Even if in the end we decide to keep 2.3.x running, we probably should go through the module list and retire some of the modules. I know that for some I couldn’t update to good versions, as the technology they use was abandoned. So, cutting the hair of our modules, might be necessary.
Chris Von: Gabriel Gruber <gabriel.gru...@workflow.at> Datum: Samstag, 2. Dezember 2023 um 12:25 An: dev@cocoon.apache.org <dev@cocoon.apache.org> Betreff: Re: [DISCUSS] Retiring 2.x ? (Was: Re: Future of the Cocoon project) -1 on retiring cocoon 2.3.x. It needs some more love in maintaining but it works even with spring 5 and java 11(for us). Would like to see it run with spring boot. Migrating to github and having a fork/PR workflow could bring some Traktion on it's own from willing supporters/users. What could be a valid goal would maybe to repackage cocoon with docker so that it can be easily used by 2.1.x users? Cheers, Gabriel Gesendet von Outlook für Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Peter Hunsberger <peter.hunsber...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 1, 2023 9:45:24 PM To: dev@cocoon.apache.org <dev@cocoon.apache.org> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Retiring 2.x ? (Was: Re: Future of the Cocoon project) On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 11:00 AM Cédric Damioli <cdami...@apache.org<mailto:cdami...@apache.org>> wrote: Hi, Second thread to discuss about Cocon 2.x branch, with the latest release, 2.3.0, just being rolled out. Cocoon 2.2 was initially meant to implements all stuff developed during the 2.1 cycle on top of Spring and Maven, to drop old Avalon dependencies. We'd like to know whether you'd prefer: [-1 ] retiring Cocoon 2.x [+0] reviving/maintaining Cocoon 2.x, meaning that you volunteer to be somehow involved Please note that the above proposal is not a formal vote, but more like a open poll, so that everyone could speak out. Should we continue the project and this branch particularly, there are recent threads on this list proposing to switch to Git, to upgrade dependencies, build system, ... Cédric Not sure I can really commit to helping much, other than testing releases, I don't see having the time to dive into the code anymore but I do still see people using this code base. Peter Hunsberger Le 30/11/2023 à 19:53, Cédric Damioli a écrit : > Dear Cocoon users and developers, > > Sorry for crossposting here, I wanted to be sure that all involved > people were aware of the ongoing discussions. > > We recently pushed a new release of Cocoon, 11 years after the > previous one. This release gathers all changes made in between as well > as two security fixes discovered last year. > The journey to roll this release out was definitively not an easy one, > and it's now time to think about what should be next for the project. > > We currently officially maintain 3 branches, not compatible with each > others and having evolved differently over the years : 2.1.x, 2.2/2.3 > and 3.0, and we do not have enough active developers to be able to > continue to properly and correctly maintain them. > > For a project as old as Cocoon (21 years!), there may be many users > around here still using one branch or another, which could be > interested to step up, contribute and try to revive the project, or at > least some parts of it. > > I will soon start 3 threads on the developers list to decide what to > do about each of the 3 branches (retiring or not), so I encourage > volunteers to bring their voices. > > Best regards, > Cédric, on behalf of the Apache Cocoon PMC > -- Cédric Damioli CMS - Java - Open Source www.ametys.org<http://www.ametys.org>
