I'll give the base plan a +1... I think we should continue to produce a WSM/Service control distribution, that will roll into a real release of Beehive once the TCK is final...
On 6/7/05, Steven Tocco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this is a sound plan. It allows us to keep momentum and gets > good bits to people early and often. > > +1 > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eddie ONeil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:30 PM > To: Beehive Developers > Subject: planning for future beehive releases and wsm > > All-- > > Now that we've got a solid milestone out for Controls + NetUI + WSM, > I'd like to suggest that we start thinking about what goes into our > near-term releases. > > To me, the most pressing near-term priority is getting a more > "official" release of NetUI and Controls available to interested users > -- call this a 1.0 if you will. :) > > Currently, we're prevented from doing a Beehive release that > includes WSM and calling it something more official than "milestone" > because of the issues around releasing a JSR implementation (181) > before that JSR is final. > > My personal feeling is that Controls and NetUI are 1.0 quality > (modulo a few bugs that have come up which we could fix pretty > quickly) and that I'd rather not hold up their release because WSM is > waiting for a JSR to complete. > > Thus, what would folks think of doing releases with Controls + NetUI > and keeping WSM and the web service control out of these releases > until JSR 181 is final and WSM has passed the TCK? > > This has two benefits: > > 1) Controls + NetUI can be released as a 1.0 (or something similar, > depending on what we're allowed to do while still in the Incubator) > 2) WSM and the web service control can continue to undergo active > development before starting the effort to pass the TCK > > Note, this *does not* remove WSM from Beehive -- just keeps it from > any official-ish 1.0 release until it's passed the TCK. Once that has > happened, we can fold it back into the regular Beehive release cycle. > And, in the interim, it can still be available via nightlies or some > similar manner. > > Thoughts about this? > > If there's enough interest after we've discussed this for a while, we > can spin-up a vote to do a 1.0 with just Controls + NetUI. > > Eddie > >
