Rally round the flag... I really like these dates and it gives us something to shoot for. These seem very reasonable to me.
But..."Drive to Five"? Reminds me of my 2 hours commute ;-) hehe... great stuff!! 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. > Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day." >
