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Subject: RE: [PROPOSAL] End the drama
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:mcconnell@apache.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:33 PM
> To: Avalon Developers List
> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] End the drama
> 
> peter royal wrote:
> > 
> > I propose:
> >  * Bump to Avalon 5.
> >  * On front page, under products, list:
> >    Current:
> >      Merlin
> >    Legacy:
> >     Avalon Framework
> >     Components & Containers
> >  * Legacy Avalon-Framework will goto the 4.1 API docs and 
> its limited 
> > documentation
> >  * Legacy Components & Containers will links to similar 
> verbage as on 
> > the download page.
> > 
> > The past will not be hidden, and a clean line will be drawn 
> for the future.
> > -pete
> 
> Sorry - this does not make sense.
> 
> Avalon Framework is not legacy, Components are not legacy.
> No - there are much better solutions - solutions that are 
> based on proper management of the documentation to properly 
> reflect the realities of the past and the realities of the present.
> 

Yeah... I don't view either the Components or the Framework as legacy,
because they are not.  Advertising them as legacy bits would send an equally
confusing message to users as would advertising them as products.

How about giving the team some time to produce alternative views of the site
to see if we can come to some agreement and consensus.  I believe the team
agrees that the some things need to change on the site, so how about
agreeing to review some alternatives?

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