With our 2.1 distribution (as with earlier distributions) we are only providing the javaee5 & minimal assemblies. Are we ever planning to make the geronimo-framework assembly available in a distribution so that a user could start from scratch (not even a web container) and build up a server by installing plugins?
That was the original intent when we created this assembly. I know that the originally framework included enough deployment capability to deploy plugins. However, I'm not certain that is still the case (I haven't tried in a long time). Assuming you can still install plugins (or we add that back in), I think it makes sense to distribute this assembly. BTW, I'm not proposing this for 2.1 given that it is nearly completely baked.
What do others think? Joe
