Luca Morandini wrote: > > I'm not at ease with the "2.1 alpha" concept, I'll tell you why: > > 1) "Ordinary" users would feel encouraged to use it, increasing the burden > on the mailing lists and spreading confusion... and I fear the > warning won't > stop them, since it so easy to download it and try > Hmm, I don't agree with you here, usually alpha releases should only be used to sneak into something but not for producing a solution on top of it. But I guess in the case of Cocoon this might be a little bit different - although I really do not understand why. You really don't have to always use the latest and greatest versions.
> 3) There are many features of 2.0.3 still unknown to many, hence, > IMHO, the > 2.1 roll-out should be carefully managed not to further confuse users That's true for the finale release. > > 4) A couple Cocoon books have been released recently, another one > is in the > pipeline, and the release of a new "major" version would make them, if not > obsolete, rather incomplete > I don't think they will be obsolete, because the concepts of Cocoon are still the same from a user perspective - some things for developers change, but that's not that spectacular I think. You're right that these books do not cover everthing - but I don't consider this a problem, because these books cover the important basics. If you understand these basics than you will not have many problems with the additional/new stuff. And you always get incomplete books. Just buy one about "Java" and you will see how much is missing there - and that's no problem at all. (Ok, this comparission is perhaps not fair) > To sum it up: I'd rather devolve some efforts on having a rock-solid 2.0.x > with improved doc than an alpha 2.1. > It's not the case that we say "it's either A or B" - some of us are focusing on 2.0.x and some of us are focusing on 2.1 (and some are trying to develop post 2.1 things right now...). So actually, we *could* have both without any problems - at least in theory :). > Not that I dislike flowmaps and blocks... quite the opposite :) > > Just my 1.2c (after tax). > It's always good to hear other opinions/comments - because it's not carved in stone that we (= Cocoon community) always do the right things. So, thank you for your remarks. Carsten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
