Richard This sounds like a great idea. Would we also carve out the brooklyn-library blueprints so that these are maintained separately? I am assuming that they would be still part of the project but available as an option rather than bundled??
Best Duncan On 19 May 2017 at 11:55, Richard Downer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Now that we have release 0.11.0 done, I'd like us to have a discussion > about our plans for upcoming releases, and to decide when we're going to > make the jump to version 1.0. > > Looking back, the core of Brooklyn is now very strong, and has been tried > and tested by many people for many months, some using for production > workloads. The operations side has matured with the support for persistence > and high availability. Pure YAML blueprints are now extremely capable, and > the Java-based blueprints in brooklyn-library have in many cases been > overtaken by pure YAML blueprints written by Brooklyn users. The catalog > provides a way to manage and compose blueprints, with OSGI providing a > means to manage and version. Finishing touches, such as supporting ZIP > files for catalog uploads (removing the requirement that a user must create > their own OSGI bundles) mean we will have a very compelling story for > blueprint developers. > > So, what's left to do? Are there any major (or even moderate) features that > we would want in a 1.0 release? > > My thoughts are that we release 0.12.0 next. This will put the Karaf-based > distribution as the primary artifact, with accompanying .deb and .rpms. The > classic distribution will remain but be deprecated. At this point, we > should make an effort to mark as "deprecated" as much as we possibly can, > so we don't have to take unnecessary baggage into the 1.x series. > > After that, we aim for 1.0.0 - the classic distribution is removed, and so > is everything marked as deprecated. > > In parallel with this, an effort to overhaul the documentation, so that our > 1.0 docs are comprehensive and easy to use. > > Any other thoughts? > -- Duncan Johnston-Watt Founder & Chief Executive Officer Phone: +44 777 190 2653 | Skype: duncan_johnstonwatt Twitter: @duncanjw <https://twitter.com/duncanjw> | LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/duncanjohnstonwatt [image: Cloudsoft Logo.jpg] <https://cloudsoft.io/> Stay up to date with everything Cloudsoft: [image: Twitter_Logo_White_On_Blue.png] <https://twitter.com/cloudsoft> [image: YouTube-social-icon_red_48px.png] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpbLhvXrYWz8B_osUX6rn0Q>
