On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 08:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All I know, is that as a new user, I would be very challenged to figure out > what to use... > > Do I spend effort on 2.1, which is well tested, but at least two whole > releases behind the latest and greatest (4.x). > > Or, do I split the middle, and go with either 2.2 or 3.x, but then why do > both of them have components of Fulcrum? And what is Fulcrum? > > If we have 4 seperate options, then I forsee many many emails goint to the > users list on "What should I use to build my app...". > > Would it not be better to mash the rest of the good stuff in 2.2 into 3.x, > and provide only 2.1, 3.0, and upcoming 4.0? Or, tell people to use 2.2 > (not 2.1) and call 2.2 the well tested stable version. > > Having 4 options seems to much....
Definitely. As developers we have to consider this and try and unify to make things easier. I don't know what the ultimate solution is but 4 options definitely doesn't sound appealing. > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kasper Nielsen [mailto:news@;kav.dk] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 6:45 PM > To: Turbine Developers List > Subject: Re: Turbine community contributions > > > GREAT! > > > > Then we'll be able to present not only three but four choices to new users: > > Turbine 2.1 Original and stable code base, well tested > > Turbine 2.2 Based on a decoupled Torque 3.0 (+ some of the fulcrum services) > > Turbine 3.x Based on a decoupled Service layer Fulcrum + Torque 3.0 > > Turbine 4.x (codename summit) based on avalon > > > > ....... > > > > - Kasper > > > > I fully support the direction Jason is trying to push the > > design of applications and so do the other turbine developers, so there > > is no reason summit cannot be the basis for t4. But if there are others > > who have their livelihoods as tied up in t3 and fulcrum technology as I > > do, they will be very disheartened by statements that t3 and fulcrum > > should not be released and abandoned. They should be released and I > > will make sure that they are assuming I can overcome -1's on it. > > > > john mcnally > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:turbine-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:turbine-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
