On 2/12/06, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 12:37 -0500, Rahul Akolkar wrote: > > On 2/7/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Specifically with respect to Latka, but applicable to all Commons > > > components. > > <snip/> > > > > Thanks for bringing this up, its been something I (and possibly > > others) have been wondering as well. > > > > Add EL to that starting list. > > EL is actually an interesting example... > > > > How do we want to handle released (ie non-sandboxed) components that > > > have gone dormant? Do we add a new component called Legacy (or > > > something like that)? > > > > > <snap/> > > > > Ofcourse we do. As Robert points out there may be separate "legacy" > > and "matured beyond belief" categories (even though the second > > category has extremely limited membership, IMO), but the undercurrent > > still holds -- some components are not supported as well as we'd hope > > (I just browsed the archives for unanswered questions, and bugzilla > > for unanswered tickets). > > legacy would be a very misleading term for EL. EL is definitely > finished. > > i wonder whether there's something like a main sequence for components: > > sandbox -> immature (aka unreleased) -> stable -> mature -> finished > > and whether we could make use of it...
Have to allow for loops. Some things go dormant for a while and then "wake up" again. I am not sure what problem we are trying to solve here. If it is making it clear what components are not being actively supported, I am +1, if it is declaring things "finished" I see no point in that, and potentially some loss in doing it (discourages contributions to "finished" components). Phil > > - robert > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
