On 20 June 2016 at 15:40, John D. Ament <[email protected]> wrote: > Sebb, > > Great points. I'll make sure the email for the next release provides more > details. Would you be available if I wanted to run some templates by you?
Yes. > John > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:33 AM sebb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What is the project about? Why should I be interested in it? >> (rhetorical questions) >> >> The Announce emails are sent to people not on the developer or user lists. >> Most will have no idea what the project is about. >> >> So the e-mails should contain at least brief details of what the >> product does. However the sentence: >> >> "Apache DeltaSpike is not a CDI-container, but a portable CDI extension." >> >> will mean nothing to most people. What does CDI mean? >> >> Also, the description does not agree with the website, which says: >> >> "Apache DeltaSpike is a collection of portable CDI extensions. " >> >> But again, what does CDI mean in this context? >> >> Readers should not have to click the link to find out the basic >> information >> (although of course it is useful to have such links for further detail). >> >> Please can you add that information to future announce mails? >> >> Thanks. >> >> On 20 June 2016 at 00:39, John D. Ament <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The Apache DeltaSpike team is pleased to announce the 26th release of >> > DeltaSpike, v1.7.0. This release includes 40 changes to the codebase >> > primarily focused on the data module. We've added some initial Java 8 >> > support and improved performance. >> > >> > Apache DeltaSpike is not a CDI-container, but a portable CDI extension. >> > >> > Documentation: >> > http://deltaspike.apache.org/documentation/ >> > >> > Download: >> > http://deltaspike.apache.org/download.html >> > >> > Release Notes: >> > http://s.apache.org/DeltaSpike-1.7.0 >> > >> > Enjoy! >> > >> > John
