As others have mentioned, Struts 1.1 Final will include only released versions of its dependencies, while the beta and release candidate builds include intermediate versions.
One thing I'd like to add, though, is that, while the versions of dependencies included in RC1 are not released, they also do not fall into the category of "we have no confidence in them". (In fact, I take issue with that statement, and will therefore change it!) The most laborious part of getting any Struts release out the door isn't tagging the tree and building the distributions - that's the easiest part. The laborious part is testing it. Prior to uploading the RC1 distributions, I ran the JUnit unit tests and the Cactus unit tests against Tomcat 4.1.18, 4.0.6 and 3.3.1. I also ran each of the 8 webapps that come with Struts on Tomcat 4.1.18 and Resin 2.1.6, and some of them on Tomcat 4.0.6 and 3.3.1. So I, at least, have a much greater degree of confidence in the builds of Commons components that are included in the Struts RC1 release. Now it's up to the rest of the Struts community to tell us where the problems are. ;-) -- Martin Cooper "Gary Ashley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If I understand the issue correctly, I believe that both Struts beta3 > and RC1 are dependent upon a non release version of the Commons Logging > API (something later than 1.0.2). If I am incorrect, I sincerely > apologize and ask that you ignore the rest of my email. > > Otherwise, I'd ask that an important criteria in posting future releases > be considered. There should not be any dependencies upon nightly > builds. Two of my customers will not allow me to use nightly builds for > fear of bugs, and this prevents me from using either beta3 or RC1. This > comment on the struts website does not help my dilemma any: > > "Nightly Builds are those that are very unstable (a.k.a. dynamite!). > We have no confidence in them. They are for developers who are helping > to develop the technology and want "the latest bits." Use at your own > risk!" > > Please take these kinds of issues into consideration in the future. > > Another consideration to help those who are not "in the loop", would be > to post the versions of dependent APis that were used to run the tests > in the release notes. > > Thank you for the consideration! > > Sincerely, > > A fan. > > > > Gary D Ashley Jr. > > Chief Technology Officer, > 3rd Millennium Visions, Inc. > > > "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." > - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
