On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 07:59, James Taylor wrote: > > Again, you are correct, but that leanness comes at the cost of some > complexity. Summit only accounts for the things Jason uses, which rules > out tools, anything other than velocity for templating, probably other > things... so the model may need to get more complex if we want to use it > for turbine.
Adding tools is not a problem. It can be implemented as a Valve to introduce tool processing into the pipeline. Someone familiar with tools could probably jack in tools in a day or two. I'm not planning on using tools per se for model representation (bob and I are making another tool using Jaxen) but I will be using tools for utility type operations like making links and such. And a tool is a tool so what I add can be used for what people traditionally use tools for. The JSP rendering code is there but doesn't adhere to the interfaces yet but I will hook that in for fun. And I'm going to add a Jelly rendering for fun in the next couple of days too. > ( My understanding is that Jason never planned that, he is implementing > what Zenplex needs to get Tambora out the door -- if we want to use it > as the foundation for a new Turbine that is okay too though =) > > > I applaud the attempts to have a TDK, but perhaps for new versions rather > > than a TDK, some more thorough docs & Faq's might be easier for the dev > > team, and more useful in the long run. > > +1!!!! > > > I'll end this by thanking all the people who have over the time built > > Turbine what it is today. I'm impressed, and it's helped me a bunch. > > After reading all the poll responses I have one big question: > > There has been talk about providing some sort of optional compatibility > layer for the next version of Turbine which would allow 2.2 apps to run > out of the box on the new core. This would probably use aspects and > namespace tricks and other magic. A recompilation will be necessary but no source code changes. I mentioned that I would start trying to make a compat layer if I got some input. > My opinion is that I (as a user) would never touch such a thing -- my > 2.1 and 2.2 apps would continue to run on those platforms and any new > apps or apps I am extending would get ported to the new platform. But > that is only my opinion... how do 2.x users feel about this idea? > > Thanks, > James > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
