question on 2.1.0 ...

[Giovanni Azua <gi...@imc.nl>]

hi all,

It is not clearly stated anywhere ... but seems that version 2.1.0 beta 
is a maintenance release and does not include any new features, is that 
true? Most of the JIRA entries are bug fix requests.

Meaning we users building from repository should get a more fixed and 
stable version each time.

TIA,

regards,
Giovanni

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Re: question on 2.1.0 ...

[Ted Husted <hu...@apache.org>]

On 10/5/07, Giovanni Azua <gi...@imc.nl> wrote:
> Meaning we users building from repository should get a more fixed and
> stable version each time.

In general, we do not recommend building from the repository unless
you are following the discussions on dev@. There is no guarantee that
the trunk will be stable, or even build, and we may decide to make
sweeping changes at any time. But, if you do follow dev@, then you
know as much as the rest of us :)

Although, at this point in time, the head is relatively stable, since
we are gearing up for the Struts 2.1.x release series. Right now,
we're mainly waiting for a couple of XWork tickets to be closed, so
that XWork can create a 2.1.0 distribution of its own. But, as Wes
indicated, 2.1.x is not a maintenance series, but a firm step forward.

The most stable codebase would be the STRUTS_2_0_x branch, which was
the basis for the upcoming Struts 2.0.11 release. The successive
milestones in a release series are the closest thing we have to a
"maintenance" release,  but we still add minor features along the way,
if we are confident that there will not be a conflict with existing
features. In the last seven years, I think we've had exactly two
"maintenance" releases that did not include any new features, and both
were to answer a security alert.

In terms of regular GA releases, we've had a good track record this
year, and I don't expect that to change. The best advice for people
who do not follow dev@ would be to stick with the "best available
release", which is 2.0.9 right now, and may be 2.0.11 real soon now.

-- HTH, Ted
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Re: question on 2.1.0 ...

[Wes Wannemacher <we...@wantii.com>]

Struts 2.1.x does have some new "features" one of the most notable
being that he dojo/ajax functionality is moved into it's own plugin.
There are a number of tags that have changed and a few added in the
dojo-plugin. There is more information in the this wiki -

http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/Ajax+Tags

On 10/5/07, Giovanni Azua <gi...@imc.nl> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> It is not clearly stated anywhere ... but seems that version 2.1.0 beta
> is a maintenance release and does not include any new features, is that
> true? Most of the JIRA entries are bug fix requests.
>
> Meaning we users building from repository should get a more fixed and
> stable version each time.
>
> TIA,
>
> regards,
> Giovanni
>
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