On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 3:22 AM, Russel Winder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <big-snip/>
I think the bulk of this message would have been better off in a new thread, marked [OT]. Some of these discussions have been happening at the ASF, on a more appropriate list whose public archives are here: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-infrastructure-dev/ > > I guess I am in the "XML is a data specification language and has no > right having a computational model, that's what dynamic languages like > Groovy, Python and Ruby are for." camp, so I don't see the demise of > Jelly as a problem. > > Of course graceful demise is entirely appropriate. The question I have > is whether putting effort into maintaining a demising system is worth it > compared to putting that effort into transferring to a different (more > appropriate, in my view) technology for dealing with the problem. There > are some very nice candidates for Ant and Maven replacements out there: > Gant, Gradle and Buildr to name the obvious trio. (Disclosure: I work > on Gant and Gradle :-) These provides for scripting rather than having > to create a plugin. <snap/> The fact is, any component in Commons Proper will continue to live on as long as folks contribute to it (and contributions are welcome for any part of Commons). Other options are often available, but thats besides the point if folks care to continue contributing. -Rahul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
