I'm +1 to deprecate and exclude the infinispan support from our
deliverables, from the process engine persistence to data-index and
jobs-service (including addons). In this case I think that keeping it for
reference can be useful for users.

Cheers,

Pere

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 at 16:08, Francisco Javier Tirado Sarti
<ftira...@redhat.com.invalid> wrote:

> Yes, of course, I'm not worried about history, I'm worried about
> visibility.
> If Infinispan is still there with a deprecation notice, everybody, without
> the need to visit the github log will know that it used to be there and was
> explicitly deprecated.
> And once it is out of the parent module, it won't be bothering anymore.
> Anyway, I don't really care much, we can delete it.
> It's not the first thing I will delete from Apps repo though, Trusty is
> even more bothersome.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM Alex Porcelli <a...@porcelli.me> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the thoughtful response—I'm glad we're aligned on moving on
> > from Infinispan.
> >
> > That said, I respectfully disagree with the idea of keeping the code
> > in the repository but out of the build. One of the core purposes of
> > Git is precisely to allow us to revisit and recover code from the past
> > if needed. Keeping "dead code" in the codebase creates unnecessary
> > maintenance overhead and potential confusion as the project evolves.
> >
> > If there's a need to bring it back in the future, we can always
> > retrieve it from the commit history or a dedicated tag/branch. For
> > now, I believe removing it entirely is the cleaner and more
> > maintainable approach.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM Francisco Javier Tirado Sarti
> > <ftira...@redhat.com.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree to remove Inifinispan, although I have invested a substantial
> > > amount of work to keep it working.
> > > But we have better alternatives for embedded, both relational (embedded
> > > postgresql, h2) and non relational (rocksbd)
> > > Also, it does not have the same level of query support than Mongo and
> > > Postgress (it is not possible to query variables or metadata)
> > > Besides, I also find questionable the original decision to use it as
> > > default data store, given the fact that the optimal use for Inifnispan
> is
> > > as persistent distributed cache (so, in a way, it was like using Kafka
> as
> > > datastore, possible, but not its original intent)
> > > I think is good to deprecate it and focus on keeping JPA and mongoDB
> > > implementation at the same level of functionality (currently Mongo is
> > > slightly behind)
> > > Thats said, I think that, rather than removing, we can exclude it (just
> > > remove the reference from the parent POM and keep the code)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM Alex Porcelli <a...@porcelli.me> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think those interfaces are already in place - at some extent. We
> > have a
> > > > few different db implementations already: mongo, Postgres, rocksdb;
> so
> > I’d
> > > > suspect that it should be enough for now.
> > > >
> > > > I also would argue that H2 is also a reasonable solution for
> in-memory
> > with
> > > > low cost and is now actively used in jBPM when running in dev mode.
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM Gabriele Cardosi <
> > > > gabriele.card...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > HI Alex,
> > > > > I agree with your concern.
> > > > > I do not know exactly where and why infinispan is used, but I also
> > hit
> > > > > issues with it during some upgrades.
> > > > > From my POV the issue is that
> > > > > 1. On one side, we want to provide in-memory support for our
> > > > applications,
> > > > > which is a good feature
> > > > > 2. on the other side, we implemented specific solutions, with
> > > > hard-binding
> > > > > to that specific implementation (infinispan), that lead to the
> issue
> > you
> > > > > mentioned
> > > > >
> > > > > Being everything open source, maybe a good solution would be to
> > design
> > > > and
> > > > > provide API/interfaces for any "in-memory" database, and then
> whoever
> > > > wants
> > > > > to create a specific implementation, outside our apache-kie
> project,
> > > > would
> > > > > still be able to create it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Wdyt ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Il giorno mar 1 apr 2025 alle ore 13:23 Alex Porcelli <
> > > > porce...@apache.org
> > > > > >
> > > > > ha scritto:
> > > > >
> > > > > > As part of the ongoing effort to upgrade to the latest Quarkus
> LTS
> > > > > version,
> > > > > > we’re currently dealing with the impact of aligning with
> > Infinispan 15,
> > > > > > which introduces a new set of changes and potentially api
> > compatibility
> > > > > > issues.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Given this context, I’d like to revisit the question: Do we
> really
> > want
> > > > > to
> > > > > > continue supporting Infinispan?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This has been discussed in the past, and there was some
> resistance
> > to
> > > > > > removing it. However, maintaining support goes beyond the
> existing
> > > > > > implementation—it requires us to stay on top of future upgrades,
> > adapt
> > > > to
> > > > > > API changes, and deal with potential security vulnerabilities
> > stemming
> > > > > from
> > > > > > Infinispan itself and its transitive dependencies.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I believe it’s worth re-evaluating its value and whether it’s
> > aligned
> > > > > with
> > > > > > the future direction of the project.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Looking forward to your thoughts.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Alex
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
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