RE: [Webware-discuss] State of the program

[Paul B. <pau...@em...>]

Geoffrey Talvola [mailto:gta...@na...] wrote:
>=20
> I think Webware has matured to the point of diminishing returns -- it =
works
> well enough that there's not much payoff in enhancing it further :-)

There have been some pretty big changes in certain areas between 0.8.1 =
and
CVS, though. Perhaps the people who actually use Webware for real-world
stuff (unlike me) just track CVS, but I've been pleasantly surprised by =
some
of the enhancements. Some things still annoy me, though - contexts seem =
to
override packages of the same name - eg. set up a context called =
mypackage
and then attempt to import the genuine mypackage within the context's =
code.

> I'd love to see better docs, more users, code cleanup, a strong core =
group
> of developers with the time and energy to review bug reports and =
patches
> frequently, a test suite, and a 1.0 release.  But even if none of =
those
> things happen, I'll still be happy with Webware and will continue to =
use
> it.

Not strictly related to test suites, but I've been working on a simple
meta-framework which covers Webware and some of the other Web =
frameworks.
Hopefully, I'll release something for the Web-SIG to criticise later in =
the
week, if only to reinvigorate the stalled discussions on common APIs =
which
didn't seem to get any further than a ridiculously simple single =
function
signature and lots of talk about threading models.

Paul