On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Hohlen, John wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:54:45 -0600 > From: "Hohlen, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Struts-el NOT working with Struts 1.1 RC1 Release > > David Karr said he fixed this problem in last night's Struts-EL build. This > means in order to pick up the fix, you have to migrate from the RC1 version > of Struts to a nightly build version (due to other changes made to the > regular Struts tags since the RC1 release -- otherwise you'll have > incompatability issues -- I think). Many projects are reluctant to use > nightly builds (for obvious reasons). Therefore, this hurts the overall > likelihood of other projects incorporating Struts-EL. I would think that > the Struts-EL team would want to provide a version of their project that's > compatible with RC1. This will allow for wider user base which would be > good for the overall project. Doesn't this make sense or am I missing > something? > The other side of that coin is also important -- if nobody tests the nightly builds, then we developers never find out about the bugs until after a release build is published, which harms the reputation for quality that we would all prefer. I get somewhat depressed about the "for obvious reasons" reason that people give for not at least *trying* your app against the nightly builds. After all, the day that Struts 1.1 final is released, guess what -- it will have exactly the same classes as that night's nightly build :-). There is nothing magical about the label "final release" that makes it any better (or worse) other than marginally more testing. Going into production is a different story -- but the harsh reality is the only reason RC1 was called RC1 instead of beta 4 was to get at least a *few* more people to test it. Fortunately for the quality of the final release, that goal was achieved. Unfortunately, many of the bugs could have been found and fixed quite a while ago, with more testing. > Thanks, > > JOHN Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
