Hi all,
I propose that we *delete* Brooklyn classic-mode from master now, in
preparation for the 1.0.0 release.
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In 0.12.0, we switched the main distro to be the karaf-mode. We also
built the classic-mode distro - the intent being for users to have a
usable classic mode, rather than being forced immediately to switch to
karaf without advanced warning.
However, we unfortunately did not deprecate classic-mode as clearly as
we should have (e.g. didn't explicitly say that it will be deleted in an
upcoming release, and didn't deprecate the `Main` class).
I think it's still ok to delete it for several reasons:
1. This is a "mode" of running Brooklyn, rather than underlying
Brooklyn functionality.
2. The `Main` class [1] etc should not be considered part of our
*public* API (even though we didn't explicitly tell people that it
was internal).
3. As part of 0.12.0 release, we added to the docs instructions for
upgrading to Karaf [2].
4. Supporting classic to the same standard as Karaf will become
increasingly painful as we do more and more with Bundles!
5. It's a major release, so if we are going to delete it then 1.0.0 is
the perfect time!
Aled
[1]
https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/blob/master/server-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/cli/Main.java
[2]
http://brooklyn.apache.org/v/0.12.0/ops/upgrade.html#upgrade-from-apache-brooklyn-0110-and-below
