Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
"Llewellyn Falco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:-) this bug has been in the tracker for months.
Can you give me a Bugzilla ID?
you will gain 2 new programmers to help breathe some life back into this
project.
Velocity never was/is dead.
Henning,
I am reluctant to use the inflammatory L-word, but when you claim that
the project never was/is dead, I cannot interpret this generously.
AFAICT, you are knowingly stating a falsehood.
Given my role in the FreeMarker project, I keep an eye on this list off
and on, to see what our main competitor in this space is up to. And, the
answer is quite clearly is that it is going nowhere and that has been
the case for at least 3 years. Tell me, what was the last significant
feature added to Velocity and when was it added?
To me, it's really odd that you'd claim otherwise. Surely everybody
subscribed to this list is familiar with that state of affairs. And, you
know, the guy you're responding to has looked for himself at your bug
tracker and anybody can see the neglected, pitiful state that this
project is in. I mean, it's literally like you're attempting a bluff in
a poker game when the guy has already seen your cards and knows you have
nothing.
The current committers are just picky on
what should go in the tree, mainly because the strongest asset of
Velocity is stability.
<sigh>
Well, c'mon, that the thing's greatest asset is stability is a tacit
admission that nothing is happening. That's the great asset you can
always point to when nobody does anything: stability.
Rather overrated really. After all, if anybody wants stability, all they
have to do is never upgrade when a new version comes out.
Anyway, you're fibbing again. The statement "The current committers are
picky..." can only mean they actually review the patches and
contributions and so on and reject all but the best. That is clearly not
the case. Basically, bug reports and contributed patches are simply
being ignored. That is because nobody (except Will, I guess) is really
actively involved, i.e. the project is not being actively developed and
maintained -- i.e. it's basically dead.
Jonathan Revusky
--
lead developer, FreeMarker project http://freemarker.org
Velocity-FreeMarker comparison page: http://freemarker.org/fmVsVel.html
Regards
Henning
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