On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Niall Pemberton wrote: > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:15:46 +0100 > From: Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Where is Struts 2 going? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 11:38 PM > Subject: Re: Where is Struts 2 going? > > > <side-note>It's been quite interesting to watch how the term "reference > > implementation" has been morphed from a pejorative complaint several years > > ago -- an implied "it's *only* the reference implementation" -- into a > > perception of high quality :-)</side-note> > > > > Craig > > Ha, well depends on who is doing the implementation! If you take something > like tomcat, then yes, fantastic - jakarta open source RI, coluldn't be > better. On the other hand I've seen some SIP RI's from commercial companies > that really are there only for "reference". > > The question then is what's the future for the Faces RI? Is it going to be a > proper "product" that Sun supports and develops like any of its other java > products, or is it there really just as a "proof of concept" or "reference > for other implementors"? Will Sun be promoting people to go implement real > systems based on the RI when its "released"? >
The RI for JavaServer Faces is intended to be "product quality" when the spec is complete. Right now, the RI team is busy adapting to changes as they are made by the expert group, so the current "early access" moniker is probably pretty accurate for the code that is currently released. As stated earlier, the business terms for this RI will also allow it to be deployed in applications (or tools, or whatever) with no license fees. > Niall > Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
