So finally whats going on with Struts 1.2.1 Release? Is it going to be released soon or is still pending on some dependencies?
Abhishek On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 05:46, Ted Husted wrote: > Robert, > > It's very important to remember that the mere fact we roll a release doesn't mean it > will ever get past alpha. The overall average at Jakarta seems to be five or six > alpha/beta releases to each stable release. > > This will be the second point release in the 1.2.x series. It may be voted stable, > or it may not. If changes to our dependencies are imminent, then we will be rolling > another release before we even have a chance to vote on this one :) > > At this point, there is *nothing* more important that getting away from this mindset > that a release is some type of traumatic event. We should be able to release on "any > given Sunday", without all this brouhaha. > > The reason releases become traumatic is because we wait too long. By releasing this > week, we will be in a much better position to release again after JavaOne, when > these other matters are sorted out. > > On the other hand, if we don't release now, and let issues pile on top of issues, > then it just all gets more complicated. We end up trying to fix too many things at > once, and find ourselves waiting for too many dominoes to fall. Our resources are > limited, and we can't stretch them too thin. Point releases should be weeks apart, > not months. > > -Ted. > > > On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:28:51 +0100, robert burrell donkin wrote: > > the major worry for craig was the potential incompatibility with > > new tomcat releases. > > > > since the community seems pretty keen on cutting validator and > > struts releases whose dependencies which might not work properly in > > the near future, so i suppose that i've done what i can and you > > can't say i haven't done my best to warn you :) > > > > since the new releases should be binary compatible, it should be > > possible for users to drop in a different selection of the more > > modern libraries without these compatibility issues. maybe we could > > head some of the user questions off by adding something to a page > > somewhere or to the wiki. > > > > - robert > > > > > > On 7 Jun 2004, at 15:48, Ted Husted wrote: > > > > > >> We really should be making releases every few weeks anyway. So, > >> we can roll a release now and again when the new dependencies > >> become availability. > >> > >> I'm very much opposed to making sweeping dependency changes * > >> before* releasing what we already have. Been there, done that, > >> didn't like it, and affirmed it wouldn't happen again. :) > >> > >> -Ted. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
