Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-28 Thread Dakota Jack
If you leave out the substance of a conversation to say something that is so dark that no one can figure out what it means, then you have truly, truly reached the apex of the natural curve to your career, Newton. Congratulations. Would you care to say something about the issues Jonathan has raised

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-28 Thread Dave Newton
Dakota Jack wrote: > Newton, you remind me of a 13 year old girl. Ooo, guess I'd better watch my back then, huh. > Have you ever said anything worth reading? > I'll assume that's rhetorical, since only others could answer that. Dave ---

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Dakota Jack
This is on topic? What about the substantive question, Craig, that you quizzically said was "WILDLY" off topic. Do you even care to appear consistent? On 3/27/06, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/27/06, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So...are any of the othe

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Dakota Jack
So Craig now has committer rights on who is a first class citizen? Quite frankly, I thought Craig would at least defend the people he put in place and the people who tore down the house with some excuses other than "we had to make bad code because we are genius's". But, rather than do that, he co

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Dakota Jack
Don't complain about the content of the list again, Mitchell. You don't have the fortitude to respond to questiona about the failure of Struts even though you are an active committer and you complain about this thread, and yet, like most of the complainers about the thread, you take it down this p

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Dakota Jack
Newton, you remind me of a 13 year old girl. Why don't you offer something worthwhile once in your life. Have you ever said anything worth reading? Please take your giggling and your curtesying elsewhere. And, leave the "little boys" alone. On 3/27/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Larry Meadors wrote: So...are any of the others as bad as this butt-monkey? Larry, Craig brought up the issue of whether certain content was off-topic for the list, but what about something like your comment here, which simply has no content and there is no attempt for it to have any content

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Craig McClanahan
On 3/27/06, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So...are any of the others as bad as this butt-monkey? You mean the WW2 guys? All the ones I've met are first class citizens. By the way, Jonathan is *not* a WW2 committer -- he's involved in Freemarker. Larry Craig

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Larry Meadors
So...are any of the others as bad as this butt-monkey? Larry On 3/27/06, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/27/06, Vinny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Maybe it's time we heard from the WW2 guys? > > > Several of them have already spoken up ... on the dev list, where it > belo

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Vinny wrote: Maybe it's time we heard from the WW2 guys? Does Jonathan represent the viewpoint of the WW2 developers that are coming on board? Actually, I'm not a WW2 developer. However, FreeMarker is used pretty centrally in WW2 and FreeMarker currently is largely my fault. Seriously I'd

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
Wow... as far as a George Carlin sketch goes, that's grand! "...arrogant little a**-licking toady bastards..." Hehe, I gotta remember that one. I think "toady" makes it special :) Frank James Mitchell wrote: Now, it's obviously a valid question that Struts developers should answer. It _is_

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Craig McClanahan
On 3/27/06, Vinny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe it's time we heard from the WW2 guys? Several of them have already spoken up ... on the dev list, where it belongs, where stuff gets decided. Craig

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Vinny
Maybe it's time we heard from the WW2 guys? Does Jonathan represent the viewpoint of the WW2 developers that are coming on board? Seriously I'd rather use Spring, Wicket or Rife than use something made by people like this guy. On 3/27/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Jo

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > I think it was a very bad idea on his part. Of course _you_ do, you foul-mouthed little boy! _I_ think it was great :D I'm _still_ all a-giggle! Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Michael Jouravlev wrote: On 3/27/06, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now, it's obviously a valid question that Struts developers should answer. It _is_ an invalid question, that's why everyone is ignoring you. And now, I'd like to respond to you with your own words, from your own

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Michael Jouravlev
On 3/27/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Mitchell wrote: > > [ Jonathon's well-reasoned response ;] So the whole thing was Jonathan's monologue? In this case I admire his breadth of writing styles. I am still wondering how the whole merger will work out with FreeMarker being def

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Dave Newton
*rotflmao* That's beautiful! I kinda wish _I_ would have gotten that response, though :( James Mitchell wrote: > [ Jonathon's well-reasoned response ;] You just brightened my day _considerably_! Thanks :D Dave - To unsubsc

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Ted Husted
On 3/27/06, Michael Jouravlev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, why replying in public list? Then, who said what exactly? > (would be interesting to know, since you offloaded this pile into a > public list). Personally, I'm not interested, and I'm dev/nulling the whole thread. But, then I don't

Re: maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread Michael Jouravlev
On 3/27/06, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now, it's obviously a valid question that Struts developers should > > answer. > > It _is_ an invalid question, that's why everyone is ignoring you. > > > And now, I'd like to respond to you with your own words, from your > own not-so-kind o

maintaining human standards [was Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation]

2006-03-27 Thread James Mitchell
Now, it's obviously a valid question that Struts developers should answer. It _is_ an invalid question, that's why everyone is ignoring you. And now, I'd like to respond to you with your own words, from your own not-so-kind off list response to me (of course, censored because this is a pu

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-27 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Emmanouil Batsis wrote: Jonathan Revusky wrote: Struts has also fallen further and further behind technically in its space. (This has what has led to the Webwork merger so that the "Struts umbrella" could offer something reasonably up-to-date.) [Note: This is not a reply to Jonathan perso

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-27 Thread Emmanouil Batsis
Jonathan Revusky wrote: Struts has also fallen further and further behind technically in its space. (This has what has led to the Webwork merger so that the "Struts umbrella" could offer something reasonably up-to-date.) [Note: This is not a reply to Jonathan personally] I keep seeing post

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Asad Habib
Jack, I think folks on this list have heard enough complaining and whinning by you and others. You claim that your right of free speech is being violated, but all I have heard from you is insults. This is a list for professional developers, not gangsters! Also, how are contributing by claiming

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
I don't know about you, but my email comes organized so that I can easily work around anything that happens on a list. I would think that this is fairly normal and something we could expect? I can remember when the dev list would say "Heh, take that stuff to the user list". But, if things go to

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Paul Benedict
Dakota, Thanks for wanting my input :-) I am not looking for censorship, but I am looking for productive discussions and sometimes that means pruning one discussion for the sake of another. I tend to agree that this thread should move onto the dev board; it seems to be the appropraite place, in my

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
Well, I for one would be interested in what you have to say, Paul. I think it is too bad that you feel you cannot answer on this list. That is as close to a tragedy as it gets. I cannot believe how censorship works on this list. What a sad thing. I want to get peoples' ideas on this. I cannot

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
Why does anyone want to stop a thread? If it stops it stops? What is the motivation for stopping a discussion? This seems really, really strange. If you don't want to participate, don't. If you don't like what is being said, have your own say. But to want other people to stop talking? That is

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
It has been taken off track by your backers, Craig. There were some questions raised about why Struts failed and how it might be good to look at how this list behaves. This is the only forum for that discussion. You get people that are wonderfully happy with the list that take that concern down

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
What is your problem with this thread, Mark. Why can you just not STAND it if the people who are talking talk? Why do you want them to be SILENT? You talk about other people soiling, smearing, etc., and you are one of the worse offenders. Jonathon comes on here and makes a few legitimate points

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Paul Benedict
Johnathan, I am going to eat my own advice. I am going to respond to this privately :) Expect an email soon. Paul --- Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Benedict wrote: > > +1 with Frank and Craig. Unless you need to have your viewpoint > > continuously heard in public, some of

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
Okay, Dave?!? I guess you are right after all: non-public open-source projects are really quite normal, right? Keep truckin'! On 3/25/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dakota Jack wrote: > > This is going to be one of my all time favorites. Brought a HUGE grin > to my > > face. > >

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
If people want to talk, Mark, what do you care? You and a few other drones come on and beg people to stop talking. What is that about? Who in the hell do you think you are to dictate who wants to talk? You always have these facists tendencies? The trouble is that the truth hurts. Why don't you

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
e > > Martin- > - Original Message - > From: "Steve Raeburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:33 AM > Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation > > > >I normally i

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
Well, you managed to avoid the whole issue again, Raeburn. Do you ever address a topic? On 3/25/06, Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I normally ignore your crap and I'm sorry for prolonging this agony for > everyone. This really will be my last word. > > Michael, why do you continue t

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Paul Benedict wrote: +1 with Frank and Craig. Unless you need to have your viewpoint continuously heard in public, some of the latter postings can be shared privately. Most of it was good, and I think it generated much good; thanks for sharing. Well, my problem on this right now is that I jus

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Paul Benedict
+1 with Frank and Craig. Unless you need to have your viewpoint continuously heard in public, some of the latter postings can be shared privately. Most of it was good, and I think it generated much good; thanks for sharing. --- "Frank W. Zammetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig McClanahan w

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
Craig McClanahan wrote: No matter where the conversation developed, it has gone in directions that are off topic on this list. Please feel free to continue the conversation, but do it somewhere else. (About to break my own "I'm done posting in this thread" rule)... Even I, as someone who was

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Craig McClanahan
On 3/25/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark Lowe wrote: > > Look.. You've been invited to post your thoughts about the way that > > apache do stuff, to a more appropiate audience than a bunch of > > half-wit struts users like me.. > > Mark, I was involved in a conversation with

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Mark Lowe
On 3/25/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Lowe wrote: > > Look.. You've been invited to post your thoughts about the way that > > apache do stuff, to a more appropiate audience than a bunch of > > half-wit struts users like me.. > > Mark, I was involved in a conversation with v

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Mark Lowe wrote: Look.. You've been invited to post your thoughts about the way that apache do stuff, to a more appropiate audience than a bunch of half-wit struts users like me.. Mark, I was involved in a conversation with various people. It so happens that the conversation developed here.

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Mark Lowe
Look.. You've been invited to post your thoughts about the way that apache do stuff, to a more appropiate audience than a bunch of half-wit struts users like me.. I was using "smear" more in the context of "to soil" You might have a point, you might not, you could be the next pope for all i care.

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Mark Lowe wrote: May I +1000 what steve said, I'm all for a bit of digression, but this thread has narrowed the sematic gap between "to post" and "to smear".. What smear? Do you mean "smear" as in "slander"? Could you be more explicit about this? I think you ought to clarify what you mean by t

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dave Newton
Dakota Jack wrote: > As to the rest, so far as I can tell, you are the troll, my friend. > *rotflmao* And I am most certainly NOT your friend. Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mai

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dave Newton
Dakota Jack wrote: > While sitting in the biggest pile of crap code one could imagine, Oo, heavens no. Maybe you haven't seen much code, but believe me: it gets much, much, MUCH worse. Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dave Newton
Dakota Jack wrote: > This is going to be one of my all time favorites. Brought a HUGE grin to my > face. > Weird, but okay. If you are addressing the apparent dichotomy with "publicly-accessible" and "open-source" then you probably just don't know very much, but I'll talk slowly, as there are

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > When people do start using their commit privileges they are usually > quite timid about it initially and initiate discussion on your list > prior to doing anything remotely controversial. People typically start > off doing very small localized things. And these things are

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Mark Lowe
May I +1000 what steve said, I'm all for a bit of digression, but this thread has narrowed the sematic gap between "to post" and "to smear".. Its just become some sick kind of dirty protest http://pso.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/pso1700/DIRTY%20PROTESTS.htm.. Mark On 3/25/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Dave Newton wrote: Jonathan Revusky wrote: I have no publicly-accessible open-source projects. If I did, I would not give commit access to anybody that asked for it, because I do not have the time to review the contributions of others and do not trust J. Random Coder enough to assume that th

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Martin Gainty
truts Users Mailing List" Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation I normally ignore your crap and I'm sorry for prolonging this agony for everyone. This really will be my last word. Michael, why do you continue to waste your tim

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Steve Raeburn wrote: I normally ignore your crap and I'm sorry for prolonging this agony for everyone. This really will be my last word. Michael, why do you continue to waste your time on such a "big pile of crap" as Struts? What kind of a fool must you be for using the world's worst web fram

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Steve Raeburn
I normally ignore your crap and I'm sorry for prolonging this agony for everyone. This really will be my last word. Michael, why do you continue to waste your time on such a "big pile of crap" as Struts? What kind of a fool must you be for using the world's worst web framework, run by a bunch

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
The fact is that there will not be an explanation for this failure. While sitting in the biggest pile of crap code one could imagine, they continue to extoll their virtues as if they were about to be mentioned for an honorarium in computer history. On 3/24/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
This is going to be one of my all time favorites. Brought a HUGE grin to my face. On 3/24/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have no publicly-accessible open-source projects. -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
I could not bear the thought of having some of these committers talk about my code when they have trouble with the English language, much less Java. On 3/24/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Jouravlev wrote: > > On 3/24/06, Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
Good God, Michael, he was trying to be sarcastic and only reached sardonic but fooled you. Do you actually think a lightbulb like Raeburn would be agreeing with Revusky? Don't you realize that Raeburn is another one of "DOH" bunch? On 3/24/06, Michael Jouravlev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
I don't think you see, Steve, that this sardonic cuteness misses the whole point. While you seem to think you have it all going on, this in fact is inane. No one in their right mind without some political in or position would take much time to contribute to Struts, because the process is complete

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
Turns out you were talking about, as I understand you, code in company as opposed to code on an open source project. This is totally irrelevant. The issue is not whether there are people who make mistakes in companies. The issue is about open source. Those are not the same. So, do you have any

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-25 Thread Dakota Jack
Again, sigh, this is irrelevant. This is so off the topic and the point. How you could think this is relevant is truly a mystery. On 3/24/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dakota Jack wrote: > > I flat don't believe this. Who, what, where, when, etc? > > > > This isn't me (although

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Steve Raeburn wrote: Bottom line is that this is the way Apache works and it's not going to change. Of course not. Especially when, even when your practices fail, you can convince people like the Webwork guys to give you code and mask your failure. I guess you *could* continue to argue th

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Steve Raeburn
Bottom line is that this is the way Apache works and it's not going to change. I guess you *could* continue to argue that this method has been a failure for both Struts and Apache (and most other significant open source projects), but I think the evidence suggests otherwise. Steve Jonathan

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > No, they're not insofar as code is code. However, there are huge > differences in the motivations and in the overall sociology or > dynamics of the situation though. In the open-source case, nobody is > working on some project that they find uninteresting because their bos

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Dave Newton wrote: Jonathan Revusky wrote: I just visited the above link and read the article and I don't see how this can be presented as evidence against a more open collaborative model. Basically it's the story of a bug. Somebody made a mistake. People will make mistakes regardless. Yep.

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Michael Jouravlev wrote: On 3/24/06, Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have an idea. Why don't we publish the source code to Struts so that absolutely anyone can contribute to the project. You are right that we'll need a review process for all those contributions. So why don't we requi

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > Tell me, does the same old wine in a new bottle taste any different? Depends on the new bottle and the process used to transfer the wine. Yep; wine geek, too. Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Steve Raeburn wrote: I have an idea. Why don't we publish the source code to Struts so that absolutely anyone can contribute to the project. You are right that we'll need a review process for all those contributions. So why don't we require all incoming code to be reviewed by at least one exper

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Michael Jouravlev
On 3/24/06, Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an idea. Why don't we publish the source code to Struts so that > absolutely anyone can contribute to the project. You are right that > we'll need a review process for all those contributions. So why don't we > require all incoming code

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Steve Raeburn
I have an idea. Why don't we publish the source code to Struts so that absolutely anyone can contribute to the project. You are right that we'll need a review process for all those contributions. So why don't we require all incoming code to be reviewed by at least one experienced developer befo

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > I just visited the above link and read the article and I don't see how > this can be presented as evidence against a more open collaborative > model. Basically it's the story of a bug. Somebody made a mistake. > People will make mistakes regardless. Yep. Guess what, tho

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Dave Newton wrote: Dakota Jack wrote: I flat don't believe this. Who, what, where, when, etc? This isn't me (although I did fix an essentially identical bug in an internal webapp at Morgan Stanley (who), an Action instance variable (what), in Morristown (where), spring 2004 (when), becaus

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Dave Newton
Dakota Jack wrote: > I flat don't believe this. Who, what, where, when, etc? > This isn't me (although I did fix an essentially identical bug in an internal webapp at Morgan Stanley (who), an Action instance variable (what), in Morristown (where), spring 2004 (when), because they paid me (why)

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-24 Thread Dave Newton
Dakota Jack wrote: > I flat don't believe this. Who, what, where, when, etc? > Uh... you're saying you don't believe I've managed and/or worked on large projects at large companies? Or you're saying that you don't believe that I've had (occasionally _substantial_) issues with sub-standard cod

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dakota Jack
I flat don't believe this. Who, what, where, when, etc? On 3/23/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jonathan Revusky wrote: > > I have no recollection of having wronged you in any specific way. > > You sprayed then, you spray now. No change. "They" told me not to feed > the trolls then

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > I have no recollection of having wronged you in any specific way. You sprayed then, you spray now. No change. "They" told me not to feed the trolls then, they tell me not to feed the trolls now. >> I really don't believe we're so far apart on this: I think the bar for >>

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Dave Newton wrote: Jonathan Revusky wrote: I already am spending too much time on this [...] Agreed. 2. I know that there is significant animosity towards me here [...] My animosity towards you is from years ago, actually; I remember that vaguely, yes. Still feeling animosity over t

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dakota Jack
Lord, Al, do you realize you have just concluded that it is impossible to fail to see what a product is or does from a website? This is not like you. Usually you make sense. But, this is right along the lines of a Newton (Dave) or a Mitchell (James). Oh, wait, it was Mitchell. LOL Sorry, Al.

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dakota Jack
The "bar" to committing on Struts is NOT the issue. The issue is the mess. I cannot agree more with Jonathan. It is s good to hear from someone who sounds mature and sensible. On 3/23/06, Dave Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jonathan Revusky wrote: > > I already am spending too much ti

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Al Eridani
On 3/23/06, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You claim that someone who hits the website cannot understand what the > product is or does. How can you claim this unless you actually DO > understand what it is and therefore it must be confusing for someone who > doesn't. This is hilario

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > I already am spending too much time on this [...] Agreed. > 2. I know that there is significant animosity towards me here [...] My animosity towards you is from years ago, actually; I won't speak for anybody else. > From whence From whence Is the Shakespearean

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Dave Newton wrote: Jonathan Revusky wrote: As regards insults, there is a difference of perspective here. My own feeling is that in all of my posts I have exercised a great degree of self-restraint. Unless you count being able to state your view concisely. There are 2 basic reasons that m

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Henri Yandell
On 3/23/06, Emmanouil Batsis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > As a mortal user i would suggest that all this discussion to be taken > somewhere else, but i have a strong feeling that the motives behind this > and many other thread posts during the last few months are actually fed > by the

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dakota Jack
Sometimes I wonder if you are just not working on too little horsepower, James. Do you really, no kidding, honestly, think Jonathan was talking about a business model here? If so, I apologize for arguing with you. If not, try to be more genuine and to reply to what people are saying versus these

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dakota Jack
When someone is telling you that you are going in the wrong direction, a good answer is not "Help me go faster". On 3/23/06, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Jonathan, I can't seem to find your patch to fix the website anywhere > in > >> bugzilla. Can you point me to it? > > > > J

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dakota Jack
Try using a good browser. I am not willing to change my life to suit your apparent inability to handle email. On 3/23/06, Emmanouil Batsis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > As a mortal user i would suggest that all this discussion to be taken > somewhere else, but i have a strong feelin

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dakota Jack
; bugzilla. Can you point me to it? > > -- > James Mitchell > Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist > Consulting / Mentoring > 678.910.8017 > > - Original Message - > From: "Jonathan Revusky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday,

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread James Mitchell
Jonathan, I can't seem to find your patch to fix the website anywhere in bugzilla. Can you point me to it? James, I understand that this is some kind of attempt at sarcasm. The problem is that you're obviously not really thinking about what you're saying. Oh, maybe you are right. What I re

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Dave Newton
Jonathan Revusky wrote: > As regards insults, there is a difference of perspective here. My own > feeling is that in all of my posts I have exercised a great degree of > self-restraint. Unless you count being able to state your view concisely. > [...] people literally claim that the managers of

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Emmanouil Batsis
Hello, As a mortal user i would suggest that all this discussion to be taken somewhere else, but i have a strong feeling that the motives behind this and many other thread posts during the last few months are actually fed by the visibility of the mailing list itself. Anyway, just wanted to

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Jonathan Revusky
- Original Message - From: "Jonathan Revusky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation Henri Yandell wrote: On 3/22/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Henri Yandell wrot

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Niall Pemberton
On 3/23/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Niall Pemberton wrote: > > > > I don't believe this is true - from what I see Jonathan Revusky's only > > desire is to see the demise of Apache - > > Very good, Niall. Since you're so good at reading my mind, could you > tell me how I plan t

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread James Mitchell
ECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation Henri Yandell wrote: On 3/22/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Henri Yandell wrote: foo.apache.org maps to a PMC, which maps to a coding community, not to a

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Niall Pemberton wrote: On 3/23/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Struts is a cool community. The users are actively involved, in terms of answering and asking; people obviously care about the community - as shown by both your and Dakota's questions and by the desire of the committers

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-23 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Henri Yandell wrote: On 3/22/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Henri Yandell wrote: foo.apache.org maps to a PMC, which maps to a coding community, not to a codebase. Henri, I feel I should give you a bit of end-user feedback. I am not active in any apache.org projects, but, o

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Henri Yandell
On 3/22/06, Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/22/06, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3/23/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Struts is a cool community. The users are actively involved, in terms > > > of answering and asking; people obviously car

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Dakota Jack
On 3/22/06, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/23/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Struts is a cool community. The users are actively involved, in terms > > of answering and asking; people obviously care about the community - > > as shown by both your and Dakota's

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Niall Pemberton
On 3/23/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Struts is a cool community. The users are actively involved, in terms > of answering and asking; people obviously care about the community - > as shown by both your and Dakota's questions and by the desire of the > committers to work to keep th

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Henri Yandell
On 3/22/06, Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Henri Yandell wrote: > > > > foo.apache.org maps to a PMC, which maps to a coding community, not to > > a codebase. > > Henri, I feel I should give you a bit of end-user feedback. I am not > active in any apache.org projects, but, obviously,

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Jonathan Revusky
Henri Yandell wrote: On 3/19/06, Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have expressed my "technical concerns" more than once. I have even had Craig agree with them, in a sense. JSF is built for those who are technically challenged and for tools. I don't think even Craig thinks that JSF is

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Henri Yandell
On 3/22/06, Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to point out that communities and PMCs in Apache decidedly do > NOT have a one-to-one mapping. If you dig into them though, they're changing. Web Services is flattening, XML is federating, I'm being a pain at Jakarta trying to get

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Dakota Jack
I would like to point out that communities and PMCs in Apache decidedly do NOT have a one-to-one mapping. I would also like to point out that a lot of our "community" is migrant workers brought in especially for Shale and having nothing much at all to do with the Struts community. Many of them on

Re: [FRIDAY] Re: has struts reached the saturation

2006-03-22 Thread Henri Yandell
On 3/19/06, Dakota Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have expressed my "technical concerns" more than once. I have even had > Craig agree with them, in a sense. JSF is built for those who are > technically challenged and for tools. I don't think even Craig thinks that > JSF is superior as a pr

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