Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: >Back to the Cocoon URI-space problem. The URI > > http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/installing > >"identifies" information about "installing Apache Cocoon" and "locates" >the latest version of this document. > >If we found valuable (but I do not, having CVS) to create contracts to >both "identify" and "locate" a specific time-based or version-based >information inside the Cocoon namespace, we would provide you with that >contract, but it is *NOT* our fault if you are using one 'identifier' as >a contract for something else! > Admitted, when being a CVS pro and knowing that the Cocoon website is available on the CVS, too, then anyone is free to travel back to any version of Cocoon. I doubt the majority of the regular only-readers/participators-not-committers of cocoon-dev are able to do so instantly, without stumbling about a lack of CVS knowledge here or there. Be honest to yourself, we are all humans.
On Cocoon 1.8.2, obviously individuals and companies have invested time and money into projects based on a now "deprecated" version, but this does not mean they all can transfer their investment and knowledge instantly to the new Cocoon 2.0 release, even when they would be happily willing to do so; those need a unobstructed, consistent and *documented* manner of getting to information relating to their version. The feeling of being left behing every major release or so is pretty scary to any long-term project investment. Showing persistance in a project builds confidence and showing where Cocoon has been (version- and technology-like) and how it has evolved in quality can only add to the reputation. The means of how to satisfy the demand for such access is disputable - I respect your opinion regarding version-based URIs - but the request is still a legitimate one and at least deserves respect and attention. So let's return to a constructive approach; Stefano, do you see a solution you would consider acceptable ? Would the idea of pre-packaged zip version-related CVS-snapshots of the documentation/website/source available as "deprecated" download be a way ? Best regards, Michael Hartle --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
