Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 48824 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2004 20:37:20 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Apr 2004 20:37:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 42742 invoked by uid 500); 1 Apr 2004 20:37:05 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 42717 invoked by uid 500); 1 Apr 2004 20:37:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 42703 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2004 20:37:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO scooter.mainz-kom.net) (213.139.128.59) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Apr 2004 20:37:04 -0000 Received: from [80.242.161.105] (unknown [80.242.161.105]) by scooter.mainz-kom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2BB2FA2A for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:37:05 +0200 (MEST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) In-Reply-To: <406C5133.5040705@apache.org> References: <20040401150403.61067.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com> <406C5133.5040705@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <55C62487-841C-11D8-B8BB-000A95C50B1C@dfki.de> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Paul Libbrecht Subject: Re: [Jelly] current and future status? Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:37:04 +0200 To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On 1-Apr-04, at 19:28 Uhr, matthew.hawthorne wrote: > I've seen some indications that Maven will be moving away from Jelly > as the plugin language. There have been some talks about using > Beanshell instead. This can be done today... through the beanshell jelly-taglib... removing the jelly glue could make sense but is not really useful. Beanshell does nothing for XML generation for which Jelly does much. Beanshell to extend Ant ? I see this oddly. > I was poking around with Jelly and realized it > provides the framework I need for a project I'm > working on. However, it seemed like for at least the > past month or so there has been little activity on it. > Does anybody know the status of the project? Jelly use to be mostly the work of James Strachan. He suddenly stopped. Since then several volunteers, injected time, but too little. Especially, there has been no more great coordinator. I wonder wether we could find ways to create the synergy between volunteers. A task distribution, a roadmap or something like this is badly needed. Jelly is a quite a great work with some great achievements. It was made at the time maven was emerging with some things left from prehistoric maven age... > While we are at it, is there something out there > similiar to Jelly? On this I can only say I feat the answer is no. At least not with such a board scope. what's your particular interest in jelly ? paul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commons-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org