Wow! Thanks so much YunFeng! for joining. GEP Task https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-278 is created for this. We can use this, as well as IRC chats & dev-list mails, for collaborating!
Thanks again, Shiva On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 2:24 PM, YunFeng Ma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested in "2) Geronimo Eclipse Plug-in (GEP): > a) Model > framework for Geronimo deployment plans" and I'd like > to contribute to > this. Shiva, let's work together for this. :-) > > --YunFeng > > Shiva Kumar H R 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] > > <mailto:[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 > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > >
