Wanted: Mach-II release coordinator
Though some have been questioning the future of Mach-II lately, it seems there's new life stirring for the framework. In the past, several people have commented about the tight control over the framework and how Ben and Hal should loosen the reigns and let other developers get more involved. Well ask and you shall receive. Here's Ben's post to the Mach-II list describing their intentions and search for a release coordinator...
Mach-II is alive. The Mach-II framework remains a core component of hundreds of software systems and hundreds of developers who continue to develop solutions with it everyday. Event-based implicit invocation and loose-coupling are not only still relevant, but have become the inspiration for other ColdFusion frameworks, both complements and competitors. Mach-II remains the best implementation of these ideas in ColdFusion land and the best framework for writing quality, maintainable OO applications.
A question to those who want to help us all develop better software: who would like to contribute to finishing, releasing, and testing Mach-II version 1.1.0? It has been under slow development for quite sometime and personal issues and responsibilities have kept me from being able to ensure its finish in a timely manner. This is a great opportunity for those out there who want to get involved and see Mach-II continue to flourish. It’s also a great chance to help shape a new model for the continued development of Mach-II with more involvement and innovation from its users.
We'd like to select a "release coordinator" (or small team) who will be responsible for coordinating with Hal and I and other developers wanting to contribute to putting out the next release. Duties would include determining the feature set and release schedule and ensuring the completion and quality of the release. Compensation would be use of the new and improved Mach-II, contributor status, the praise and thanks of your peers, fame and fortune, several beers next time I see you, and anything else reasonable you asked for from the Mach-II organization.
If you are interested, please reply to this email on the list and/or email Hal and I at info@mach-ii.com. (There's more than a couple of people in particular who I hope reply.) And if you are at CFUnited, talk to Hal there (I unfortunately will be unable to attend this year).
Thank you,
Ben Edwards
Mach-II is alive. The Mach-II framework remains a core component of hundreds of software systems and hundreds of developers who continue to develop solutions with it everyday. Event-based implicit invocation and loose-coupling are not only still relevant, but have become the inspiration for other ColdFusion frameworks, both complements and competitors. Mach-II remains the best implementation of these ideas in ColdFusion land and the best framework for writing quality, maintainable OO applications.
A question to those who want to help us all develop better software: who would like to contribute to finishing, releasing, and testing Mach-II version 1.1.0? It has been under slow development for quite sometime and personal issues and responsibilities have kept me from being able to ensure its finish in a timely manner. This is a great opportunity for those out there who want to get involved and see Mach-II continue to flourish. It’s also a great chance to help shape a new model for the continued development of Mach-II with more involvement and innovation from its users.
We'd like to select a "release coordinator" (or small team) who will be responsible for coordinating with Hal and I and other developers wanting to contribute to putting out the next release. Duties would include determining the feature set and release schedule and ensuring the completion and quality of the release. Compensation would be use of the new and improved Mach-II, contributor status, the praise and thanks of your peers, fame and fortune, several beers next time I see you, and anything else reasonable you asked for from the Mach-II organization.
If you are interested, please reply to this email on the list and/or email Hal and I at info@mach-ii.com. (There's more than a couple of people in particular who I hope reply.) And if you are at CFUnited, talk to Hal there (I unfortunately will be unable to attend this year).
Thank you,
Ben Edwards
posted by Phil at 6/27/2005
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