Thanks for the advice - I'll take it! I was already getting weary of typing iBATOR - ibator it is.
Thanks for the freedom to do this - and the encouragement about ibator. Jeff Butler On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I forgot to mention this sooner... It's a minor recommendation for > your own sanity. > > I suggest avoiding the reverse title case used by iBATIS... It's a > decision I wish I hadn't made. I would suggest simply using Ibator or even > better: ibator. In hindsight, I wish I had used all lowercase: ibatis. > It might also look better and be easier to read when written in its full > form: Apache iBATIS ibator. > > While unique, it presents a lot of challenges in typing, naming, and > general writing. Totally your call though. > > Other than that, I love the new name, despite the reason for the change. > :-) > > Congratulations again on building a kick ass product that is gathering > attention of all kinds. > > Cheers, > Clinton > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Jeff Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Due to a trade registration dispute, we are renaming Apache iBATIS > > Abator to Apache iBATIS iBATOR. > > > > The new version is still under development - although the core work is > > almost complete. I have committed an initial version to SVN so you can take > > a look at what's going on. There will be no further enhancements or changes > > to Abator - all new work will be in the iBATOR code stream here: > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ibatis/trunk/java/tools/ibator/. > > > > I will be focusing on some changes to the Eclipse plugin for the new few > > weeks before doing a formal release. The new version will NOT be 100% > > compatible with Abator - but will be very close. Transition from Abator to > > iBATOR should be simple. I've listed some information about the development > > effort on the iBATOR homepage (http://ibatis.apache.org/ibator.html) if > > you want more information. > > > > This would be a good time to make suggestions for improvements to iBATOR > > as I am willing to make some breaking changes with the new version - so feel > > free to let me know if there are things you would like to see added or > > changed. BTW - I know there is some interest about seeing table > > relationships handled in iBATOR. This will not make it into the initial > > release. It's a big job, and I'm still not convinced of the usefulness of > > doing this. > > > > I hope to keep the disruption to a minimum, and I will include a > > migration guide once the new version is complete. Let me know if you have > > any good ideas for the future of iBATOR. > > > > Jeff Butler > > > > > >
