Good god, Steve. You think that the very idea that a JSF implementation could become Struts 2.0 is not a huge proof that everything you just said is not goofy? Maybe we could suggest that Java become C?
On 3/17/06, Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > > I was *going* to say that the difference is that when the project > > started it was me and me alone, and that isn't the case any more. > > There are two other committers, and we have project bylaws that > > effectively gives them the ability to do things even if I 100% > > disagree. I started out with complete control, and right now I > > essentially have none, and I must follow the will of the leadership. > > Ultimately, we are accountable to the community insofar as if we do a > > bad job, there will be *no* community :) > And that's *exactly* how the Struts project works. It was started by one > person, then a few more joined and now they collectively make decisions. > Even if the founder of the project disagrees. > > Some people seem to look at Shale being part of the Struts project as a > sign that one person controls the project and always gets his own way. > In fact, that is the complete opposite of the truth. That Shale is now a > Struts sub-project was a result of a disagreement between committers > over the future of Struts and what should become Struts 2.0. IMHO that > disagreement was handled in a very mature, thoughtful way which resulted > in Shale becoming a subproject and a peer to Struts Action, rather than > replacing it. The jury's still out on which will become more widely > used, but that's not really the point. Both can happily co-exist here > and one does not have to fail for the other to succeed. > > So, there *is* healthy disagreement, non-committers *are* listened to > during the discussion and then a decision is made and we move on. > Sometimes ;-) > > Steve > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." ~Dakota Jack~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
