Berin Loritsch wrote:
?! The only things we officially have in place are ECM, Fortress, and
Phoenix. It should be limited to that function set.
Berin:
I would like to draw you attention to the following:
* The excalibur-lifecycle package is released and is a part of the Avalon toolkit.
* The meta-info package is in sandbox and is certainly ready for release as is.
* The Merlin container is also ready for release.
I don't think we should ignore our responsibilities with respect to released packages, and I don't think we should promote an artificial and self-serving discrimination against the contributions that exist in the sandbox.
I hear you loud and clear. However, getting back to my question about how to manage the growth of APIs, please let me draw your attention to the following:
* I would like meta-info and Merlin released * For those function areas that we have not all had time to digest, namely the extension meta info, I would like a breakin period. * The rest of the meta-info standard is ready for release without any reservations.
My idea to grow the API in a controllable and sustainable way is to introduce new ideas and concepts in a separate namespace. I prefer a functional one as opposed to a container specific one. This will allow the rest of us to see how it works with Fortress/Merlin/and possibly even Phoenix. When the rest of us (including me) are comfortable with the solution, we can vote to include it in the Avalon namespace.
So far, the only side of the equation that I have asked us to change is the meta-info gathering tool (meta-tools). That means the rest of the entire equation (i.e. the XML descriptors and serialized meta info) has not changed. Those are the container contracts--and for now I am most interested in the client contracts. The only impact to moving the attributes back into the avalon namespace is to have the meta-tools recognize both @avalon and @lifecycle, issuing a deprecation warning for @lifecycle.
I really don't think that is unreasonable, do you?
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