Farr, Aaron wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, Merlin in Incubation has been raised and before I dismiss the proposition out of hand - I would like to understand the fundamentals. I want to understand the rationale, the impact on the Avalon Community, the integrity of the proposal. Is the proposal simply a mechanism to deal with an opinionated individual or is the proposal grounded on some other value proposition that to-date has not been presented? If its about an individual then the proposal is IMO misplaced because the community is much much more important and frankly - decisions based on individuals are not the same as decisions based on technical merit. Does the community of users using Avalon's reference implementation need incubation - no. They are a great community already.
IMHO Merlin should have been sent to the incubator or to a TLP when it moved out of the Avalon sandbox. At that time we could see it had potential both technologically and socially (there was a community building around it).
Without going into a history lesson we all know and don't need, Merlin's scope and Avalon's scope were close, but not exactly the same. Since then, we have attempted to adjust Avalon's definition, to improve it, and in doing so, have aligned it closer to Merlin. This has also caused a number of very bad side effects, both socially and technologically.
I would not go so far as to classify the side effects as bad. It is bad that the semantics of framework are being detailed and documented? Is it bad that end-users of the "Avalon" component model can truly leverage the model in ways that have never before been possible? Is it bad that so many application developers are actually discovering the benefits of Avalon as a result of trial and assessment of Merlin?
If your answer to above is YES, then I would potentially understand and agree with your conclusion.
Cheers, Stephen.
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