> I don't often reply to messages on these lists, but I > feel like I > have to offer a (relatively) outside perspective > here. > > There's been a lot of confusion external to apache > about what's going > on with Struts. With Shale moving to a TLP, that's > helped, but I > think a lot of people are still confused about > exactly what Struts > 2.0 will be. > > If I've read this list correctly then it is already > at a place where > it is not a straightforward upgrade for either Struts > of WW users > (perhaps I'm wrong, but that's my current > perspective). Which means > that if it's released as a stable release, people > will try to adopt > it, and expend serious effort moving to it. > > Now, if the current 2.0.0 doesn't represent your > ultimate vision for > how the core of the framework should be and/or the > APIs to > application land, then I /personally/ think that it > would be > irresponsible to move towards a /stable/ release just > because of the > original August timeframe that was picked months ago. > Users who > on't keep completely up to date with the latest > goings on will see > this as the latest and greatest and start migrating > to it, only to > have a very rude surprise when large changes occur in > 2.1, or a 3.0 > arrives months later. Would it not be worth > postponing the push > towards a stable release in order to make the core > and API as solid > and permanent a base as possible? > > Of course, I could be wrong and you could be > discussing large changes > that are largely backwards compatible. If that's the > case, then my > apologies... > > -t >
+1 to this. This is what we talked about at JavaOne, I thought... We can have pre-releases, where it's ok for people to get their feet wet, but if we want the big API changes we've talked about, and I think we do, then we can't release a stable release before we make those changes. The changes discussed are not behind the scenes stuff, they'll affect every app. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.opensymphony.com/thread.jspa?threadID=38227&messageID=75359#75359 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
