Author: rgielen
Date: Fri Apr 5 09:28:04 2013
New Revision: 1464900
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1464900
Log:
Preparation for Struts 1 EOL announcement
Added:
struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/
struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-announcement.md
struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-press.md
Modified:
struts/site/trunk/content/site.xml
struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/announce.xml
struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/downloads.xml
struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml
struts/site/trunk/pom.xml
Added: struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-announcement.md
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-announcement.md?rev=1464900&view=auto
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--- struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-announcement.md (added)
+++ struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-announcement.md Fri Apr 5
09:28:04 2013
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<head><title>Apache Struts 1 EOL Announcement</title></head>
+
+# Apache Struts 1 End-Of-Life (EOL) Announcement
+
+**The Apache Struts Project Team would like to inform you that the Struts 1.x
web framework has reached its end of life and is no longer officially
supported.**
+
+Started in 2000, Struts 1 had its last release - version 1.3.10 - in December
2008. In the meantime the Struts community
+has focused on pushing the Struts 2 framework forward, with as many as 23
releases as of April 2013.
+Taking this into account, announcing Struts 1 EOL is just the official
statement that we have been lacking volunteer
+support for some time now and that users should not rely on a properly
maintained framework state when utilizing
+Struts 1 in projects. See the following Q/A section for more details.
+
+## Questions and Answers
+
+* **With the announcement of Struts 1 EOL, what happens to Struts 1
resources?**
+
+ All resources will stay where they are. The documentation will still be
accessible from the Apache Struts homepage, as well as the downloads for all
released Struts 1.x versions. All of the Struts 1 source code can be found in
the Apache Struts subversion repository, now and in future. All released Maven
artifacts will still be accessible in Maven Central.
+
+* **Given a major security problem or a serious bug is reported for Struts 1
in near future, can we expect a new release with fixes?**
+
+ As of now, actually no - that is what the EOL announcement essentially is
about. Since the end of support is reached, you will either need to find
mitigations, patch the existing Struts 1 source code yourself or migrate your
project to another web framework.
+
+* **Is there an immediate need to eliminate Struts 1 from my projects?**
+
+ As far as the Struts team is currently aware of, there is no urgent issue
posing the immediate need to eliminate Struts 1 usage from your projects.
However, you should be aware that security and bug fixes will no longer be
provided. If in future such flaws are found you will need to take action as
described in the preceding answer.
+
+* **We plan to start a new project based on Struts 1. Can we still do so?**
+
+ Basically yes, but we would not recommend doing so. As long as no code
line is written it is very easy to conceptually select an alternative web
framework such as Struts 2.
+
+* **We want to migrate our project from Struts 1 to another web framework.
What would you recommend?**
+
+ You should be aware that there is currently no "drop-in" replacement for
Struts 1. You will need to adapt your existing code to the framework of choice.
Basically every action based Java web framework is a possible candidate. We as
the Apache Struts Team can highly recommend investigating Struts 2 as a
successor framework - it is modern, highly decoupled, feature rich, well
maintained and successfully running in many mission critical projects in the
wild. It shares the same basic principles with Struts 1, but offers a highly
improved architecture and API. Other alternatives are e.g. Spring Web MVC,
Grails or Stripes.
+
+* **My friends / colleagues and I would like to see Struts 1 being
maintained again. What can we do?**
+
+ You are free to put effort in Struts 1. There are basically two possible
ways to do so: either fork the existing source, or engage in community building
within the Apache Struts Project. If there are enough people demonstrating
their will and ability to provide patches, maintenance and oversight in the
long run, there is nothing holding us back from putting Struts 1 back into
maintenance with the help of these volunteers.
Added: struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-press.md
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-press.md?rev=1464900&view=auto
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--- struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-press.md (added)
+++ struts/site/trunk/content/markdown/struts1eol-press.md Fri Apr 5 09:28:04
2013
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<head><title>Apache Struts 1 EOL Press Release</title></head>
+
+# Apache Struts 1 End-Of-Life (EOL) Press Release
+
+**2013-04-05 - The Apache Struts Project Team would like to inform you that
the Struts 1.x web framework has reached its end of life and is no longer
officially supported.**
+
+Started in 2000 to create an improved development experience over pure Java
Server Pages (JSP) utilization,
+Struts 1 soon became the de-facto standard for Java-based web application
development.
+Numerous companies adopted Struts 1 as a strategic platform and stayed with it
even after JSF was introduced
+as a standardized Java EE framework for web application development. In the
early 2000s, most job offerings in the
+space of Java-based web technology came with Struts 1 as a must-have skill.
+Even nowadays many important web sites and web based user interfaces rely on
Struts 1 technology.
+It is furthermore remarkable that many later introduced web frameworks such as
Spring MVC or WebWork
+were crucially inspired by Struts 1.
+
+Struts 1 had its last release - version 1.3.10 - in December 2008. In the
meantime the Struts community has
+focused on pushing the Struts 2 framework forward, with as many as 23 releases
as of this writing. Taking this
+into account, announcing Struts 1 EOL is just the official statement that we
have been lacking volunteer support
+for some time now and that users should not rely on a properly maintained
framework state when utilizing
+Struts 1 in their projects.
+
+As far as the Apache Struts team is currently aware of, there is no urgent
issue posing the immediate need to
+eliminate Struts 1 usage from user projects. However, users should be aware
that security and bug fixes will
+no longer be provided. Apart from that, all Struts 1 related resources and
downloads will be accessible from
+the [Apache Struts project homepage][1] now and in future.
+
+While generally possible, the Apache Struts project team would not recommend
to start new projects based
+on Struts 1 any more. Project teams are advised to examine alternative web
frameworks instead.
+While any action based Java web framework is a potential candidate to re-use
Struts 1 architectural
+experience or migrate existing Struts-1-based applications, the Apache Struts
team can highly recommend investigating
+Struts 2 as a successor framework. Struts 2 is modern, highly decoupled,
feature rich, well maintained and
+successfully running in many mission critical projects in the wild. It shares
the same basic principles with
+Struts 1, but offers a highly improved architecture, API and solution
portfolio. Other alternatives include
+Spring Web MVC, Grails or Stripes.
+
+[1]: http://struts.apache.org
Modified: struts/site/trunk/content/site.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/trunk/content/site.xml?rev=1464900&r1=1464899&r2=1464900&view=diff
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--- struts/site/trunk/content/site.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/trunk/content/site.xml Fri Apr 5 09:28:04 2013
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
name="Struts 2"
href="http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/index.html"; />
<item
- name="Struts 1"
+ name="Struts 1 (EOL)"
href="http://struts.apache.org/release/1.3.x/index.html"; />
</links>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
name="Struts 2.3.12 (GA)"
href="http://struts.apache.org/release/2.3.x/index.html"; />
<item
- name="Struts 1.3.10 (GA)"
+ name="Struts 1.3.10 (GA) - EOL"
href="http://struts.apache.org/release/1.3.x/index.html"; />
<item
name="Prior Releases"
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
href="http://struts.apache.org/development/2.x/index.html"/>
<item
- name="Struts 1.x Draft Docs"
-
href="http://struts.apache.org/development/1.x/index.html"/>
+ name="Struts 1.x EOL Announcement"
+ href="struts1eol-announcement.html"/>
<item
name="How to Help FAQ"
Modified: struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/announce.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/announce.xml?rev=1464900&r1=1464899&r2=1464900&view=diff
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--- struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/announce.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/announce.xml Fri Apr 5 09:28:04 2013
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ limitations under the License.
<a href="announce-2012.html">Announcements - 2012</a>
</p>
+ <h4 id="a20130405">5 April 2013 - Apache Struts 1 End-Of-Life
(EOL) Announcement</h4>
+ <p>
+ The Apache Struts Project Team would like to inform you that
the Struts 1.x web framework has
+ reached its end of life and is no longer officially supported.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Please check the following readings to find more details.
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="struts1eol-announcement">Apache Struts 1 EOL
Announcement</a>, including a detailed Q/A section</li>
+ <li><a href="struts1eol-press">Apache Struts 1 EOL Press
Release</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+
<h4 id="a20130306">6 March 2013 - Struts 2.3.12 General
Availability Release</h4>
<p>
The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts
2.3.12 is
@@ -53,7 +66,7 @@ limitations under the License.
Please check the Version Notes to see more details.
</p>
<p>
- All developers are strongly advised to update existing Struts
2 applications to Struts 2.3.12.
+ All developers are recommended to update existing Struts 2
applications to Struts 2.3.12.
</p>
<p>
Struts 2.3.12 is available in a full distribution or as
separate library, source, example and documentation
Modified: struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/downloads.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/downloads.xml?rev=1464900&r1=1464899&r2=1464900&view=diff
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--- struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/downloads.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/downloads.xml Fri Apr 5 09:28:04 2013
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ limitations under the License.
Struts 2.3.12
</a> ("best available")
</li>
- <li>
- <a
href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts1310";>
- Struts 1.3.10
- </a>
- </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
@@ -528,6 +523,17 @@ limitations under the License.
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
+ <a
href="http://struts.apache.org/release/1.3.x/index.html";>Struts 1.3.10</a>
+ </td>
+ <td>4 December 2008</td>
+ <td>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <a
href="http://struts.apache.org/release/1.3.x/userGuide/release-notes.html";>Release
notes</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>
<a
href="http://struts.apache.org/1.3.8/index.html";>Struts 1.3.8</a>
</td>
<td>3 March 2007</td>
Modified: struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml?rev=1464900&r1=1464899&r2=1464900&view=diff
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--- struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml Fri Apr 5 09:28:04 2013
@@ -39,14 +39,13 @@ limitations under the License.
<a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts2312";
class="btn btn-primary">Download</a>
<a href="primer.html" class="btn btn-info">Read more</a>
- <h1>Apache Struts 1.3.10 GA</h1>
+ <h1>Apache Struts 1 End-Of-Life (EOL)</h1>
<p>
- The latest production release of Struts 1 is
- <a
href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts1310";>Struts 1.3.10</a>,
- which was promoted to "General Availability"
- (or "Ready for Primetime") on 04 Dec 2008.
+ The Apache Struts Project Team would like to inform you that
the Struts 1.x web framework
+ has reached its end of life and is no longer officially
supported.
</p>
- <a href="http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts1310";
class="btn btn-primary">Download</a>
+ <a href="struts1eol-announcement.html" class="btn btn-info">Read
more</a>
+ <a href="struts1eol-press.html" class="btn btn-info">Press
release</a>
</div>
<div class="row">
Modified: struts/site/trunk/pom.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/site/trunk/pom.xml?rev=1464900&r1=1464899&r2=1464900&view=diff
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--- struts/site/trunk/pom.xml (original)
+++ struts/site/trunk/pom.xml Fri Apr 5 09:28:04 2013
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
+ <dependencies>
+ <dependency>
+ <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
+ <artifactId>doxia-module-markdown</artifactId>
+ <version>1.3</version>
+ </dependency>
+ </dependencies>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
