On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:46:58 -0500, Kito D. Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, I'm not convinced that Shale really should be part of the > MyFaces project. If you look at JSF as a foundation for UI frameworks (and > more sophisticated web frameworks in general), then hopefully we'll see it > pop up in lots of different places (in my perfect world, even Tapestry > would use JSF components). Placing all projects that use JSF under one > umbrella may break over time as JSF grows. (For example, all Java projects > are no longer part of Jakarta.)
Good point. We definitely don't want to rush into something like this. There are potential drawbacks as you pointed out. > Moreover, although Shale is based on JSF, it will hopefully be the next > major revision of Struts. Struts has its own very strong brand, and it > seems strange to pull Shale away from that. That is a big question mark but I happen to agree with you (and Craig) on the desirability of that outcome. Moving Shale to a new project does pretty much give up on that idea so I can see that as a drawback. sean
