I'm interested in "2) Geronimo Eclipse Plug-in (GEP): a) Model framework for Geronimo deployment plans" and I'd like to contribute to this. Shiva, let's work together for this. :-)
--YunFeng Shiva Kumar H R wrote: > I can immediately remember 3 prior discussions in reference to this: > i) "[DISCUSS/FEEDBACK] Usability improvements to Geronimo" mail > from Prasad in Nov'07 > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg53236.html > ii) "[Discuss] What next?" mail from DJencks in Aug'07 > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg50660.html > iii) "[DISCUSS] Geronimo 2.1 - what's next?" mail from Matt in > Jul'07 http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg48173.html > > Alright, here is my wish list - features that I would love to see > getting into Geronimo in 2008: > 1) Deployment Environment: > a) Plan Creator wizards (in Admin Console & in Geronimo Eclipse > Plugin) for geronimo-application.xml and *many* other Geronimo > deployment plans. > b) Geronimo specific annotations: To further simplify the > specification of Geronimo deployment information, right at development > time. > > 2) Geronimo Eclipse Plug-in (GEP): > a) Model framework for Geronimo deployment plans: > Currently it is EMF (Eclipse Modeling Framework). With every update to > Geronimo deployment schema, it's a major pain to generate new EMF > classes. If however, GEP uses the same model framework as that of > Geronimo server (XMLBeans), then at least this problem would be > solved. IIUC JSR-88 DConfigBeans would be the ideal model framework > for GEP - in that case even if the model framework of server changes > in future, GEP would be unaffected. > b) Critical bug fixes > c) Make "Download and Install" option more intuitive > d) Customize Web Services Wizard: > The default implementation of WTP's web services wizard embeds an Axis > engine inside a web-app and then deploys it in a web server such as > Tomcat. However this isn't the right approach for Geronimo as it > already has a global web services engine deployed. Hence web services > wizard's behavior must be customized when deploying onto Geronimo. > e) Better Remote server support > f) Testsuite Automation > g) Integrating JavaEE Samples. > > 3) Admin Console Tools: > a) Server Build Tool: For instance, a "button" to push that spits > out a server with just what is needed for a set of apps and nothing > else. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg54849.html > b) Cluster Admin Tools: Geronimo has a lot of partial clustering > solutions. For instance there's WADI, native tomcat clustering, a > terracotta integration, and many others. A cluster admin tool would be > of great help in the setting-up and fine-tuning of those clustering > solutions. > > I am stuck in 1) a) Plan Creator work for the past year or so and it > is still not complete! So if I alone work on many of those features, > God alone knows when I will complete them. Any takers/collaborators? > > On Feb 7, 2008 8:28 PM, Vamsavardhana Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hello, > > Geronimo had a great year 2007. I don't need to re-list all our > achievements listed in Matt's mail from 31st Dec 2007 > (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg54994.html). > Now that 2.1 is also rolling out, I think it is time we start > discussing what we want to do in Geronimo in year 2008. Let us > also discuss what we "must" do to make Geronimo an application > server of choice. I would like all of us to use this mail thread > to put forth our thoughts (and any action items some of us may > have already come up with silently) so that the community can see > what great heights Geronimo will scale in 2008. > > Thank you. > > ++Vamsi > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Shiva ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
