On 10/sep/09, at 16:55, Jeroen Reijn wrote
Well I think that some people have put Cocoon on a low profile.
There were a lot of great frameworks added to the ASF code base
lately, which made people broaden their perspective.
I don't really think that people quit working with/on Cocoon,
because Cocoon 2.1 is stable and a lot of people are using it.
Cocoon 2.2 however has slowed down in development, but did not
really stop. Some developers have started working on Cocooon 3.0
alpha, which is still under development.
One of the great things of a community is that the more people get
involved into the project, the more the project evolves. Don't be
shy to still keep working with Cocoon. One of the things on my todo
list is to do some work on the Cocoon JCR block. I don't really have
an estimate on when I can find some time, but I hope it to be soon.
...which in turn would result in Hippo 7 to get a Cocoon front-end,
right? :-)
Andre Juffer wrote:
Francesco Chicchiriccò wrote:
On 10/sep/09, at 15:05, Ellis Pritchard wrote:
Lamentable indeed.
Having taken a break from Cocoon 2.1 at work, and returned to
2.2, after much pain and frustration at recreating what was in
cocoon using 'pure' java and spring mvc + freemarker (urgh) +
1000's of lines of horrible java to do stuff cocoon did for free,
I realize how much I miss the simple power of the platform. For
XML content, there is simply nothing better.
2.2 really should have been finished: user docs, the halfway
house between spring and Avalon, missing blocks (eventcache
anyone?)... it's all so close and yet so far.
I'd love to get involved in polishing this stuff, but I've never
really been part of the 'community', just finding and reporting
tricky defects!
Is there any interest out there for futher work on 2.2?
I am.
I am as well. It would be a shame if cocoon would not be developed
further. It is really a great platform!
On 10 Sep 2009, at 12:56, David Legg
<david.l...@searchevent.co.uk
<mailto:david.l...@searchevent.co.uk>> wrote:
Hi David,
I'm just about to embark on a new project... I'd like to use
Cocoon 2.2 for this, but I'm concerned about the apparent lack
of support for it.
It is true that Cocoon has hit a low point at the moment and I'm
sure many of us wonder if it will ever recover. Many of the
original contributors have moved on to other things and
officially version 2 (and 2.2) are in 'maintenance mode'.
Version 3 is still being worked on but to be honest it looks so
different that you will be starting again from scratch compared
to version 2.
It's a great shame as I really thought version 2.2 was beginning
to gain traction.
Can anyone suggest any resources that will help me get started
with Cocoon 2.2?
I would archive that book on version 2! It will be of little
use to you when working with 2.2.
Most of the useful documentation can be found here: -
http://cocoon.zones.apache.org/dev-docs/2.2/1159_1_1.html
But you should be aware that this is the 'published' version of
the documentation. It may be the case that the 'unpublished'
versions are more up to date. To get to them you can click on
the link at the bottom of the page where it mentions 'Errors and
Improvements'. This link will take you to the Daisy CMS which
is what Cocoon members use to write and edit documentation
before it gets published.
Yes!... It is a horrible mess and I have commented about this
before but was persuaded it was for the best.
I'm concerned that interest in and support for Cocoon is dying
out. Would I be better off choosing a completely different
technology for my project?
I would say think seriously before you commit another year or
two of your life to learning it!
Regards,
David Legg
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