I like it ;-) +1
Bart On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On oak-dev@ we were just discussing about the future of Oak and how > it'll relate to Jackrabbit in general. The emerging consensus seems to > be that we should keep Oak as a part of Jackrabbit and have Jackrabbit > 3.0 be based on Oak. > > Here's an early draft of how this could work out in terms of the > Jackrabbit roadmap: > > * Jackrabbit 2.6: We target at releasing a stable Jackrabbit 2.6.0 > version sometime around the end of this year. As usual, we'll have a > 2.6 maintenance branch for upcoming 2.6.x patch releases. > > * Jackrabbit 2.x: Just after branching 2.6, we'd create a separate 2.x > development branch for future work based on the current Jackrabbit > architecture. This branch would give us a chance to more than just bug > fixes on the 2.x codebase for at least a few more years until everyone > is comfortable upgrading to an Oak-based repository. > > * JCR 2.1 RI: The 2.x branch could also be used for developing the > reference implementation for JSR 333 (JCR 2.1). Given current > schedules this could become something like Jackrabbit 2.8. > > * Jackrabbit 3.0: Early next year, after the 2.6 and 2.x branches have > been created, we'd replace the current trunk with an Oak-based JCR > implementation. This "Blackrabbit" edition of Oak would come with a > set of plugin components designed to offer as much backwards > compatibility with existing Jackrabbit 2.x deployments as possible, > and would ship with code that can automatically migrate or upgrade an > existing Jackrabbit 2.x repository. The target date for Jackrabbit 3.0 > would be sometime next year, with focus on stability and backwards > compatibility. > > * Jackrabbit 3.x: After Jackrabbit 3.0 is out we can continue working > on things like performance and scalability, integrations with > different backends and clients, and new features for future Jackrabbit > 3.x releases. And since Jackrabbit 3.0 will be based on a fresh new > underlying architecture from Oak, it's likely that we'll encounter a > number of smaller issues to be fixed or improved. > > WDYT? > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/ga4mn2x2xqsvzwg6 > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting -- Amsterdam - Oosteinde 11, 1017 WT Amsterdam Boston - 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 US +1 877 414 4776 (toll free) Europe +31(0)20 522 4466 www.onehippo.com
