On Feb 8, 2008 3:22 PM, Manu George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the point in having geronimo specific annotations? AFAIK there > is a mappedName attribute in the javaEE annotations which can be used > for mapping to server specific resource names. Is this completely > implemented in G? Probably someone with more knowledge on this than me > can comment :).
Is mappedName alone sufficient to specify all of Geronimo specific deployment information? We might need new (G specific) annotations to specify what cannot be specified with mappedName. Again I too am not sure of the specifics and let people more knowledgeable comment on this. > Regarding plan creator I can contribute to getting it completed. > :) Thanks much for offering to help. > > Regards > Manu > > On Feb 8, 2008 2:00 PM, Shiva Kumar H R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can immediately remember 3 prior discussions in reference to this: > > i) "[DISCUSS/FEEDBACK] Usability improvements to Geronimo" mail from > > Prasad in Nov'07 > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg53236.html > > ii) "[Discuss] What next?" mail from DJencks in Aug'07 > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg50660.html > > iii) "[DISCUSS] Geronimo 2.1 - what's next?" mail from Matt in > Jul'07 > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg48173.html > > > > Alright, here is my wish list - features that I would love to see > getting > > into Geronimo in 2008: > > 1) Deployment Environment: > > a) Plan Creator wizards (in Admin Console & in Geronimo Eclipse > Plugin) > > for geronimo-application.xml and *many* other Geronimo deployment plans. > > b) Geronimo specific annotations: To further simplify the > specification > > of Geronimo deployment information, right at development time. > > > > 2) Geronimo Eclipse Plug-in (GEP): > > a) Model framework for Geronimo deployment plans: > > Currently it is EMF (Eclipse Modeling Framework). With every update to > > Geronimo deployment schema, it's a major pain to generate new EMF > classes. > > If however, GEP uses the same model framework as that of Geronimo server > > (XMLBeans), then at least this problem would be solved. IIUC JSR-88 > > DConfigBeans would be the ideal model framework for GEP - in that case > even > > if the model framework of server changes in future, GEP would be > unaffected. > > b) Critical bug fixes > > c) Make "Download and Install" option more intuitive > > d) Customize Web Services Wizard: > > The default implementation of WTP's web services wizard embeds an Axis > > engine inside a web-app and then deploys it in a web server such as > Tomcat. > > However this isn't the right approach for Geronimo as it already has a > > global web services engine deployed. Hence web services wizard's > behavior > > must be customized when deploying onto Geronimo. > > e) Better Remote server support > > f) Testsuite Automation > > g) Integrating JavaEE Samples. > > > > 3) Admin Console Tools: > > a) Server Build Tool: For instance, a "button" to push that spits > out a > > server with just what is needed for a set of apps and nothing else. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg54849.html > > b) Cluster Admin Tools: Geronimo has a lot of partial clustering > > solutions. For instance there's WADI, native tomcat clustering, a > terracotta > > integration, and many others. A cluster admin tool would be of great > help in > > the setting-up and fine-tuning of those clustering solutions. > > > > I am stuck in 1) a) Plan Creator work for the past year or so and it is > > still not complete! So if I alone work on many of those features, God > alone > > knows when I will complete them. Any takers/collaborators? > > > > > > > > On Feb 7, 2008 8:28 PM, Vamsavardhana Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Geronimo had a great year 2007. I don't need to re-list all our > > achievements listed in Matt's mail from 31st Dec 2007 > > (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg54994.html). > Now > > that 2.1 is also rolling out, I think it is time we start discussing > what we > > want to do in Geronimo in year 2008. Let us also discuss what we "must" > do > > to make Geronimo an application server of choice. I would like all of > us to > > use this mail thread to put forth our thoughts (and any action items > some of > > us may have already come up with silently) so that the community can see > > what great heights Geronimo will scale in 2008. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Shiva > -- Thanks, Shiva
