At 10:45 PM 2/24/2002 -0100, Søren Alain Mortensen wrote: >Hi, > >I've been checking out some of the P5EE-materials and I think that it sounds >like a great project. > >The reason that I'm looking into it is that I'm managing a report on the >architechture of eGovernment systems, which will go into J2EE, .Net and Mono, >so why not P5EE if it will be mature within a reasonable time, say a year or >so. > >So what I'm really wondering is, when do you expect to have something similar >to the J2EE ready (docomentationwise or as an actual package) - ie. what is >your timeframe? > >Regards > >Søren A. Mortensen >eGovernment Coordinator > >Danish State Information Services >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Your interest in P5EE is encouraging. However, I am sure you knew the answer to your question before you asked. * There is no way to tell when a "mature" P5EE framework will exist. The "Project Status" page at http://www.officevision.com/pub/p5ee/status.html indicates that P5EEx::Blue should *begin* to be useful in March 2002. (No guarantee of completeness, maturity, fitness for use in any particular purpose, etc.) After that, discussion will pick up about the key design concepts embodied in it. The pace of acceptance of this particular prototype is unknown and the pace of development is highly dependent upon * my own availability, inclination, and the needs of my projects * other people's interest in contributing I would recommend for your report that you emphasize Apache/mod_perl as an excellent web application container with a variety of mature and maturing web application development frameworks in existence. http://perl.apache.org/#appservers and a variety of excellent system-building tools available on CPAN http://www.officevision.com/pub/p5ee/components.html You might mention P5EE as holding some promise, but my judgment is that (at the current stage of maturity) it would be inappropriate to mention it prominently in a report such as you seem to be preparing. Stephen
