Since Geoff decided to leave the Spindle project i've been thinking
about the future of TapIDEA. As many of you know, TapIDEA is built on
top of Spindle, which means "No Spindle" -> "No TapIDEA".
There are several scenarios that can be put into account in the current
situation, and after a long consideration here are my conclusions.
Someone else picks up Spindle where Geoff left off:
I honestly don't think this is going to happen. AFAIK Spindle was a one
man project so no one else has the know how to quickly get into gear
with the project. Some might think that that person could be me, and
indeed i've become familiar with Spindle internals during the
development of TapIDEA. But, there's the free time factor. I just
wouldn't be able to find the time to do it.
Still, if this scenario were to be become true, TapIDEA would live on.
Spindle for T4 dies, a new project is born:
Ok, so no Spindle and no TapIDEA for T4. What about T5 ? As Geoff as
pointed out, T5 support is going to require an almost complete rewrite
of Spindle. So, in this scenario someone would implement Spindle(or
create a whole new project) for IDE support for T5, and TapIDEA would
follow. I find that this is the scenario with the most chances of
becoming reality.
Spindle and TapIDEA die for good:
Well, there's always the possibility that no one will volunteer to
continue our efforts of bringing IDE support to Tapestry. In this
scenario both Spindle and TapIDEA end their lives now.
The TapIDEA project will be "hibernating" until one of these(or any
other) scenarios become reality.
I guess now it's up to the community to present their ideas about this.
I hope that, together, we can give our contribution to making Tapestry
IDE support a reality.
Cheers,
Hugo
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