--- David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 2005, at 7:09 AM, Jeff Genender wrote:
>
> > Now that we frozen the list for what will go into
> M5, and based on the
> > answers for QA/release dates, I propose the QA cut
> for M5 to occur on
> > Sept
> > 21, followed by a release on September 28.
>
> I'm very worried by this proposal. I would prefer a
> much quicker
> schedule. I have reviewed the issues marked for M5
> and believe the
> following are the only ones we should get into M5,
> and some of these
> are optional. I would like to know if anyone is
> determined to fix any
> other issues marked for M5 in the near future and
> when they expect to
> get them done. Waiting around while no one does any
> work on these
> issues will only frustrate those wishing to add new
> post-M5
> functionality.
>
> I propose we deal with the following issues and make
> the M5-QA branch
> no later than this friday Sept 9. With luck we will
> be able to
> complete tck testing fairly quickly and get the
> release out within a
> week.
>
> 940 -- dual contribution code
> 754 HOWL version upgrade
> 980 Jetty version upgrade
> 817 deploy-jsr88 module has dependency on openejb
> 945 jmDNS lgpl dependency
> 730/731 sample apps -- do these need to go through
> incubator or can I
> just commit them?
> 699 welcome app patches
I will submit the improved version (minor changes)
before Sept 9th.
Thanks
Anita
>
> and the big one...
> 883/890 login/security improvements. I would like
> to discuss with Alan
> the prospects for completing this quickly. If we
> can't get it done
> soon I think we should postpone it.
>
> In my view all the other issues would be nice to
> have but unless
> someone is willing to commit right now to fixing
> them right now we
> should leave them out of M5. I fear that unless we
> take a ruthless
> approach to what is in M5 releasing it will drag on
> for months. We
> have some great new functionality with tomcat
> included and easy to use,
> lets get it out to our prospective users as soon as
> we can.
>
> many thanks,
> david jencks
>
>
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