On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 11:00 AM Cédric Damioli <cdami...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > Second thread to discuss about Cocon 2.x branch, with the latest > release, 2.3.0, just being rolled out. > Cocoon 2.2 was initially meant to implements all stuff developed during > the 2.1 cycle on top of Spring and Maven, to drop old Avalon dependencies. > > We'd like to know whether you'd prefer: > [-1 ] retiring Cocoon 2.x > > [+0] reviving/maintaining Cocoon 2.x, meaning that you volunteer to be > somehow involved > > Please note that the above proposal is not a formal vote, but more like > a open poll, so that everyone could speak out. > > Should we continue the project and this branch particularly, there are > recent threads on this list proposing to switch to Git, to upgrade > dependencies, build system, ... > > Cédric > Not sure I can really commit to helping much, other than testing releases, I don't see having the time to dive into the code anymore but I do still see people using this code base. Peter Hunsberger > Le 30/11/2023 à 19:53, Cédric Damioli a écrit : > > Dear Cocoon users and developers, > > > > Sorry for crossposting here, I wanted to be sure that all involved > > people were aware of the ongoing discussions. > > > > We recently pushed a new release of Cocoon, 11 years after the > > previous one. This release gathers all changes made in between as well > > as two security fixes discovered last year. > > The journey to roll this release out was definitively not an easy one, > > and it's now time to think about what should be next for the project. > > > > We currently officially maintain 3 branches, not compatible with each > > others and having evolved differently over the years : 2.1.x, 2.2/2.3 > > and 3.0, and we do not have enough active developers to be able to > > continue to properly and correctly maintain them. > > > > For a project as old as Cocoon (21 years!), there may be many users > > around here still using one branch or another, which could be > > interested to step up, contribute and try to revive the project, or at > > least some parts of it. > > > > I will soon start 3 threads on the developers list to decide what to > > do about each of the 3 branches (retiring or not), so I encourage > > volunteers to bring their voices. > > > > Best regards, > > Cédric, on behalf of the Apache Cocoon PMC > > > > -- > Cédric Damioli > CMS - Java - Open Source > www.ametys.org > >
