>From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 6/21/06, Don Brown wrote: > > Again, Struts Action and Struts Shale would both retain their separate > projects, > > codebases, and release cycles. Struts 2.0 is about building something on > > top > of > > our Struts efforts to create a unified front to users. Users don't care > > about > > all the little projects, subprojects, and libraries we have; I think they > > just > > want something to help them build webapps - they want Struts 2.0. And as a > > committer, PMC member and Struts user, I want it too. > > Wearing my PMC hat, I'd be surprised if that approach would well serve > the Shale community. You can dress it up anyway you want, but in the > end, this approach will have the effect of demoting Shale to an > appendage of SAF, rather than a framework in its own right. > > We like to chatter about what's best for Struts, or what Struts is, > but I think the key question is what's Shale, and what's best for > Shale? I remain concerned that, after two years on a greenfield, there > has not been a GA release of Shale. I have to wonder if keeping Shale > here is stunting the community's growth. > > We've heard from Craig, but in order to make any kind of decision, I'd > have to know how the other people working on Shale feel. >
I think we could use some more Shale recruiters but I don't necessarily think that is because of lacking community support. I can think of several people that I feel have been worthy contributors but we have been very conservative. The SAF camp has recently been very active in recruiting anyone showing interest. I don't have a strong opinion either way. I remember someone saying that they have precious little time and I sympathize. Making this happen is really a team effort and you have to pick your battles. Even though I have not made the time to evaluate the latest in the action camp, I truly enjoy the exchange of ideas. If we continue to share a single community, I don't think that it is wise to force both camps into a single shoe box. On occasion we might want to get funky mixing styles but most like to play it safe, after all, it's about the right context. Gary > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
