Not having a good internet connection will create a huge backlog for
messages never sent... grmbl

I also got a ping from a coworker of Al Maw where these projects went:
this means there is genuine interest in them (apart from the downloads
mentioned below).

On 5/6/07, Eelco Hillenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I also didn't see the point of why releases have
to be disabled or code that compiles and at least does something has
to be moved.

These particular releases imply that the code is unmaintained and left
to die. If someone does download these releases and tries to get them
to work with the current Wicket code base, then they are in for a
nasty surprise. The code in SVN doesn't have that problem. So
disabling the releases will decrease the visibility, but will also
remove the idea that they are no longer maintained. [1]

These projects clearly are maintained, and should be used as examples
from what I hear from you. Therefore I think the best value for these
projects and your effort invested in them is in having a source
distribution release available for download (based on 1.3 code), and
not the currently, obsolete binary release for download.

I would also consider adding a small page to the wiki explaining the
intent and how/what to do with the projects.

> why not take a step back and
> see why we actually have these projects?

At the very least they were examples that people could check out and
take a look at.

I have no problem with that. But it was not clear to me, and I would
guess not for other users.

It's 1.0 based as the version implies. If that isn't clear, then we
could look at that further.

I would suggest disabling the downloads: they are not of any
particular use at the moment, other than making the stuff visible to
casual browsing users. They are dangerous in that they (the downloads)
won't work with the current state of Wicket.

The usage of the projects look like they are actively downloaded: [2]

So let's either update these projects and release new binaries or
remove the binaries and keep it in svn. I have a slight preference for
the former: releases make things nice and explicit and gives people
something solid to build on.

Martijn

[1] 
http://faler.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/all-the-wicket-components-you-could-ever-wish-for/

[2] 
http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=134391&ugn=wicket-stuff&type=prdownload&mode=alltime&package_id=149074&release_id=0

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