> -----Original Message----- > From: Mansour Raad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:19 PM > To: 'Avalon framework users' > Subject: RE: Avalon ... Metro ? > > So.... What will happen to merlin under avalon ???? Do we go back to > fortress ????
:) Well, we'll find out in the next few days. The ASF Board is aware of the situation regarding the Metro fork. The matter of the fact is that: 1. Merlin developers and users can find support at Metro 2. Phoenix developers and users can find support at Loom 3. Fortress/ECM developers and users can find support over at Excalibur. In fact, Avalon doesn't even host Fortress any more. When you subtract all of that there really isn't much left for Avalon. We're working on transfer the original framework code and logkit over to Excalibur as well. If all of this occurs, then it is likely Avalon will close down, being split into several projects both here at Apache and elsewhere (like Codehaus and DPML). That' not necessarily a bad thing since all the code is still available and being developed, just not here. Moreover, there has been talk about dividing up Avalon since well before Avalon moved out of Jakarta in 2002. In all honestly, we should have split the project up then, but no one really wanted to (hey, breaking up is hard to do, right?), so the drama dragged on until today. The good thing is, and the part I want to stress the most, is that no one will be left high and dry. All of the code originally under the Avalon umbrella is still available under an Apache license with support from original developers. jaaron --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
