Hi Mark, We have been developing our XML-driven Web site using Cocoon 2.2.0.
Overall Cocoon 2.2.0 worked fine for our purposes. However, you need to consider your requirements! You need to check the list of blocks related to Cocoon 2.2.0, there are quite a few unreleased blocks that need work before they can used in this version of Cocoon. (see http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/1204_1_1.html ) For instance, instead of using the lucene block for search, we are using the combination of Cocoon and Solr (see http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ ). We were hoping to use the portal capabilities offered by Cocoon, but the portal block is not released. So we will be looking for a different solution. Cocoon 3.0 has been in alpha with no significant development for more than two years. In our view this is currently not an option. BTW, to get a rough idea of how vibrant an open-source community go to markmail.org and type in the technology you are interested in (e.g., http://markmail.org/search/?q=cocoon) ... you will see that excitement around Cocoon has peaked between 03-05 and then waned in recent years. Alfresco, on the other hand, is all the rage now (http://markmail.org/search/?q=alfresco). Hope that helps in your decision process. Cheers, Marc ________________________________ Marc N. Haines, Ph.D. Senior Architect ictect, inc. marc.hai...@ictect.com +1 (262) 898-7567 [office] +1 (414) 324-1423 [mobile] ________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: mark.a.persin...@cummins.com [mailto:mark.a.persin...@cummins.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 1:49 PM To: dev@cocoon.apache.org Subject: Latest on Cocoon? I'm wondering what the status of the Cocoon project is. It doesn't appear that there has been much activity on Cocoon 2.x or 3.x in some time. We currently use an older version and are wondering what our upgrade options are, or if we need to look at alternatives. Thanks for your help and any information you can provide. Mark Persinger Quickserve Online Application Team Cummins Inc. (W) 812-377-1005 (C) 812-216-6958 http://quickserve.cummins.com
