Need a new name for what is now called Spindle.

Hi everyone, as usual I'm pluggin away at support for Tapestry 4. It's
becoming quite clear that the new stuff will not be backwards
compatible. Sounds scary but remember that Tapestry 4 is somwhat
backwards compatible in that it will recognize and parse spec files
using the Tapestry 3 DTDs.

But, the scope of the work required (and time available to me) does
not make it possible to use a new Tap 4 compatible version of Spindle
to work your existing Tapestry 3 projects as Tapestry 3 projects.
clear as mud?

Once you update (whenever you can do that) to the Tap 4 version of
Spindle you will only be able for that point forward to work on
projects as Tap 4 projects (w/ hivemind, new validation rules, etc).

Kinda sucks for the rather large set of people who will not be porting
to Tapestry 4 in the short term.

I think I can make everybody happy though. My thinking is leave
Spindle as it sits today as Tap 3 compatible but deliver the new
functionality as a new set of plugins. Which means the new set will
need a new name.

Since the sf project is called Spindle I guess the new name will need
to have the word 'Spindle' in it to avoid confusion. Somthing like
"Spindle X" where X is a new word.

Lately I've been calling the new stuff the "thingamajig" but I don't
think "Spindle Thingamajig" will fly.

Any suggestions?

Geoff

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