On Tue, January 15, 2008 11:38 am, Dale Newfield wrote: > Frank W. Zammetti wrote: >> Martin Cooper wrote: >>> Should we declare Struts 1 dead? Do we have three PMC members who are >>> still willing to support further releases of it? >> >> That's a loaded question... do we have even three *PEOPLE* still willing >> to support further releases of S1? :) > > Does that mean the "intention"/"willingness"/"pinky swear" implied by a > "+1" vote expires with the next release?
Interesting question Dale, I admittedly hadn't considered that. Doing so now though, my feeling is that until a project deprecates a release, then no, there would be no expiration. Anyone who +1'd a release is implying they are willing to support it until it's officially deprecated. Tangentially, to be clear, I for one have *NO* problem with a project deprecating a particular release, if by "deprecate" you mean "we no longer even *imply* that we will support that release". That of course doesn't mean that someone can't use that release, nor does it mean no one will actually support it, but it *does* mean that there's no longer any implied support given to the community at that point. More concretely for instance, if a vote was taken today and it was decided that Struts 1.1 is now deprecated, I personally would be OK with that. You could still get the bits and use them, could still ask questions about it on the mailing list, and would likely continue to get answers from both committers and users at large, but you could no longer at that point say to those that voted +1 years ago: "Hey, can you help me?" and have even the smallest expectation of getting a reply. > -Dale Frank -- Frank W. Zammetti Author of "Practical DWR 2 Projects" (2008, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-941-1) and "JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects" (2007, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-816-4) and "Practical Ajax Projects With Java Technology" (2006, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-695-1) Java Web Parts - http://javawebparts.sourceforge.net Supplying the wheel, so you don't have to reinvent it! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
