Hi devs, now that the security maintenance release 1.6.0.1 is ongoing, time to look in the upcoming months. Here are some thoughts on a possible roadmap.
- Apache TomEE 1.6.0.1 (now) Security maintenance release 1.6.0.1 --> Cf. previous mails on the dev@list. - Apache TomEE 1.7.0 (next week, right after the 1.6.0.1) This is a feature full release with some major parts: Java 8 support (only 2 weeks after the GA, Apache TomEE plume (Apache TomEE Plus + Mojora + EclipseLink) to name a few. We are almost ready to release, but some dependencies need to be upgraded (CXF, XBean, OpenJPA, OpenWebBeans). We can do that by applying the patch internally on our trunk and deliver our own binaries. The good point of such an approach is that we can gather as many feedback as possible quickly and then we have room to spread the word over other communities. - Apache TomEE 1.6.1 (??) That releas could be basically the current trunk, without java 8 support and without the plume distro. WDYT? Any interest on the community side? If yes, we could do this one right after the 1.7.0. - Apache TomEE 2.0 branches One month after the 1.7.0 we could start the 2.0 branch to target Java EE 7. That branch gonna be the new trunk and we'll keep active branches for 1.6 and 1.7. That means that all fixes mergeable to those branches must be done on the flow. WDYT? Any feedback welcome. -- Jean-Louis
