I am a struts user who has recently began programming in webwork, to get a head start for action 2. Having just spent many hours researching, reading about and experimenting with webwork, I personally hope that you start with a version of action 2 that resembles webwork pretty closely. I wonder how many other people are in my shoes. If ease of migration is a major concern for the project, maybe a survey on struts-user would be useful, something like:
Regarding Struts Action 2 and Webwork do you... [ ] plan to keep using struts action 1 for new apps [ ] plan to use struts 2 for new apps when released [ ] plan to use webwork for new apps til struts 2 is released I think that having the current webwork user base as a resource that may help the much larger struts users base to migrate is a consideration that should be taken in your deliberations as well, because if struts action 2 is new everyone, that may make adoption slower. Dave On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 13:04 -0700, Don Brown wrote: > Ok, let's just make this an official proposal and focus all of this > discussion: > > I propose that the architecture plan for Struts Action 2.0 includes the > following: > > 1. A re-design of the API to simplify the framework the users see > 2. Backwards-compatibility support for WebWork 2 and Struts 1.x applications > 3. Continue to use XWork for a) compatibility reasons and b) the core > implementation of the new API > 4. A target GA release by August > > This means for current WebWork 2 users: > 1. WebWork continues to apply bug fixes for the WebWork 2.1.x and 2.2.x > branches > 2. Migration to Struts Action 2.0 should take hours, not days, weeks, but > probably not minutes. > > For Struts Action 1 users: > 1. Struts Action 1.x will continue to be developed actively > 2. Migration to Struts Action 2.0 should take days, using available > migration > tools and compatibility libraries > > I think this proposal is a good middle ground between folks that want WebWork > 2.2 with just package renaming, and others that want a completely new > framework. > > Please register your comments and if necessary, I'll call a vote so we can > decide this once and for all, and get back to coding. > > Don > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
