Re: Cocoon is going to the Attic

warrell harries <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:21:49 +0000
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Does 'going to the attic' mean that the Cocoon project site will go away?
Hopefully NOT as many people use it for maintenance purposes.

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, 11:03 warrell harries, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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 ther=
e
> 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 wit=
h
>> us for a long time! That is absolutely BRILLIANT! And Henry Ford would b=
e
>> PROUD that Apache Cocoon was first of its style to implement that "featu=
re"
>> 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
>> that 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@a=
pache.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 ther=
e
>>> 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 bi=
t
>>> 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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<p dir=3D"ltr">Does &#39;going to the attic&#39; mean that the Cocoon proje=
ct site will go away? Hopefully NOT as many people use it for maintenance p=
urposes. </p>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, 11:03 warrell harries, &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;borde=
r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><p dir=3D"ltr">De=
ar 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"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_attr">On Sat, 21 Dec 2024, 21:27 gelo1234, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gelo1=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">That i=
s sad news. But all good things come to an end.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div>=
<div dir=3D"auto">Anyway even today I don&#39;t find any RESTful like frame=
work that still got that versatility of defining woking URLs &quot;methods&=
quot; on-the-fly and extensibility like Apache Cocoon! I mean really 4GL fr=
amework..</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"aut=
o">to _define_ WHAT we want to achieve, not HOW. And this is the imminent f=
uture.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">But the concept o=
f 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 C=
ocoon was first of its style to implement that &quot;feature&quot; known fr=
om 18th decade Factories.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">Thank you guys for your involvement in this project. We are still=
 using Cocoon at production</div><div dir=3D"auto">and for a future time be=
ing we will be using it (over 15 years of development produced tons of code=
 :) that</div><div dir=3D"auto">is not so easy to &quot;rewrite&quot; or re=
place with something 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 g=
ood too - like a partner in marriage or a loving Son! :) We will definitely=
 miss that kind of joy, happiness and professional career &quot;enabler&quo=
t; :)</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thank you.</div><d=
iv dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Greetings,</div><div dir=3D"aut=
o">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, 00:21 u=C5=BCytkownik C=C3=A9dric Damioli &lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:[email protected]" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">cdam=
[email protected]</a>&gt; napisa=C5=82:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x">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 noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"=
>https://lists.apache.org/thread/pv43my558v4pxks584cmooxzcr5mkn6d</a><br>
[2] <a href=3D"https://attic.apache.org/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer nore=
ferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://attic.apache.org/</a><br>
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