Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-cocoon-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 7386 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2005 00:56:55 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 17 Mar 2005 00:56:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 28861 invoked by uid 500); 17 Mar 2005 00:56:54 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cocoon-dev-archive@cocoon.apache.org Received: (qmail 28480 invoked by uid 500); 17 Mar 2005 00:56:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@cocoon.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: Reply-To: dev@cocoon.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@cocoon.apache.org Received: (qmail 28467 invoked by uid 99); 17 Mar 2005 00:56:52 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from www2.kc.aoindustries.com (HELO www2.kc.aoindustries.com) (65.77.211.84) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:56:51 -0800 Received: from www2.kc.aoindustries.com (www2.kc.aoindustries.com [65.77.211.84]) by www2.kc.aoindustries.com (8.12.9-20030917/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j2H0unYS028641 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:56:49 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by www2.kc.aoindustries.com (8.12.9-20030917/8.12.9/Submit) id j2H0unAv028605 for dev@cocoon.apache.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:56:49 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.kc.aoindustries.com: indexgeo set sender to crossley@apache.org using -f Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:56:44 +1100 From: David Crossley To: dev@cocoon.apache.org Subject: Re: Supported and unsupported blocks Message-ID: <20050317005644.GC21291@igg.indexgeo.com.au> References: <42281CF4.9050907@apache.org> <422F2607.7040907@apache.org> <422F2E2A.9040600@upaya.co.uk> <423018A8.3070609@apache.org> <42301D78.60201@nada.kth.se> <4236A792.2020800@apache.org> <20050316231911.GC20959@igg.indexgeo.com.au> <4238C3F9.9070707@apache.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4238C3F9.9070707@apache.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Reinhard Poetz wrote: > > Whenever I work as trainer or consultant and Cocoon is the subject, people > always ask me the same questions about maturity and community of Cocoon and > its blocks. We should tell our users clearly what *we* consider as > "supported", "deprecated" and "committed" and then everybody can decide > himself what he does with this information. > > The wiki page is only an indicator which should help us to decide to get an > answer on the community aspect which is one part of the answer which state > a block has (the others are interface stability, implementation stability > and available automated tests). The things that disturb me are the name "supported" and the list of committers. Perhaps we should remove that Wiki page once the "job" is done. > Additionally I like Bertrands idea of a more verbose description of a block > status, that could be part of every block documentation (see > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-dev&m=111096531612907&w=2 for > details). Agreed. --David