> I'd be against that, because it's a pain for a new user - you would 
> need to get multiple things to just do baby steps...  There's no harm 
> in leaving an example servlet in the core, 

Hmm. I see the new user pain stemming from trying to use the existing
VelServlet. That's the reason I proposed to remove it from the core
package and docs. 

As it sits, the newbie tries to use VelocityServlet in Tomcat and then
posts "Why can't it locate my templates in WEB-INF/templates/foo???" And
then somebody has to tell them to check out the Tools implementation
with WebAppLoader because VelocityServlet is a bit lacking in regard to
Servlet API's. 

I'd prefer to say, "Look at Velocity! It is JUST a [really cool]
Template Engine! For using the templates in a web or Struts app, go look
at the Tools project."

Would help to stop the belief that Velocity Core should understand
anything besides processing templates.

Hah...and as one last desperate plea, there was an opinion that 'generic
Tools' should not be mixed with Servlet stuff. So why should Core
Template Engine be mixed with Servlet gunk. :-)

-Timo





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