robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On 21 Dec 2004, at 08:07, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
>> robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> the question i pose is: are we trying for a JCL 2.0 which in my mind
>>> would be a compatible evolution of JCL 1.0 aiming to solve all the
>>> major JCL 1.0 itches or are we aiming for a JCL 1.1 (better discover
>>> and factoring) plus additional pluggable modules...?
>>
>> Personally, I'd like to aim for 1.1. These goals are already a good
>> step on the way to 2.0 and also address most of the PITAs (PsITA?)
>> that we currently have.
>IMHO addressing all of richard's goals properly at once on a single
>track would mean aiming for a 2.0 release. i wouldn't be happy shipping
>a 1.1 based on the 1.0 code with the extras tacked on since many of the
>existing issues will simply be magnified. JCL has numerous users and
>critics so it's important that what we release is right.
>by aiming for a 1.1 release i mean evolution and modularity as opposed
>to a big bang. as soon as the repository has been converted, we would
>start a release process for 1.0.5 (the work done to plug memory leaks
>with Brian Stansberry is important) and then implement the discovery
>revisions. JCL 1.1 should feature just the improved, modular discovery
>and it should be possible quickly to start a release process for that
>release. we may wish to consider adopting a release process more
>similar to struts and tomcat.
>more modular discovery would allow the various parts of the proposal to
>be progressed either separately or as a unit (as appears best) without
>effecting the core. i suspect that the method tracing is more
>controversial in design terms but easy to implement whereas there are a
>lot of details about the i18n support which may need some work and
>thought.
>opinions?
Sounds good, I like it. Especially with a "brick" like JCL, which is used
under the hood in many places, it is important that we get this right.
Regards
Henning
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