[seam-dev] where is jboss el?

[Pete Muir]

On 18 May 2009, at 19:16, Dan Allen wrote:

> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 12 May 2009, at 23:15, Dan Allen wrote:
>
> As we organize Seam 3 and the examples, I find myself asking two  
> questions:
>
> - Where is JBoss EL hosted and why is it not listed as a project at  
> jboss.org?
>
> It's never been made a top level project.
>
> I'm suggesting maybe it should.

Are you volunteering to be the maintainer, as we do need one...

An alternative we discussed at some point is to migrate to MVEL which  
is supposed to be gaining a Unified EL compatibility mode.

>
>
>
>
>
> - Why are we not using JBoss EL 2.0? It appears that Norman and Pete  
> have both tagged a 2.0 release, so why are we not using it?
>
> I altered the numbering scheme at some point to follow EL spec  
> numbering, not Seam numbering.
>
> Really, we should migrate to the EL RI as soon as it has the  
> features we need.
>
> It's maintained by us.
>
> I'm not convinced that the EL RI is going to have everything we  
> want. For one, it does not support projections. Also, the syntax is  
> a bit quirky still in the RI. I know we want to track the standard,  
> but I also think that there is still room for extension. Besides,  
> the fact that the EL is still not a top-level JSR bothers me.

Sure, but we do need someone to maintain it.

>
>
> -Dan
>
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