Hi Nathan, > so here's a few related questions... > > anyone thinking we should put a 1.2 out soon?
Well, now that Struts 1.2 is released, and Velocity 1.5 seems to be coming soon, I think it would be nice to see the next release. :) > what bugs should we > squish for that? There seems to be only 6 bugs in buzilla right now. http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&product=Velocity&content=&component=Tools ## But there maybe more just not categorized correctly. There were some in Documentation, as we don't have a "doc for tools". Should they be in "Tools" or "Documentation"? > are there any recent contributions many people would > like to see get in before 1.2 is released? Being the contributor, I'd like to push the following, in the order of interest: ArrayTool and EscapeTool: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/ArrayTool http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/EscapeTool These two I've been actually using, so they must be usefull. :) ## And are probably the only two I REALLY want in the library. The null stuff: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/NullTool http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/ViewNullTool http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/IfNullDirective http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/IfNotNullDirective I think you said you wanted to discuss these. Well, I guess it's a good time. :) At least we need to discuss the difference between "no reference" and "a reference to null". Likewise, "removing a reference" and "setting a reference to null". (How to handle each.) cf. http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27741#c5 ## I'm not sure if we REALLY need/want the directives. PublicFieldUberspect: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/PublicFieldUberspect I hear about this on the user list occasionally. I'm not sure if it belongs to the VelocityTools subproject, but since the o.a.v.t.generic.log package is here, I thought I might as well put it here. MonostateVelocityEngine: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/MonostateVelocityEngine This was more or less a joke. I think it's comfortable staying on the wiki. If any of them are going to make it, I'll try to make xdocs for them. > is VelocityStruts up to > date with Struts 1.2.x? i've been pretty out of touch with that part > of the code lately. I'm curious about that, too. Some more questions: - Are the tools compatible with both Struts 1.1 and 1.2? - Or do we need to have a separate set of tools for 1.1 and 1.2? - Or should we just forget about 1.1? > is anyone else interested in tool pooling? yes/no/why/why-not? Not me, because I haven't a found a need for it (yet?). (YAGNI) > would anyone else want to work on a 2.0 branch? i have a bunch of > experimental stuff i was playing with locally a few months ago > (pooling, pluggable toolbox loader, moving basic tool management to > generic level, etc). it's a bit out of date, but i might be up for > the work if i had some assurance of interest and assistance. Sounds fun, but I don't think I can get enough time right now. :( Best regards, -- Shinobu -- Shinobu "Kawai" Yoshida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
