Regarding the whole trouble I'm having I strongly agree. All this hassle and lot of time I have to invest doesn't really help in choosing the right database for our Cocoon project. However, I'll keep on trying...
Stefan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <xindice-users@xml.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:57 AM Subject: Note to Xindice developers > Hi guys, > As a skulker on this forum, I'm still learning loads about this great > little XML db. > But am I the only one seeing alarms going off around all the trouble > people are having with 1.1* ? > The default cvs checkout does indeed give you 1.1b2, so regardless of > whether it's "official" or not, this is what > the build delivery is created as, and what people will refer to it as. > > My concern is the perception Xindice is getting in the developer > community with 90% of the people not being able to start it, access it etc. > Some of the problems are for example the documentation is valid for 1.0, > but is built into the 1.1 delivery, this silly "which port > is it running on" question etc etc etc. > Now I'm skilled and experienced enough to know this "Extreme > programming" style of development is often how these community projects > evolve, > but there is a large risk here of destroying any chance Xindice has of > becoming an acceptable solution to the average Joe. A bad reputation will be > immediately seized upon by the guys marketing Xperion, Oracle XML etc. > > I propose some attention be paid to as quick as possible to getting an > official, TESTED beta version built and delivered before this thing gets > out of hand. > > Just my 0.2e, thanks for a great piece of software. > > wh >
