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> > Just asking if there is a know date for turbine 1.0 :)
> > Laur.
>
> Please do not send html email to this list.
>
> Also, your answer is in the FAQ.
>
> <http://java.apache.org/jyve-faq/Turbine>
>From the website:
>As with all open source projects, there is nothing stopping you from using it now and
>the sorry
>misconception about version numbers and final releases is a joke that MIS managers
>made up to
>keep control over things.
> For instance, what is the difference between 1.0b3 and a 1.0 version if nothing
>changed
> between the two versions? The only difference is that one is
> titled 1.0 and one is titled 1.0b3. Big deal. That should not stop you from using
>the software today.
This is total BS jon. Obviously you were never an IS manager....
Version numbers are very important. IMO we have violated one of the
cardinal OSS rules with turbine. "release early, release often". People
want to have Turbine now but don't want to code to a moving target.
- You can't treat turbine like a black-box and use it as a framework API
if it is constantly changing/fixing bugs adding new features. Granted
we all want everyone who use Turbine to contribute code but this is not
the case. Only 1% of people will ever become active contributors to
this project and they want something to use for free. This does not
mean they are moochers just that they choose not to contribute and may
be working on another project.
- If you have multiple bugs in the code and one is fixed but new
features are added you can't be assured that new bugs aren't in the
code.
In short the theory of code releases and version numbers should be an
excepted fact in Computer Science (it has existed over the last 20
years). Just because OSS software is different doesn't get rid of these
facts.
> For what it is worth, Turbine will be released as version 2.0 for the first release.
I don't recall anyone voting on this! It has always bothered me that we
have a ./bin/turbine-2.0.jar. I realize that you had dash for a while
before this but it still doesn't change the matter. FYI I also think
Jakarta an Tomcat 3.0 is also a *very* bad idea.
Kevin
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