Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Terry Roe
Matt, I understand how open source works, but I appreciate your comments, too. I wish I were a part of a larger group of developers so there was more time to "give back" to the community. My largest frustration lies in finding out answers to issues I come up with. It seems I spend an inordin

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Matt Bathje
I think Ted Husted (one of the gurus who occasionally reads this list for those who don't know) has stated it best - it all depends on what itches need scratching. None of the "core" struts or validator developers have a need for multi-level indexed validation, so it isn't done. None of the "co

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Michael McGrady
Terry Roe wrote: Michael, I think we're all here trying to help each other. Comments of dissatisfaction or frustration should be used as an impetus to improve things. Waving the "open source" flag because something isn't done as well as it might be doesn't seem very constructive. There's a bi

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Terry Roe
Michael, I think we're all here trying to help each other. Comments of dissatisfaction or frustration should be used as an impetus to improve things. Waving the "open source" flag because something isn't done as well as it might be doesn't seem very constructive. There's a big push to legiti

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Michael McGrady
Terry Roe wrote: Geeta, I, too, am disappointed that none of the mailing list searches for The Apache Software Foundation appear to work. Given the fact that one "should not" post a question until one has attempted a thorough search for an answer, it seems utterly ridiculous that you can't do a

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

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Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Matt Bathje
rdless of what I do/how I search. I used this link: http://mail-archives.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED] s.apache.org Thanks and regards, Geeta -Original Message- From: Nick Heudecker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:04 PM To: Struts Users Mailing Li

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Terry Roe
om: Nick Heudecker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:04 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers Terry: I agree with you that struts-user is mostly noise, although you phrased it much better than I did. I know it's frustr

RE: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Geeta Ramani
wse/[EMAIL PROTECTED] s.apache.org Thanks and regards, Geeta -Original Message- From: Nick Heudecker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:04 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers Terry: I agree with you that struts-

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Michael McGrady
Nick Heudecker wrote: Terry: I agree with you that struts-user is mostly noise, although you phrased it much better than I did. I know it's frustrating to have your question go unanswered, but I really don't think it's intentional. There is so much cruft on this list, with the same questions aske

Re: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Nick Heudecker
Terry: I agree with you that struts-user is mostly noise, although you phrased it much better than I did. I know it's frustrating to have your question go unanswered, but I really don't think it's intentional. There is so much cruft on this list, with the same questions asked repeatedly, that yo

Re: Validation for Two Levels of Indexed Properties (was: Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers)

2004-09-14 Thread Hubert Rabago
Terry, I share your concern about OT messages drowning out valid Struts questions. However, in this particular case, it could be a matter of not a whole lot of people having experience with the problem. For the situation you have, I have to say I just avoided it when I encountered it. At the ti

Off Topic Post Air Time vs. Struts Answers

2004-09-14 Thread Terry Roe
Greetings, I find it interesting that most of the recent activity on this mailing list has to do with items such as .NET, AOP, Flash, Crystal Reports, and even Notepad! I don't mind the off topic posts, as they are usually at least tangentially related to the topic of this list and are interest