+1, Moving forward for the container friendly integration framework is a great idea. How about considering for version 4.x.x. release. I can help too.
Thanks, Madhawa On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 2:38 AM Isuru Udana <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > It has been 12 years since Synapse was founded (2007-12-19). As we all > know in the last few years we did not have a good run. The activity of the > project has significantly gone down and there is not much of a contribution > from the majority of the committers. > > Also, ESB architectural style is no longer the preferred style for doing > the integration. The world has been moved towards container friendly > products, microservices, and cloud-native technologies. However, the > integration problem solved by the ESB architecture still exists and handled > by different entities. > > Even though Synapse is an ESB, it has most of the qualities (ex: faster > startup time, low resource consumption, etc.) that are important for > containers and microservices integrations. So with a little effort, we > could make Synapse a container friendly product that suits any > architectural style for doing the integration. > > So, should we consider positioning Synapse as an 'Integration Framework' > or an 'Integration Product' that serves all architectural styles? > Will that help us reactivate the project? > > Please share your thoughts. > > Thank you. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Isuru Udana <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 7:03 AM > Subject: Re: Positioning Synapse as an Integration Framework > To: <[email protected]> > > > I will open this discussion to the community to reach a wide audience. > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 5:20 AM Vanjikumaran Sivajothy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am not too sure about adopting the very abstract term Integration >> Framework; However, I can assure that moving towards container-native is a >> logical move. >> I can help on this to produce an initial set of artifacts. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 4:23 PM Isuru Udana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi PMC, >> > >> > It has been 12 years since Synapse was founded (2007-12-19). As we all >> know >> > in the last few years we did not have a good run. The activity of the >> > project has significantly gone down and there is not much of a >> contribution >> > from the majority of the committers/PMC members. >> > >> > Also, ESB architectural style is no longer the preferred style for doing >> > the integration. The world has been moved towards container friendly >> > products, microservices, and cloud-native technologies. However, the >> > integration problem solved by the ESB architecture still exists and >> handled >> > by different entities. >> > >> > Even though Synapse is an ESB, it has most of the qualities (ex: faster >> > startup time, low resource consumption, etc.) that are important for >> > containers and microservices integrations. So with a little effort, we >> > could make Synapse a container friendly product that suits any >> > architectural style for doing the integration. >> > >> > So, should we consider positioning Synapse as an 'Integration >> Framework' or >> > an 'Integration Product' that serves all architectural styles? >> > Will that help us reactivate the project? >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *Isuru Udana* >> > >> > >> > >> > *email: [email protected] <[email protected]> blog: >> > http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/ <http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/>* >> > >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Vanji >> > > > -- > *Isuru Udana* > Senior Technical Lead > > > > > *; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com <http://wso2.com>email: [email protected] > <[email protected]> blog: http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/ > <http://mytecheye.blogspot.com/>* > > > >
