Question: Merlin 3.2.5 is a beta release?
Correct.
What version is next scheduled for 'official' stable release (ie- shows up on the downloads page)? Currently, only 3.0 is there.
Assuming this vote passes then 3.2.5 will go up on the Apache download site.
As far the the client contact is concerned ... i.e. the interaction between a component and the Merlin containment system (description
of deployment directives such as <container>, <component>, standard
names for context entries, standard attribute names, etc.) - at this level the Merlin platform has been *very* stable. Changes in this area have received a very high-level of sensitivity to end-user impact. From this perspective the release should be considered rock solid.
The reason for the beta classification concerns that fact that product APIs and implementations are evolving. Although the audience impacted by these changes is two or three orders of magnitude smaller, the beta status does lets us really focus on the system APIs during the 3.3 cycle. This will give us time to validate the new embedded application areas, and I'm confident will get some useful feedback from dynamic model driven applications.
The principal is that a 3.3 release should incorporate the bulk of any API changes (and should make an appearance reasonably soon), with 3.4 aimed at final release with a full code security model in place.
Stephen.
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