On Nov 22, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Vadim Gritsenko wrote:
Daniel Fagerstrom wrote:
Ezkovich Glen wrote:
On Nov 22, 2005, at 1:18 AM, Reinhard Poetz wrote:
Glen Ezkovich wrote:
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This is what I thought. I was in effect questioning wether these
new features are ready to go. My concern is the documentation
for these new changes and features. An admittedly quick perusal
of SVN didn't reveal much at all. Even a M1 release requires a
bit of documentation so that the changes and new things get tested.
First it is an M1 so it is not like that everything have to be
completely finished and polished. Second it is a little bit of a
chicken and egg problem, as long as we don't start to release the
new features, they will feel like a moving target that not is
worthwhile to use and document yet.
Ahhhh, where software with market share differs from software without
and why cocoon's documentation needs so much work. Documentation is
an integral part of a release. It should be developed along side the
source code not months after the release.
And as long as no one use it and document it we who develop the
new stuff doesn't have any presure to stabilize it and stop
changing the interfaces.
By releasing an M1 we focus the community on 2.2 and hopefully
make the things you asking for, happen.
Also, while some of the above improvements still are experimental
(blocks, virtual sitemap components ...), much of it isn't. ECM++,
reloading classloader, refactored JXTemplate, ... really
simplifies use of Cocoon, so we should make it available for a
larger audience ASAP.
Exactly.
I agree. But if you release today, then no one except those that have
touched those things or followed the developer list will know what
those features are much less how to use them.
Point me in the right direction, give me a tentative release date and
I will write up some documentation. Best offer I can give you today.
Glen Ezkovich
HardBop Consulting
glen at hard-bop.com
A Proverb for Paranoids:
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to
worry about answers."
- Thomas Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow
