I also did some reflection on this issue and Fran�ois summed up
nicely all my thoughts.
I completely agree with him.

-Paolo

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Francois Beauregard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:35 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [OS-webwork] Concern and Opinions
>
>
>Part of the message was lost on the way. Here is (hopefully) 
>the complete
>one.
>
>I am concerned that the next version of WebWork (or XWork) 
>will be built in
>a sandbox mode. I hope the sandbox is just a place to try 
>things and design
>stuff. When features and ideas are stable enough they should 
>be brought into
>the actual code base in a 'refactor the code' way. WebWork's 
>code has been
>exercised for quite a while. Therefore, it can be considered mature and
>probably contains a low number of bugs and should be the base 
>IMHO to move
>forward.
>
>While I am at it and decided to post to WebWork's mailing 
>list, here are
>some opinions.
>
>WebWork's name should remain WebWork for two main reasons IMO. 
>Primarily
>because it is a framework to build WEB APPLICATIONS. It just 
>happens to be
>generic enough so that people building WEB APPLICATIONS using 
>WebWork can
>use it also to extend their application (message driven commands, other
>types of client, ...) and may be reuse some code. The second 
>reason is that
>WebWork's name starts to be recognized.
>
>I really hope to soon seen release plans with concrete 
>features. 1.4 and may
>be 1.5 could include bug fixes and small features that do not 
>break backward
>compatibility. Then 2.0 could include larger feature and some 
>that breaks
>backward compatibility (but please provide a clear migration 
>path or even
>better a migration tool).
>
>Guys, please use Jira, it is a much better tool to plan 
>releases and move
>forward than some of the pointless discussions that occured 
>lately on the
>mailing list.
>
>just my 2c
>
>
>
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