On 3/17/06, Paul Benedict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So is this the end of line for the 1.2 branch? One thing
> that I admire the Spring Framework team for is their desire
> and willingness to backport *minor* enhancements from the
> upcoming 2.0 release into the 1.2 branch. Because I find
> their level of support admirable, I wonder how many commiters
> here would be committed (no pun intended!) to follow a similar
> path by applying minor 1.3 enhancements back into 1.2? Who knows,
> maybe we will have a Struts 1.2.12 one day if this is wanted.

The difference is that Spring is commercial open source. Here it needs
a volunteer willing to do it and the problem with that if "eat our own
dog food"  how likely is it there'll be a volunteer wanting to back
port?

Niall

> One thing which I found inspiring in Ted's emails (see the
> user list) is the willingness not to evolve without being a revolutionary.
> I think 1.3 will be a great product (let's hope it goes GA
> soon but only after 1.2.9), and I would like the minor things
> to move backwards as well.
>
> Is anyone else interested in such an idea?
>
> Paul

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