Re: Cocoon is going to the Attic

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Dear all,

'Goodbye and thanks for all the fish' - I'm sure the Cocoon sitemap will
still be powering production systems for many years to come. Perhaps there
is a story to be written of it's history and impact?

On Sat, 21 Dec 2024, 21:27 gelo1234, <[email protected]> wrote:

> That is sad news. But all good things come to an end.
>
> Anyway even today I don't find any RESTful like framework that still got
> that versatility of defining woking URLs "methods" on-the-fly and
> extensibility like Apache Cocoon! I mean really 4GL framework..
>
> But future has come and today we have 5GL frameworks that enables us
> to _define_ WHAT we want to achieve, not HOW. And this is the imminent
> future.
>
> But the concept of Pipelines that introduced Apache Cocoon will stay with
> us for a long time! That is absolutely BRILLIANT! And Henry Ford would be
> PROUD that Apache Cocoon was first of its style to implement that "featur=
e"
> known from 18th decade Factories.
>
> Thank you guys for your involvement in this project. We are still using
> Cocoon at production
> and for a future time being we will be using it (over 15 years of
> development produced tons of code :) that
> is not so easy to "rewrite" or replace with something new :)
>
> Anyway Apache Cocoon made us survived the worst times and those good too =
-
> like a partner in marriage or a loving Son! :) We will definitely miss th=
at
> kind of joy, happiness and professional career "enabler" :)
>
> Thank you.
>
> Greetings,
> Greg
>
>
>
> sob., 21 gru 2024, 00:21 u=C5=BCytkownik C=C3=A9dric Damioli <cdamioli@ap=
ache.org>
> napisa=C5=82:
>
>> Dear fellow Cocoon users and devs,
>>
>> The past years have seen a significant decline in the participation of
>> Cocoon's development team.
>> Even though Cocoon remains fairly widely used to this day, there is no
>> longer enough interest to continue maintaining this project.
>> Thanks to Christofer's work, we tried to revive activity last year by
>> releasing Cocoon 2.3. While this initiative generated a true resurgence
>> of interest during that period, the following months revealed that there
>> were no longer enough active developers to keep the project alive.
>>
>> Last August, the developers voted [1] to move Cocoon to the Attic [2].
>> It is now time to say goodbye to this beautiful project.
>>
>> On a personal note, having worked with Cocoon for 22 years, I feel a bit
>> sad to let it go, but all good things must come to an end...
>>
>> On behalf of the Cocoon PMC,
>> C=C3=A9dric
>>
>> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/pv43my558v4pxks584cmooxzcr5mkn6d
>> [2] https://attic.apache.org/
>>
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<div dir=3D"auto"><p dir=3D"ltr">Dear all,</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">&#39;Goodbye and thanks for all the fish&#39; - I&#39;m sure=
 the Cocoon sitemap will still be powering production systems for many year=
s to come. Perhaps there is a story to be written of it&#39;s history and i=
mpact? </p></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, 21 Dec 2024, 21:27 gelo1234, &lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><=
/div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le=
ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">That is sad news. But=
 all good things come to an end.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"aut=
o">Anyway even today I don&#39;t find any RESTful like framework that still=
 got that versatility of defining woking URLs &quot;methods&quot; on-the-fl=
y and extensibility like Apache Cocoon! I mean really 4GL framework..</div>=
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">But future has come and today=
 we have 5GL frameworks that enables us</div><div dir=3D"auto">to _define_ =
WHAT we want to achieve, not HOW. And this is the imminent future.</div><di=
v dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">But the concept of Pipelines tha=
t introduced Apache Cocoon will stay with us for a long time! That is absol=
utely BRILLIANT! And Henry Ford would be PROUD that Apache Cocoon was first=
 of its style to implement that &quot;feature&quot; known from 18th decade =
Factories.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thank y=
ou guys for your involvement in this project. We are still using Cocoon at =
production</div><div dir=3D"auto">and for a future time being we will be us=
ing it (over 15 years of development produced tons of code :) that</div><di=
v dir=3D"auto">is not so easy to &quot;rewrite&quot; or replace with someth=
ing new :)=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Anyway =
Apache Cocoon made us survived the worst times and those good too - like a =
partner in marriage or a loving Son! :) We will definitely miss that kind o=
f joy, happiness and professional career &quot;enabler&quot; :)</div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thank you.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><=
br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Greetings,</div><div dir=3D"auto">Greg</div><div=
 dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D=
"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">sob., 21 gru 2024, 00:2=
1 u=C5=BCytkownik C=C3=A9dric Damioli &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:cdamioli@apache=
.org" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a>&gt; napi=
sa=C5=82:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear fellow Cocoon users =
and devs,<br>
<br>
The past years have seen a significant decline in the participation of <br>
Cocoon&#39;s development team.<br>
Even though Cocoon remains fairly widely used to this day, there is no <br>
longer enough interest to continue maintaining this project.<br>
Thanks to Christofer&#39;s work, we tried to revive activity last year by <=
br>
releasing Cocoon 2.3. While this initiative generated a true resurgence <br=
>
of interest during that period, the following months revealed that there <b=
r>
were no longer enough active developers to keep the project alive.<br>
<br>
Last August, the developers voted [1] to move Cocoon to the Attic [2]. <br>
It is now time to say goodbye to this beautiful project.<br>
<br>
On a personal note, having worked with Cocoon for 22 years, I feel a bit <b=
r>
sad to let it go, but all good things must come to an end...<br>
<br>
On behalf of the Cocoon PMC,<br>
C=C3=A9dric<br>
<br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://lists.apache.org/thread/pv43my558v4pxks584cmooxzcr5m=
kn6d" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://li=
sts.apache.org/thread/pv43my558v4pxks584cmooxzcr5mkn6d</a><br>
[2] <a href=3D"https://attic.apache.org/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer nore=
ferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://attic.apache.org/</a><br>
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