On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 15:14, Berin Loritsch wrote:
> Development Plan 1:
>
> We continue to support our existing projects while we start fresh
> on a new effort. The new effort will be a scalable container that
> follows a "profile". Basically the container will only use the
> features that are part of that profile and ignore everything else.
>
> PROS: It is new code that we as a team must work together on. We
> will have just as much functionality as we want without
> worrying about functionality we don't want.
>
> CONS: It requires a more complex validation layer (i.e. we need to
> make sure that components that are used do not *require* the
> functionality we left out of the profile).
+ it requires a more complex backward compatibility layer
+ it might take longer to get a release that's useful to the
cocoon people for 3.x (though the pro of that might be that
more of them come over to help)
I would like to explore this direction, +1
> Development Plan 2:
>
> We adapt our current projects to the three/four tiered approach
> (Tutorial, Micro, Standard, Enterprise). This is probably an easier
> migration path, and it would leverage the existing code that we
> already have.
>
> PROS: It uses existing code to build upon. It is easier for a user
> to determine what type of container that they need for the set
> of components they are using.
>
> CONS: It isn't new development, so there is potential for "my way is
> better" conflicts. We may actually be more difficult to
> determine consensus on the particulars of container/component
> contracts.
+ while nice to put clear labels on things and restrict the
scope of current containers a little more, it really doesn't
make sense technically. ie merlin is already moving along the
lines of plan #1, a micro container should be simple enough
to be a tutorial container.........
I think this is the second-best alternative should many people not like
#0, hence I'm -0 on this one for now.
cheers,
- Leo Simons
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