The Struts 2.0 development has been closed down. Struts Shale will be a new codebase for web development. No surprise that Struts would move to closer JSF integration, but dropping the entire codebase is a bit surprising. I guess Shale will be a fresh start, probably in some ways resembling the old Struts but building on experiences and improving. I think they have done a great job with Struts already (it’s been a long time since it’s conception, and it has of course suffered from some of the “old” ideas incorporated from the start), and will be looking forward to a new excellent product from Apache.
Update: Check comments for some clarifying info from Don Brown
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Disclaimer: I’m a Struts committer. Actually, the point of Ted’s original Apache News item is that both Struts classic and Shale will exist side-by-side and the market will decide. There weren’t ever any concrete plans for 2.0 to be dropped, so rather than adopt Shale or a rewrite of Struts classic, we decided to put them both out there and let nature takes its course.
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