I agree that it is critical for us to support Java EE 5 quickly to be
competitive. I also agree that a common goal such as this (with target
dates and all) is a great way to foster community.
Moving this work to trunk or if need be a full branch will also help
resolve some of the issues that I've been hitting working on the sparse
tree in the sandbox and things quickly getting out of sync.
Great note Matt (and catchy slogan :-) ! I'm ready!
Joe
Matt Hogstrom wrote:
I've been noodling over our Java EE 5.0 release of Geronimo and had
some ideas I wanted to share.
Given that the J2EE space is highly competitive I would love to see us
have a Java EE 5.0 implementation out before Java One. We might not be
the first on the block but we'll be in the pack and that will be huge
for us in terms of showing we came from behind with J2EE 1.4 a few
years late and now were on a par with our other Open Source projects in
terms of having software available. The other cool features like
plugins will simply set us apart.
My personal goal is to work towards a full release of Apache Geronimo
2.0 (perhaps it should be 5.0 :) available around the end of March in
2007. In order to have a version available by that date we need to
deliver some milestones earlier so we can get user feedback, tweak the
server and fix some bugs. So here is my thinking, let me know how this
sounds to you.
December
22nd - Release Milestone 1 this release would include:
Java 1.5 as the base JDK
JSP 2.1 (Jetty and Tomcat)
JSF 1.2
Java Mail
JTA 1.1
JMS 1.1 (Active MQ 4)
JPA (Open JPA)
EJB 2.1 (Open EJB 2.3/2?)
JSTL
This release would not be certified but would be an incremental version
for people to noodle on
January
26th - Release Milestone 2
Add EJB 3.0 in its current form (need David's input on this)
JAXB
JEE Mgmt 1.1
Web Services 1.2 (perhaps the Axis guys or Celtixfire folks have some
thoughts on this)
February
23rd (or March 2nd) - Release Candidate 1
March
16th - Release Candidate 2
30th - Version 2.0 Available
This is a really rough outline of a delivery schedule. I know Apache
is not a machine and we're about community. My hope is that we as a
community will have a common goal to work towards and that a schedule
will help guide us. If we end up missing the dates because we're not
there then so be it. I think a good piece of software is worth the
wait but I really want us to hold our heads high when people look at
our stack compared to other alternatives.
In order to achieve these goals we'll need to get cracking on an EE 5.0
release quickly. It looks like Dain has been getting 1.2 ready with
lots of help and I'm hoping that we'll be able to branch trunk in to a
1.2 branch this Friday. It will be awesome for folks to get a 1.2 in
their hands for production use as well as a milestone on Java EE 5.0 in
December. I'd like to get the EE 5.0 work going in trunk (best option)
or an official branch *(least desireable) this Friday. Either way I'd
like to officially kick off the Drive to Five !
Are you ready ?
Matt Hogstrom
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Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day."
