Dave Rolsky wrote: > On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, Jonathan Swartz wrote: > >> But calling this "probably a very bad idea" is just too strong, >> especially coming from a Mason maintainer. One gets the impression >> that this will cause imminent death and destruction to a site, which >> is just absurd. One also gets the impression that you'd like to >> deprecate the feature, and I just want to make clear that this will >> never ever happen. :) > > I think "probably a very bad idea" means "bad design", not crashing. Am I > not supposed to have strong opinions because I'm one of the maintainers? > We do have more than one, and we don't agree on everything, which is fine, > and probably healthy for the project as a whole. > > I would like to get rid of it, but only if we do Mason 2. I certainly > wouldn't want to remove it from the current code base.
I think taking this out of Mason 2 would slow down adoption of Mason 2 dramatically. It introduces a significant incompatibility with legacy code. So, two codebases will be in need of support, diluting expert knowledge and creating an uncertainty in new adopters as to which version to choose. Maybe such is already true in Mason 2, but, if not, best to avoid. In developing new code, I use modules. However, installing new modules requires a restart of Apache and that's not always convenient. In a crisis, the new code may be necessary but restarting Apache may cause a mess of other problems. Being able to slide in a component is a nice way to solve the problem temporarily until a more convenient time to restart Apache. Take care, Kurt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list Mason-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
