Hello all, With the discussion of where the JEE 6 development will be done, I realized (again) that we never released 2.0.3.
The only thing that kept us from releasing 2.0.3 was an exception that only occurred under stress testing the server (a ConcurrentModificationException). And, recently, when we added a number of security patches that were the driver for releasing 2.1.3 - the same security patches were put into the 2.0.x codestream as well. Should we put out one last release of 2.0.x and then officially encourage anyone on a level lower than 2.1.x to upgrade? I think that is probably what we should do. At this point, there is a range of work being applied to 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x and soon 3.0.x (or however we version the upcoming JEE 6). Also, do we have an official 'support period'? Would it be worthwhile to discuss implementing one if we don't? Letting our users know that we intend to support a particular major.minor release (bug fixes only) would make it easier for them to plan which version they want to implement against and plan/schedule their server upgrades. Maybe we would specify a window of '12 months after the next higher minor release'. Version 2.1.0 was released this February, so 2.0.x 'official' support would end next February. Of course if someone felt like continuing to make fixes (and they had someone to run TCKs against them) then 'unofficial' support may run longer. Our resources are being spread -really- thin. And as a result, 2.0.x has been nearly abandoned. We have security fixes that were put in this September, but no release in the last 12 months. When 2.2.x is finally released and the JEE 6 work begins in earnest - I have a feeling that 2.1.x will begin to fall by the wayside as well. Regardless - I mainly wanted to know if anyone thought that we should go ahead and do a final release on 2.0.x. I think the security fixes make it worthwhile. But then, maybe we should officially set an end for 2.0. Any thoughts? Jay
