This was the question I wanted to ask (to you included ;-)).

Everybody agrees or nobody cares?

I will start changing target release of all fixed issues since 2.1 to 3.0.

Marc.


dna wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Isn't there any interest?
> 
> 
> On 16 mars 07, at 09:17, Marc Guillemot wrote:
> 
>> releases are for WebTest a bit artificial as the latest build is
>> (nearly) always the best "release". Nevertheless many people pay high
>> attention to official releases and WebTest 2.1 is already 6 months old
>> meaning that many improvements have occurred since this time.
> 
> +1
> 
>> I think that next release's name should be 3.0 rather than 2.2 due
>> particularly to WT-232 that bring very significant changes in WebTest
>> internals.
> 
> Shouldn't major version be used for changes that have major  
> (prositive or negative...) impacts for the end-user?
> Such as a change that could break existing script, as the migration  
> to htmlunit was, or a change that brings new possibilities.
> 
> That way, I could as an end-user better decide if/when I want to  
> upgrade the webtest version.
> A change to a minor version could be done pretty much anytime,  
> whereas refactoring and testing amay have to be planned along with a  
> change to a major version.
> 
> I would see the use of Ant 1.7, java 1.5, xpath 2.0 or successful  
> XmlHttpRequest as possible reasons for a webtest 3.
> 
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> 
>> For my part I see currently 3 issues that I want to see fixed  
>> before the
>> next official release:
>>
>> - Provide a core structure and utility to facilitate WebTest projects
>> http://webtest-community.canoo.com/jira/browse/WT-287
>>
>> - Upgrade to htmlunit 1.11
>> http://webtest-community.canoo.com/jira/browse/WT-288
>>
>> and fix the remaining unwanted differences in generated report due to:
>> - Configure steps before execution rather that when added to <webtest>
>> http://webtest-community.canoo.com/jira/browse/WT-232
>>
>> What do you think?
> 
> Maybe uPgrade all possible dependencies?
> A quick look has shown at least log4j and oro could be upgraded.
> 
> Best
>       dna
> 
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