> > > The community > > > has been willing to contribute and to develop velocity (a > *lot* of > > > things could / need to be done!) - but... > > Where are the submitted patches from the community? > Seems mostly just idle talk. ;-)
There are at least 2 patches I am aware of: First the one to enable correct number-handling (including float and all the other Java-Number-Types) submitted by me and the one that adds Map-Support. But there were quite a few (just search the archives!) From my point of view it is about *helping out* instead of complaining! But I almost lost my interesst in contributing in both, discussion and code. The only thing that keeps me around is that I use velocity. And there are soo many things that could / should be done. Number support, Map support, Bugfixes, Whitespace-Handling, Refactoring of the codebase and so on... > > Guys, why don't you report the problem to the Apache leaders? > Jakarta Jetspeed has been in beta-alpha-beta status for > almost 3 years. Struts 1.1 has been in beta/RC status for > ...ever. <grin> Of course that's no reason for velocity staying in 1.3.1rc2 since it is well tested and "release-ready". > As for Geir "disappearing", I'd say we just got spoiled with > the amazing amount of time he used to spend on this > completely volunteer project. You've got a right point here. But there were soooo many discussions about growing the commiter base and the development stalls for many many months now. > I'd like to see the 1.3.x build get a 'final release' moniker > too, but I doubt complaining to the "Apache leaders" and will > enthuse Gier or any other sane volunteer to spend more time > doing that work for free. As said above: There are some who want to contribute but cannot because their patches are not reviewed or there is no development plan. > Open source is such a thankless job. ;-) No, it isn't. Peter > > Cheers, > Timo > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
