We've discussed this many times (e.g. [1]) but I'd like to propose we leave the dispatcher in the whiteboard for the 0.9 release. This would allow us to remove the dispatcher-related blocker issues and push off many of the other dispatcher-related issues to the future - and, more importantly, allow us to get *something* out the door. Obviously, there are valid considerations for doing either but I think we've reached the point that we simply need to make a hard call and move on. In times like this, I think, the conservative decision is often best. For practical purposes, the folks that are using dispatcher functionality right now are well aware of how to keep on using it anyway so I'd suggest the only real downside is that it limits future adoption of it rather than significantly hampering any existing users - an very real but reasonable compromise. If no objections emerge, I'll go ahead and push off those issues in JIRA. Thoughts?
Thanks, --tim [1] - http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@forrest.apache.org/msg16091.html
