On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 12:38 -0800, Martin Cooper wrote: > On 3/7/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, Struts uses Digester. It also uses BeanUtils, Chain, FileUpload, IO, > Logging and Validator. > > I think this whole thing is putting the cart before the horse. You're in the > process of destroying Commons, not just dismantling it, and for no good > reason that I can see. The people involved with Digester should be the ones > to initiate a discussion about whether or not they want to take Digester > elsewhere. As it is, this is coming across more like "why don't you guys go > away, somewhere far away, 'cos we think that's a good idea".
I'm a committer on commons-digester, and don't mind Henry or others discussing these topics at all. The pot of ideas needs a good stir from time to time (and Henry is a good stirrer :-). I do see some merit in having digester involved more with the xml crowd in the xml project. However I would currently think the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. In particular: * Digester is really pretty stable. There is no great demand for new features from users, and not many outstanding issues. * The package names "org.apache.commons.digester" would be odd for a component in the xml umbrella, but there's just NO reason to force a package name change on users. * As Martin says, there already exists a community here. There is *enough* support available at the moment in commons for Digester's stable needs. So while I'm +1 for taking a look at each existing commons component to determine *if* there might be a better home for it, I'm -0 to moving Digester. I *will* have a think about whether Digester 2.x would be better off in the xml project. Cheers, Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
