On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Gary VanMatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Kito Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Gary VanMatre <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > From: "Kito Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > At JSFOne we were discussing Shale Test, and again the idea of moving > it > > > out > > > > of Shale popped up. With so little activity in the Shale project, I'd > > > like > > > > to bring up the issue of migrating it to MyFaces proper, or out of > > > MyFaces > > > > all-together. Thoughts? > > > > > > Any contributions to the shale project are much appreciated. What do > you > > > mean by "out of MyFaces all-together"? Kito, do you have interest in > > > supporting this library under the shale community? > > > > > > Well, there has been interest in supporting Shale Test inside of JSFUnit > -- > > that's what I meant by "out of MyFaces all-together". Basically, I think > the > > community could use and updated and and active version of Shale Test, and > > the Shale community doesn't seem to have the bandwidth (or interest) in > > making that happen. Given the fact that a lot of MyFaces projects use it, > I > > could see how MyFaces may be a better place for it, *if* people in that > > community have cycles for it. Otherwise, it may fare better somewhere > else. > > > > I certainly have interest in working on Shale Test regardless of where it > is > > (I have a nice little Spring integration class, for instance), but I > don't > > have the bandwidth to personally push the project forward. > > > > I see. Thanks for taking the time to explain. Shale welcomes anyone that > is > willing to contribute to the project in the way of documentation or code > contributions. > > Since the Shale project is not indirectly sponsored by a commercial entity, > we don't necessary have another product driving the release. That's fine, but I don't really see _anyone_ driving releases :-). What's the problem with letting Shale Test move somewhere else? > I'm certain > that Shale would be more than willing to work with the Jboss group within > the shale community. The problem, though, is that Shale Test is part of a project that has stagnated. So, even if Shale Test moves forward, it's difficult to get traction if the whole project is perceived as stale. Do you see what I'm saying? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Kito D. Mann -- Author, JavaServer Faces in Action > > > > http://twitter.com/kito99 > > > > http://www.virtua.com - JSF/Java EE consulting, training, and > mentoring > > > > http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info > > > > +1 203-404-4848 x3 > > > > > > > > * Sign up for the JSF Central newsletter! > > > > http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=ac048d0e17 * > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Kito D. Mann -- Author, JavaServer Faces in Action > > http://twitter.com/kito99 > > http://www.virtua.com - JSF/Java EE consulting, training, and mentoring > > http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info > > +1 203-404-4848 x3 > > > > * Sign up for the JSF Central newsletter! > > http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=ac048d0e17 * > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kito D. Mann -- Author, JavaServer Faces in Action http://twitter.com/kito99 http://www.virtua.com - JSF/Java EE consulting, training, and mentoring http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info +1 203-404-4848 x3 * Sign up for the JSF Central newsletter! http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=ac048d0e17 *
