IMO the M<N> notation here is really confusing for a post-1.0 release.
I also don't really get the Dec 22 thing at all... If we are lucky
we will get 1.2 out by then.
But, I'm not trying to knock any of this ambition... just a comment.
--jason
On Dec 4, 2006, at 7:54 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
While ripping out drywall this weekend I was thinking about our
Geronimo 2.0 and all the work that needs to get done to complete
this monsterous effort. While sifting through the scorecard and
thinking about all the different things that need to be addressed
it became a bit overwhelming. As everyone knows many different
projects are working on their implementations of Java EE 5.0. Some
are available and others are works in progress (as is ours). It
seems that from user perspective people are really interested in
the Java EE and have been asking for several months about where we
are. At this point it would be nice to give them an idea of what
we're thinking about.
I had previously put out a set of milestones and dates. I wanted
to make it a little more formal and of course with all the caveats
that this is open source and our timetables are subject to people's
time and contribution.
With that, here is an updated timeline and some graphic
representations that represent the Java EE specifications that need
to be completed from a high level.
I think it was Dain that used the term table stakes when referring
to the specification. Meaning that we need the spec related
functionality to get in the game but innovations beyond the
specification were necessary to make a bigger splash. I don't
capture those here but I'll work on pulling that together as well.
Take a look at http://people.apache.org/~hogstrom/Geronimo2.0/ and
provide your thoughts on how were doing.
If we are going to make a Dec 22 Beta 1 then we would have to cut
sometime in the next week and a half.
What do y'all think?
Matt Hogstrom
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