Er cause we are so damn close. I have always had a crummy feeling about this... That 2.0 would go before 1.2 did :-( I put a lot of work into getting the activem(my phone is whack and some keys don't work anymore post dropping in beer)... And I don't want that to go to waste. Also the changes reuired to go from 1.x to 1.2.x are much less that to 2.0.x.
Since 1.x isn't really mantained anymore, due to build system insanity... Having a 1.2 would be good for folks that need a supported/maintainable G platform w/o needing to make even more changes to use 2.0. Also... Shit we are so close. And IMO it really looks bad if we just drop it. Its almost there. I see value in that release. Let's just *ucking do it and then if needed make a 1.2.1 for anything that comes up. IMO this release has been dragged on for way too long.... Which weighs poorly on us. Perfection in software development is a fallacy. Build, test, release, patch.... Repeat. We all want to release perfectly performing bits... But reality suggests that is not possible. So release what you have.... Add some notes for known issues and continue. If you really try to fix every thing before a release.... The release will never happen, as someone always has some issue. Its already passed the tck, so let's just push it out as is and get community feedback. I think that is much more valuble, real user input, than waiting in limbo for the perfect set of bits. --jason -----Original Message----- From: "Jacek Laskowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:40:03 To:[email protected] Subject: Re: Should we cancel 1.2? On 7/17/07, Jason Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's just push out 1.2 asis nowish and then address this and any > other fixes in a 1.2.1. > > I don't think we should drop it... Why? I don't seem to notice much care about 1.2 from our end users and us. Everybody's working heavily on 2.0 which is a good thing as that's what users seem to be mostly interested in. What's missing in 2.0 that's available in 1.2? Why should we hold users at 1.2 rather than encouraging them to use the latest bits. It's much easier to develop apps in javaee5 from development side of end users and us. Jacek -- Jacek Laskowski http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl
