+1 works for me =:0) How about annexing:
<> * Other Struts News: 23 June 2002 - Struts Controller UML Diagrams 12 June 2002 - Struts Console version 1.12.1 12 June 2002 - Easy Struts 0.2 12 June 2002 - Artimus 0.4 11 June 2002 - Struts Builder v0.4 beta< 07 Jun 2002 - O'Reilly Chapter 7 05 Jun 2002 - Struts Console version 1.12 07 Jun 2002 - Easy Struts on SourceForge 04 Jun 2002 - FL Child Support Payments: Powered by Struts 03 Jun 2002 - strutsGuessingGame1.0 * Struts News and Status page: http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/news_2002.html </> Not our problem really, but I just wish the email archive references weren't so long as to be virtually useless in email messages =:0) Maybe we should put this up on the news page before we send it over so we can have a version with real hyperlinks. I'll make the commit if we are in agreement. -T. James Holmes wrote: > > +1, looks really good. I think it will be hard to > pick just a few each month since the User (and dev > lately) list is so active. > > I think we should probably put some sort of blurb with > a link to the news page so that people reading the > general newsletter can click over to the news page to > see more struts specific news. > > -james > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/ > > --- Joe Germuska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't seen anyone else put forth pieces for the > > "jakarta > > newsletter", so I thought I'd take a crack at it. I > > just browsed the > > list archives to refresh my memory, so chances are > > good I missed > > something. Also, I didn't pay very close attention > > to the CVS and > > bugzilla posts, so I may have overlooked some > > important fix or > > addition... > > > > I have no great pride in the text either, so please > > feel free to "patch" > > anything below... > > > > * Path-based action mapping in 1.1 > > One of the architectural advances from Struts 1.0 to > > Struts 1.1 involved > > supporting multiple applications with a single > > Struts controller > > servlet. As part of the initial implementation of > > this functionality, > > some configuration flexibility was lost: the > > multi-application > > controller only supports mapping URLs to Struts > > "actions" by extension > > (i.e. "*.do") while Struts 1.0 also supported > > mapping by path prefix > > (i.e. "/do/*"). After James Young asked if any > > fixes were in the works > > [1], Craig McClanahan pointed out some of the > > complexities involved > > [2]. Ted Husted described a possible solution and > > asked for feedback > > about whether to pursue it. [3] > > [1] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8226 > > [2] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8234 > > [3] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8244 > > > > * Tiles add-in to moved to core > > Craig McClanahan moved the "Tiles" add-in into the > > core CVS source tree > > from the "contrib" directory.[4] Ted Husted > > initiated a discussion about > > some code modifications to "Tiles" to make it work > > more closely with the > > core code base.[5] > > [4] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8682 > > [5] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8621 > > > > * FormBean: Interface or Class? > > The discussion about whether the "FormBean" concept > > was best implemented > > as an interface or a class resurfaced, and Craig > > McClanahan wrote a > > decisive response explaining the motivation for > > maintaining it as a > > class.[6] In summary, designing FormBean as an > > interface would > > facilitate inappropriate tangling of the "model" > > layer with the "view" > > layer, while making it a class of its own encourages > > clean separation of > > those layers. > > [6] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8253 > > > > * Struts and the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) > > After announcing the 1.0 release of the JSTL, Shawn > > Bayern offered > > assistance towards integrating the rich Struts tag > > libraries with the > > JSTL, which in many cases offers equivalent > > functionality.[7] Craig > > McClanahan indicated that a likely goal for a post > > 1.1 release of Struts > > would be thorough integration with the JSTL > > expression language, and > > aiming towards an eventual replacement of the Struts > > "bean" and "logic" > > tag libraries with the equivalent tags from JSTL.[8] > > [7] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8434 > > [8] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8439 > > > > * New Committer: James Holmes > > James Holmes, author of the popular Struts Console > > tool, was proposed as > > a committer by Ted Husted [9] and was accepted > > unanimously. > > [9] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8341 > > > > * Steps towards Struts 1.1b2 > > As much of the activity on the list in June involved > > "swatting" bugs in > > the current 1.1b1 release, Craig McClanahan proposed > > steps towards a > > Struts 1.1b2 by around July 8th[10] The > > requirements for the next beta > > are basically closing any remaining bugs and > > improving documentation of > > new Struts features. Committers responded promptly > > with +1 votes and > > further contributions. > > [10] > > > http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/ReadMsg?listName=struts- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=8691 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
