I think we all agree that if any REST related junk gets added, it won't be in stripes core. It will be just like stripersist in that you can drop in a JAR and use it if you want. Otherwise, you don't get it.
Gregg Alan Gutierrez wrote: > On Jul 9, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Nick Stuart wrote: > > >> If Will or whoever wants a to add a feature that doesn't interfere >> with anything else and gives users more options whats the harm? >> Just because some don't like it and wont use it doesn't mean it >> shouldn't be available or done. The fact that someone wants the >> feature and is willing to put time and effort into should enough >> for anyone on this list, even if you don't agree with it, >> ecspecially since we are talking about adding something that >> doesn't touch any existing functionality. >> > > The notion that new code does not interfere with an existing code > base is a false premise. If you don't understand the harm involved in > increasing the size of a code base, you're not qualified to comment. > > But, there's a community problem too. > > Cocoon was like this. They keep rolling in every shinny new object > that was flogged by the Java press. Then they had to start throwing > around the word "deprecated". I would ask about such and such a > feature on the listserv and they would be told that I'm not supposed > to use that anymore, it has been deprecated. Then I'd return the page > that had the breathless description of how powerful the feature and > look for the word deprecated, but wouldn't be able to find it. > Basically, the community had a new shinny object and didn't want to > be bothered with last year's shinny object. > > To date, my experience with Stripes is that the documentation talks > about the things that I can use and want to use and do use. Stripes > itself is free of flights of fancy. I'm using Stripes and Stripersist > and it's a complete framework. > > My only disappointment is that I'd like to have a lot more control > over the URLs. That's a more important component of Basic/Core/Pure > HTTP than the strange stumpy tail or 6th finger of the HTTP verb. > > -- > Alan Gutierrez | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://blogometer.com/ | 504 > 717 1428 > Think New Orleans | http://thinknola.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
