model. But open source projects need a lot of > effort before they're embraced by the developer community. *You* are the open source, so it's only as good as you can make it. There's no one paid to support you, Tarek. We're all busy working on our day work and we're only developing/supporting at night time, during our free time. That said, nobody is preventing your from hiring support services to help you out. AFAIK, you haven't approached anybody for that. There are other ways to pay back apart from money, like giving your time to help the others and contributing. I can tell you that if you're recognized for doing this others will more likely help you out. That's how things work in life. It's also true for open source. > The most > important of these efforts is support to the community through mailing > lists like this. Unfortunately, this is not the case here. Feel free to come back when you've something to contribute. Thanks and good luck -Vincent PS: If you don't want to use Cactus, the other alternative you should consider is using mock objects. [snip] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
