Paul McMahan wrote: > For my part I would like to help with the Tomcat v6 integration. I've > looked at the Tomcat work that Jeff did for Geronimo 1.x and am > hopeful that we can borrow from that design. I've been lurking on > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and they're marching toward a v6 release which is currently > in alpha (about to tag a 6.0.2, I think).
Great stuff...ping me if you have any questions or need a little help. Thanks, Jeff > > Best wishes, > Paul > > On 11/15/06, Matt Hogstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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." >> >> >>
