Re: [PROPOSAL] version 2.0?

Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:27:17 -0800 

Hello,

Inline ...

Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:

On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 12:20 PM, Bill Burton wrote:
Hello,

With the possiblity of several new features on the plate, I suggest that consideration be given to rolling these together into a 2.0 release. The features might be (in no particular order):

* Improved whitespace handling

it's never clear that 'improved' is the right word. 'different' is how I think of it :)
Yes, that would be more accurate.




* Float support




Lets try it.




* Map support




lets try it




* Pull in various small bits of functionality from whiteboard, etc.:
  - WebApplication Loader




yes, that seems to work well




  - Stdout Logger




yep




  - Ant Logger (currently in DVSL)




why?




Because it makes integrating Velocity with Ant easier.  Anakia should 
probably use this logger, vDoclet has it's own solution, xDoclet is 
being rewritten to use Velocity and will need integrated logging, etc., etc.



I haven't looked at what vDoclet does for logging integration but if 
it's a better solution, maybe it could be used instead.






  - #local directive




no... :)



Okay.




* Other architectural changes
  - Way of passing state to a Resource Loader




?




Of course, anything like this is open for discussion.  I just threw it 
out as it's something myself and others seem to have needed.




I don't think a 2.0 is warranted unless the float change is significant 
enough.  I guess if it is, then indeed a 2.0 is right.



I don't think it has anything to do with how significant the internal 
changes are but more that it has the perception of major new 
functionality.  It's *much* easier to tell people they need 2.0 for 
these these features than to say that 1.4 is needed for one feature and 
then 1.5 adds some other new feature, etc.  Also, with a major revision 
change, people will *expect* major new features.



Also, releasing 2.0 may mean the possibility of allowing slight issues 
with backwards compatibility (such as with floats and division).  But of 
course, every effort should be made to maintain backwards compatibility 
with the 1.x versions.




It's clear 1.3 is overdue.  I'll release it ASAP and get the patches in.



Well, when you have the time.  We all know you're busy these days.

-Bill


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