Re: PMC 2009: Platform for Ticket

jojodee wrote:

> Marty Vance wrote:
> 
>>I've been pushing the 2x developers to pull the cloak away from it for a
>>long time.  Nothing has happened in the official 2x branch for months,
>>but Marc has been making progress privately.
> 
> 
> Yes, I know Marc has a few private 2x branches and private 2x modules if
> that is who you mean by '2x developers'.
> 
> Marcel has not been here much but i hope back soon for some 2x work.
> 
> 
>>I believe 2x is the future of Xaraya, but making the transition from 1x
>>will be a delicate process at all levels for everyone.  If 2x is going
>>to be the future, then at some point 1x development must come to an end
>>so that the collective effort of the community can be focused on one core.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, that decision was made some time ago. Thus, only bug fixes to 1x
> branches and no major changes or feature requests so the focus is on 2x
> - at least that was the line taken and 1.1.4 was going to be the final
> 1.1.x branch release - although i guess 1.1.5 doesn't have a lot of
> change and the bug fixes are good to have.

As I said in another thread, I think everything is on the table.

> 
> This policy hasn't changed again has it? There seems to be a lot of
> activity focused on 1x lately but i guess probably as there is no 2x
> work evident for months.

Public work on 2x has effectively stalled, a logical side effect of the 
project stalling.

> 
> If the 2x development is totally closed to people, then i don't see this
> as a good thing for xaraya especially as an opensource projecxt more
> generally  - it  probably has the secondary effect of promoting more
> activity in 1x again.

2x development has never been closed per se, but in my opinion it's also 
never been particularly out in the open.  Never deliberately hidden, but 
at the same time little deliberate effort to make it known to those not 
already involved with it.

> 
> Thanks for the update, btw.
> 
> cheers
> Jo