Re: Freekmarker vs. Velocity

2008-03-26 Thread Jonathan Revusky
in the interest of your user community and just the general public out there. Jonathan Revusky wrote: Thanks for the detailed argument Jonathon. Jeromy Evans wrote: Niall Pemberton wrote: I just saw the following comment FreeMarker is very similar to Velocity, as both are template languages

Re: Freekmarker vs. Velocity

2008-03-23 Thread Jonathan Revusky
them out of their complacency, I don't know what would... :-) Regards, Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail

Re: [action][Proposal] Architecture plan for Struts Action 2.0

2006-05-15 Thread Jonathan Revusky
for even people around here to swallow, isn't it? Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ This is exactly like the split we had a few years ago when Patrick and I decided to start from scratch with WebWork 2. Jason, I think to say exactly like is really

Re: [action][Proposal] Architecture plan for Struts Action 2.0

2006-05-08 Thread Jonathan Revusky
the while emit confused messages claiming that Struts 1.x is not really being abandoned, surely this is a bit much for even people around here to swallow, isn't it? Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org

Re: Dear trolls...

2006-05-03 Thread Jonathan Revusky
people retain their position and power based on incumbency, independently of how poor their performance has been, you obviously don't have a meritocracy. And the logic of this is actually inescapable, it seems. If you don't have a meritocracy, you're not following the Apache Way. Jonathan Revusky

Re: Dear trolls...

2006-05-01 Thread Jonathan Revusky
before the revolution happened :) Well, he would have had some other pejorative term(s) for them. But in general, your point is well taken: people with strong opinions who expound a consistent set of views in good faith are not trolls. That's not what the term means. Jonathan Revusky -- lead

Re: Dear trolls...

2006-05-01 Thread Jonathan Revusky
nicely agree with one another is inherently kind of sterile, and nothing new or innovative tends to emerge from such an environment. Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ Lately it's been ridiculous. -Paul

Re: [VOTE] Accept and Graduate WebWork 2 Podling to Struts

2006-04-29 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Frank W. Zammetti wrote: Question: looking at the status page, I don't seem to find any mention of some of the licensing issues that were being discussed a while back... IIRC, there was some concern about a calendar widget for example, among other things. Am I just missing it on the page? Or

Re: [VOTE] Accept and Graduate WebWork 2 Podling to Struts

2006-04-28 Thread Jonathan Revusky
incubated some more... LOL Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ - Posted via Jive Forums http://forums.opensymphony.com/thread.jspa?threadID=28608messageID=55540#55540

Re: Proposal for change

2006-04-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
people in. Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ FreeMarker blog, http://freemarker.blogspot.com/ Let's say what the Struts Way is. It is not, I would strongly suggest even slightly related to the Apache Way. I am also strongly considering just

Re: Proposal for change

2006-04-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Daniel Warner wrote: On 4/27/06, Jonathan Revusky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dakota Jack wrote: Doesn't this kind of talk sound goofy to you all? Isn't this reference to the Apache Way sort of like a secret handshake and a silly hat? It's all that, yes, but it's also not very honest, I'd

Re: Tea Time with the Trolls (Was: Re: Proposal for change)

2006-04-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
! Would that be a first? Let's give it a go: On 4/27/06, Jonathan Revusky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Warner wrote: The meritocracy idea at Apache is not about who does the work best. It's just about who does the work. You do the work, you make decisions. You're joking, aren't you, Daniel

Re: This has gone too far.

2006-04-26 Thread Jonathan Revusky
with the issues, I would suggest (strongly) that you find some other way of motivating people to do some heavy lifting. Because the approach embodied by this last note of yours is not going to work. Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ - Struts

Re: Proposal for change

2006-04-26 Thread Jonathan Revusky
) posts to the dev list in Greg Reddin's history I provided a URL which demonstrates that that statement is incorrect. ROTFL But if the actual count is 3 instead of 4, that reinforces Dakota's point, doesn't it? (And even if it was 7 or 8sheesh) You guys sigh Jonathan Revusky -- lead

Re: Proposal for change

2006-04-26 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Jonathan Revusky wrote: Martin Cooper wrote: On 4/25/06, Dakota Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the kind of stupid, assinine comment What is stupid or assinine about pointing out that your count is incorrect? It *is* incorrect. You counted 4 posts to the dev list. To quote you

Reading too much into java package names

2006-03-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
. Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ In my opinion, a project needs to have a name, a single name, which one uses to identify it. If we want to bring WebWork in as a new Struts subproject, and that is an option, then I'm fine with that. However, I'm

Re: Struts 1.3.1 - When?

2006-03-26 Thread Jonathan Revusky
(rechristed Struts Action 2) to supersede Struts 1.x. Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: WebWork renaming strategy *revised*

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
(such wonderful people) but surely there is some agenda in wanting to excise webwork and ww from all the code, isn't there? Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ FreeMarker group blog, http://freemarker.blogspot.com/ Hubert

Re: WebWork renaming strategy *revised*

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
is that the motivation of the Webwork people for this was to *gain* the Apache/Struts name, not particularly to *lose* the Webwork name. If Apache/Struts is now an umbrella, that implies replacing the string OpenSymphony rather than the Webwork string. Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer

Re: WebWork renaming strategy *revised*

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
to show some respect for the history of this project that you are basically getting dropped in your lap. Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ FreeMarker group blog, http://freemarker.blogspot.com

Re: WebWork renaming strategy *revised*

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
you have no particular need to pay much heed to me. OTOH, I consider it likely that other people might feel that same unease and not be expressing it... Jonathan Revusky -- lead developer, FreeMarker project, http://freemarker.org/ FreeMarker group blog, http://freemarker.blogspot.com

Re: WebWork renaming strategy *revised*

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Frank W. Zammetti wrote: +1 (non-binding) here. If I had my druthers I would have gone with saf, but ti works for me too, no objection. I don't understand. Why not just use webwork if it comes to that, rather than saf or ti. At least that acknowledges the heritage of the thing. Jonathan