On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 12/20/11 7:09 PM, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot wrote: > >> Hi (again) guys, >> >> As you might have noticed, I took some time last week to go on a JIRA >> fixing campaign on Apache Directory Studio. >> >> With the recent developments, I think we are nearing a possible release >> of a first milestone for version 2.0. >> Of course, it still needs some work but various reasons makes me think we >> should probably consider releasing the first milestone really soon: >> >> 1°/ It's been more than 20 months since the last release (April 5th, >> 2010). >> That's really a shame, but it's the reality… :( >> Such a long time without a release gives a very bad impression on users. >> Almost like if Studio was an abandoned project... >> >> 2°/ Milestone releases worked well on the API and ApacheDS. >> We've had some great results from milestone releases on these projects. >> Even if they are not stable and production-ready yet, they have helped us >> get back in touch with our users and forced us to focus on specific >> key-features for each iteration. >> >> 3°/ A hell lot of things have changed in Studio, with lots of >> improvements and bug fixes. >> I can't name everything but it includes things like: >> - the inclusion of the Apache Directory LDAP API as network provider (as >> a replacement for JNDI - which is still selectable) >> - the use of Shared's SchemaManager in the Schema Editor >> - the rewrite of the ApacheDS plugins into something more open, the LDAP >> Servers plugin >> - the new ApacheDS V2 Configuration Plugin which edits via LDAP and LDIF >> the configuration of an ApacheDS 2.0 server >> - the update of Eclipse dependencies and launchers to the latest and >> greatest versions >> - many bug fixes, improvements and feature requests >> >> This mail isn't to vote about the release yet. A few things really need >> to be polished first. >> But I'd like to get your thoughts about a possible release of a first >> milestone for version 2.0 in the next days/weeks. >> > > It will be a milestone, you don't have to be too cautious, IMO. Just go > for it when you think it's ready. > > Agree w/ Emm here ... -- Best Regards, -- Alex
