On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Craig R. McClanahan wrote:
> Peter Donald wrote:
>
> > At 09:18 1/3/01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >Arguing that this should be part of avalon because it overlaps with
> > >it's goal is wrong - the library will overlap with almost all
> > >jakarta projects. It overlaps with jakarta-tools ( which also overlaps
> > >with avalon ), it overlaps with alexandria. All jakarta
> > >projects are creating some forms of server-side compoents
> > >( including tomcat ).
> >
> > But Avalon was intended to be a shared repository of server-side components
> > - it has no other purpose ;) All the other projects create server-side
> > components as a side effect of developing another product. Avalons product
> > is the components.
> >
>
> Peter, when you say "components" here, I need a clarification. Do you mean "a
> chunk of reusable code" or "a chunk of reusable code that implement's Avalon's
> notion of a Component interface"? These are two entirely different things. If
> it's the former, I'd still prefer agora/commons/whatever to be separate -- if it's
> the latter, then that's just as presumptive as me saying it should live in Struts,
> or Jon saying it should live in Turbine (neither of which is happening).
>
> The shareable stuff I'm interested in is smaller than a framework --- any
> framework.
>
I agree with this completely. I also appreciate your presence and Remy's
presence on the list today as I think this is a pretty good indication
that we are making progress, and that the desire/need for this stuff exists in
jakarta-land. Thanks :)
David
> Craig McClanahan
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