Expecting that we will have a 2.1.4 release sometime in 1Q09 and
probably a 2.1.5 sometime in 2H09 before we put the 2.1 branch to bed.
-Donald
Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote:
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Donald Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Given we only have about 5 weeks between now and when should cut a
2.2 branch, I'm not sure I'd waste time on this. As Jack pointed
out in another reply, Java SE 6 has been out almost 2 years, so its
time to move on.... If users want to stay on Java SE 5, we'll be
glad to apply fixes to the 2.1 branch.
In this case we may have to have more releases from 2.1 branch. Or are
we expecting the users to build from the branch?
-Donald
Joe Bohn wrote:
I'm certainly in favor of only performing certification on SE 6
runtime for 2.2.
I wonder if it would be possible for us to include the JAXB and
JAXWS support in a plugin for users that might need to continue
on SE 5. If this isn't too difficult (or too much of a
maintenance nightmare) then we might consider it. Is that even
possible?
Joe
Donald Woods wrote:
The time has come to make the hard decision -
Do we only build and certify Geronimo 2.2 on the Sun 1.6.0
JDK and drop support for running on Java SE 5?
Pros:
- Reduce testing effort to one version of Java
- Allows us to use the JAXB 2.1, JAX-WS 2.1 and wsgen tools
in the JDK, instead of shipping those jars in our assemblies
(and removes some more Sun RI from our assemblies) :-)
- Keeps us current on the latest Java release
- All major platforms have a Java SE 6 solution:
- Sun provided 1.6.0 for Windows, Solaris, Linux on Intel/AMD
- MacOS 10.5.x provides 1.6.0_07
- openSUSE 11.0/11.1 users can install Sun 1.6.0_10 from
build repos
- Ubuntu 7.04 and later users can install Sun 1.6.0 from
net repos
- Fedora 9/10 comes with OpenJDK 6, but users can install
Sun 1.6.0
- IBM provides 1.6.0 SR2 for AIX, pLinux, zLinux, zOS, ...
Cons:
- Users will have to upgrade to Java SE 6 to run Geronimo 2.2
- Will require us to maintain the 2.1 branch during 2009 for
any users who want to stay on Java SE 5
I'm for moving to a Java SE 6 only runtime for Geronimo 2.2.
-Donald
