Well put. Bret
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Charley Baker <[email protected]>wrote: > Firefox support and the challenges behind JSSH were the initial > impetus behind moving to support and work with Webdriver. I saw the > signs more than a year ago and decided we should move in that > direction. Fortunately, Jari had the time and skill to take on that > work and has done an amazing job. Webdriver also has the advantage of > the inimitable Simon Stewart. :) > > As Jarmo mentioned, Webdriver for all browsers is the plan for Watir > 2.0 and 1.x will mostly fall into a maintenance mode, similar to > Rails, Ruby, etc. There are enough outstanding gaps and issues in the > current Watir codebase that I'd like to fix those before coming to an > official stance of pure maintenance mode - the 1.6.6 release is an > important milestone since it comprises fixes and features from the > past year and sets the way for making it easier going forward for > additional rolling releases. > > We still do need to focus on closing the gap between Watir 2.0 and > 1.x, adding compatibility where possible, eventually docs, etc so that > people who choose to migrate have a reasonable path. > > All of that said, the Watir userbase for 1.x is pretty substantial, > so it is possible that development will continue by people who have a > vested interest, hopefully focussed on backporting features from 2.0 > in the future. > > I find myself in the unusual spot right now of having time off, so > I'm not officially supporting either version of Watir for an active > work related project. I do, however, keep in touch with the Gap, > Facebook and other teams using Watir, all currently on 1.6.x. I'm > hoping to spend some of my "free time" on Watir 2.0 as well. I think > it's important that the core developers meet up and further nail down > a more detailed road map soon. > > Anyhow, that's my 2 cents. :) > > Cheers, > > Charley Baker > Lead Developer, Watir, http://watir.com > > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Jari Bakken <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Simon Stewart <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> BTW, if anyone's interested in contributing to help narrow the gap > >> between what's expected and what actually happens, I'll be happy to > >> work with you to get the commit bit. As would Jari, I'm sure. > >> > > > > Absolutely! > > _______________________________________________ > > Wtr-development mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > > > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-development mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-development > -- Bret Pettichord Lead Developer, Watir, www.watir.com Blog, www.io.com/~wazmo/blog Twitter, www.twitter.com/bpettichord
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