Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-avalon-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 94748 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2002 06:33:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 22 Nov 2002 06:33:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 3284 invoked by uid 97); 22 Nov 2002 06:34:30 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-avalon-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 3250 invoked by uid 97); 22 Nov 2002 06:34:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact avalon-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Avalon Developers List" Reply-To: "Avalon Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list avalon-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 3238 invoked by uid 98); 22 Nov 2002 06:34:28 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4218 created Aug 14 2002) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Peter Donald To: "Avalon Developers List" Subject: Re: On Multiple Containers Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:42:20 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 References: <000101c29161$728e7870$2100a8c0@acsdom1.citius.com> <3DDD3D4B.4000103@apache.org> In-Reply-To: <3DDD3D4B.4000103@apache.org> X-Notice: Duplication and redistribution prohibited without consent of the author. X-Copyright: (C) 2002 Peter Donald. X-Wisdom: A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200211221734.19620.peter@apache.org> X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:08, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Sun designs a framework, so does Avalon. > > Sun ships *ONE* reference implementation of that framework and allows > external entities to build other implementations. > > Why should Avalon ship more than one reference implementation? "reference implementation" is not a useful term. Sun ships multiple=20 implementations of the framework. One is a learning tool and not to be us= ed=20 in commercial deployments and the other is a real implementation.=20 > Tell me: if Cocoon was shipping four different implementations of the > Cocoon internal interfaces for every time a new vocal developer comes i= n > and doesn't like what the community decides, would that make it > perceived as a better project from the user community? If the different implementations offer different advantages, add more=20 opportunities for users to contribute and use cocoon - then sure. Diversi= ty=20 is not something to avoid but something to embrace. --=20 Cheers, Peter Donald *------------------------------------------------* | You can't wake a person who is pretending | | to be asleep. -Navajo Proverb. | *------------------------------------------------*=20 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: