I agree with Rainer, commit rights to xwork have been granted to S2 committers on-demand (like me), where the project is, I don't think matters much. I am set on getting periodic S2 builds out, and then I will try to do the same with XWork, first I need to get Rainer and Rene to document the process ;), hint hint. musachy
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Rainer Hermanns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > It is not true, that there are no releases of XWork. > True is, that the releases are not that frequent as required. > Currently only Musachy and me are working on XWork and applying patches. > Both of us are Struts2 core developers and PMC members, so you can be sure > that there will be XWork releases as required. > But please keep in mind, that we are all working on XWork and Struts2 in > our spare time free of charge. > There will be soon new release managers for XWork, so that one can step in > as required and releases should come out more regular. > However, this still requires time of the developers after, before or > beside their daytime jobs. > > It would be of great help, if more users would test the nightly and > alpha/beta builds of S2/XWork and give their vivid feedback on the dev or > user list or even in Jira. I am pretty sure your mentioned problem with > websphere would have been solved before a release. > We need your feedback to make XWork and Struts2 better and to meet your > needs. Patches are also very welcome and maybe you are interested in > getting involved. > > I wouldn't have a problem to move over XWork to the ASF and I am pretty > sure some other XWork developers would vote +1 for this step, but just > bringing over a project to the ASF without new volunteer developers > wouldn't solve the mentioned issue. > > So, if I could see a better future for XWork at Apache, I'd love to go > this way, but this is not a task for two or three developers, but for a > larger community. If some developers would like to participate either at > OpenSymphony or in/after an incubation to ASF let me and others know, you > are welcome and your help would be much appreciated. > > > cheers, > Rainer > > > > > I count not help myself not to ask the queston and still wonder why it > was > > decided to build struts 2 on XWork instead of directing the effort to > come > > up with struts 2 using something home grown technologies like Command > > chains ( that is currently used in struts 1.3 +). It makes u wonder what > > happens if XWORK for some reason or other goes out of commission and > there > > are no releases. I do not see how struts 2 and xwork can be considered a > > merge to create a new framework (struts 2) while xwork is an independant > > and fully functional framework (when there is a merge, the merge results > > in 1 new entity with merging old entities are gone) > > > > I have been an avid user of struts 1 for past few years and have switched > > to struts 2 to keep up with struts hype but I have not been able to run > > any project in my case on Websphere (except 2.0.11) with any struts 2 > > release. Struts 1 used to run like charm. > > > > regards, > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Rene Gielen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Struts Developers List <dev@struts.apache.org> > > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:22:01 AM > > Subject: Re: Struts2 and production apps > > > > I totally agree that this is currently a very bad situation. Jeromy's tip > > for static resources is a working fix for the 2.0.12 issue, as well as an > > uprgade to 2.0.13 testing version would be (this was no GA release). > > Please note that we fixed the static resource bug immediately when it was > > reported, and triggered the 2.0.13 build - but since there is still the > > conversion message issue, it will not become GA. > > > > For the needed 2.0.14, we are simply waiting on XWork to be released, > > because the said conversion error problem is not a Struts issue. The bug > > was fixed in XWork code immediately after reporting, but XWork has it's > > own release cycle. That's why it is not in our hand to get out a Struts > > 2.0.14 release candidate, which technically will be nothing more than a > > 2.0.13 with a current XWork build. > > > > I really hope that we will be getting a XWork release this weekend, and > as > > soon as it is published, be sure that a 2.0.14 build will pushed out > right > > away. And to all those out there using production apps, please feel > > invited to participate on the QA review and voting process for new > > releases with reporting integration test results, because that helps us > to > > hunt down the real world issues before we consider a build GA. > > > > - René > > > > Jeromy Evans schrieb: > >> Koen Serry wrote: > >>> * 2.0.12: yes great GA, ah no it doesn't do static resources, so all > >>> client > >>> side validations won't work.... > >>> > >> > >> Just a tip, if you're releasing a production app, you shouldn't be > >> serving static resources from the struts2 dispatcher. Extract them and > >> the problem is avoided. > >> > >> http://struts.apache.org/2.0.12/docs/performance-tuning.html > >> > http://cwiki.apache.org/S2WIKI/creating-a-custom-dojo-profile-for-struts-20x.html > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for the perfect gift? 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