Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-27 Thread Leo Simons
J.Pietschmann wrote: Leo Simons wrote: the alternative is to only depend on http://www.apache.org/dist/avalon/excalibur/latest/ What worries me is that excalibur depends on a class distributed with Xalan. which package are you referring to, and why is it worrying it depends on Xalan? Something

Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-27 Thread J.Pietschmann
Leo Simons wrote: which package are you referring to, IIRC org.apache.xml.utils.PrefixResolver and why is it worrying it depends on Xalan? I'd like to rip out the Xalan jar, put in Saxon, and start Cocoon without being surprised by a ClassDefNotFound exception. J.Pietschmann

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-26 Thread Martin Holz
Carsten Ziegeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would like to a add one more point: Most of us do not care about releasing new versions. We *must* come back to release often - release early. But each time, we try to get a new version out, someone comes up and says: Wait XYZ is not

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-26 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Carsten Ziegeler wrote: Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: There are a few things that we are doing wrong. I'll make a dump of my random thoughts about these in order to foster a discussion. Ah, it's time again to write an email that is larger than four lines. Hmpf. Now, I think the problems you mention

RE: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-26 Thread Carsten Ziegeler
First, Stefano, relax - I didn't want to attack you directly. Don't assume that all my comments were hinting at something you did! So... Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I'm doing refactoring because I want to release, not the opposite. Dito and see comment above. Removing dependencies will improve

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-26 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Carsten Ziegeler wrote: First, Stefano, relax - I didn't want to attack you directly. Don't assume that all my comments were hinting at something you did! Sorry but it looked pretty personal to me. Apologies if it was not the case. Moving the SourceFactory to Avalon made a mess. This is what I'm

RE: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-26 Thread Carsten Ziegeler
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Carsten Ziegeler wrote: First, Stefano, relax - I didn't want to attack you directly. Don't assume that all my comments were hinting at something you did! Sorry but it looked pretty personal to me. Sorry for that - I really hate writing long emails and perhaps

RE: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-26 Thread Matthew Langham
I want to know if somebody feels like I'm doing this but remains silent because of any reason. Perhaps because you are Stefano? Think about it :-). Matthew -- Open Source Group Cocoon { Consulting, Training, Projects } =

Re: Scratchpad leases (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Berin Loritsch
Jeff Turner wrote: What would removal of the Scratchpad force on the community? * More controlled innovation. Instead of anybody using it as their personal playground, it would force the development to be more in the face of the community. Hence schecoon would have been shot down in flames,

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-26 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Matthew Langham wrote: I want to know if somebody feels like I'm doing this but remains silent because of any reason. Perhaps because you are Stefano? Think about it :-). There are many things I can do but the only one thing I cannot possibly do is to avoid being who I am. If you think you

cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Simons
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Recently on avalon-dev I expressed my concerns about their habit of moving stuff around for elegance-sake, but I'm starting to think that Cocoon is abusing avalon and this places too much pressure on their shoulders. ah, the load, the load! I can't take it anymore

Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Berin Loritsch
Leo Simons wrote: Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: (AltRMI is no longer part of avalon though; that's in incubator now) Of this list, if it is possible and sensible to remove the cocoon deps on cli, Easy enough. collections, concurrent, Both done--all that is required is a new ECM IO, I don't think

RE: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Sutic
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Recently on avalon-dev I expressed my concerns about their habit of moving stuff around for elegance-sake, but I'm starting to think that Cocoon is abusing avalon and this places too much pressure on their shoulders. Example: the instrumentation. The Cocoon core

Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Simons
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: ah, the load, the load! I can't take it anymore action type=jump-of-cliff entity=avalon/ Aaa a a a ah! :D:D Just kiddin' :D LOL :) Anyone know the album cocoon crash by K's Choice? Sounds a bit different :D I have to be honest with you: I find the

Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Leo Simons wrote: I have to be honest with you: I find the dependency on tons of small jars disturbing to say the least. I know it's probably possible to move from excalibur-cli to commons-cli or whatever, but I don't know how, nor, to be honest, I even dare to touch it. And this is just an

Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Berin Loritsch
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Leo Simons wrote: I have to be honest with you: I find the dependency on tons of small jars disturbing to say the least. I know it's probably possible to move from excalibur-cli to commons-cli or whatever, but I don't know how, nor, to be honest, I even dare to touch

Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread J.Pietschmann
Leo Simons wrote: the alternative is to only depend on ... http://www.apache.org/dist/avalon/excalibur/latest/ What worries me is that excalibur depends on a class distributed with Xalan. J.Pietschmann

Re: cocoon deps on avalon (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-26 Thread Leo Simons
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I'm slowly working at finding out the internal dependencies of Cocoon core myself. Let's not step on each other toes. I wouldn't worry 'bout that. Me not cocoon committer, nor intending to become one :D cheers, - Leo

[RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-25 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
There are a few things that we are doing wrong. I'll make a dump of my random thoughts about these in order to foster a discussion. Building on sand We developped a habit of building on sand. Recently on avalon-dev I expressed my concerns about their habit of moving stuff

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-25 Thread Berin Loritsch
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: There are a few things that we are doing wrong. I'll make a dump of my random thoughts about these in order to foster a discussion. Building on sand We developped a habit of building on sand. Recently on avalon-dev I expressed my concerns about their

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-25 Thread Steven Noels
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I repeat my proposal to kill the scratchpad Totally +1, since it will hopefully also motivate people to start a project next to and depending on Cocoon rather than inside it. enough for now. i need food. Bon appétit ;-) /Steven -- Steven Noels

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-25 Thread Berin Loritsch
Steven Noels wrote: Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: I repeat my proposal to kill the scratchpad Totally +1, since it will hopefully also motivate people to start a project next to and depending on Cocoon rather than inside it. Actually, I have a need to do this, and I wonder what the best approach

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-25 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote, On 25/02/2003 19.55: There are a few things that we are doing wrong. I'll make a dump of my random thoughts about these in order to foster a discussion. Building on sand We developped a habit of building on sand. Recently on avalon-dev I expressed my

Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-25 Thread Berin Loritsch
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: snip/ Scratchpad considered harmful - I proposed to remove the scratchpad and no consensus was reached. I try again but this time harder: I think the scratchpad is harmful. Reasons: 1) for non-core stuff, alpha blocks will do just fine and

Scratchpad leases (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-25 Thread Jeff Turner
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 05:37:07PM -0500, Berin Loritsch wrote: Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: ... I repeat my proposal to kill the scratchpad Hmmm... how could we have done the flow without the scratchpad? Do you really think that Schecoon could have been done in head? Make the

Re: Scratchpad leases (Re: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong)

2003-02-25 Thread Ovidiu Predescu
On Tuesday, Feb 25, 2003, at 20:57 US/Pacific, Jeff Turner wrote: What would removal of the Scratchpad force on the community? * More controlled innovation. Instead of anybody using it as their personal playground, it would force the development to be more in the face of the community.

RE: [RT] what cocoon is doing wrong

2003-02-25 Thread Carsten Ziegeler
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: There are a few things that we are doing wrong. I'll make a dump of my random thoughts about these in order to foster a discussion. Ah, it's time again to write an email that is larger than four lines. Hmpf. Now, I think the problems you mention have all the same