Honestly I think we can't do anything else than 2.0 but s/openejb/tomee/
and s/5.x/2.x/ will work if we move to org.apache.tomee.


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2015-03-05 16:02 GMT+01:00 Mark Struberg <[email protected]>:

> I like JLouis original proposal regarding aligning it with the EE versions.
>
> OpenEJB was EJB centric. Thus it was very closely bound to EJB spec
> versions.
> TomEE is EE umbrella centric. Thus it is closely bound to the EE umbrella
> spec version
>
> TomEE-1.7.x -> TomEE-6.0.x
> TomEE-2.0 -> TomEE-7.x
>
> That way it is really easy for users to know what they get!
>
> Maybe we let 1.7.x as it is, but we should really go for TomEE-7.0.0
> instead of 2.0
>
> LieGrue,
> strub
>
>
> > Am 05.01.2015 um 20:17 schrieb Jean-Louis Monteiro <
> [email protected]>:
> >
> > Definitely useful thoughts Jon.
> > Thx for sharing.
> >
> > --
> > Jean-Louis Monteiro
> > http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
> > http://www.tomitribe.com
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Jonathan Gallimore <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Just wanted to chip in with my $0.02... I'll try not to flame anyone or
> >> propose anything too controversial :).
> >>
> >> What are the release tools in question - is this the Maven Release
> plugin
> >> or a TomEE specific tool (I'm thinking along the lines of:
> >>
> >>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomee/sandbox/release-tools/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/tools/release/Release.java
> >> )?
> >> I ask as I'm wondering whether improving / fixing the tool is good
> option?
> >>
> >> That said, I have no objection to aligning the TomEE and OpenEJB
> numbers.
> >> My personal opinion is that I'd avoid going back numerically (might be
> >> perceived as a step back, and we previously had OpenEJB 2 which looked
> >> quite different to OpenEJB >= 3 if I remember correctly). Jumping both
> to a
> >> version 5 might look like a substantial update for TomEE that would
> require
> >> some explanation. I'm less keen on aligning to the Tomcat version, but
> >> aligning to the Java EE version could make it quite simple. So, TomEE
> 1.7.x
> >> / OpenEJB 4.7.x would become TomEE/OpenEJB 6.x and TomEE 2.0 / OpenEJB
> 5.0
> >> would becoming TomEE/OpenEJB 7.0.
> >>
> >> Personally I'm not in favour of splitting the release cycles of OpenEJB
> and
> >> TomEE - I think splitting them might create more work in managing
> >> dependencies, and might introduce some confusion between what versions
> of
> >> OpenEJB and TomEE are compatible with each other. I would also be
> concerned
> >> that there might be even more overhead in trying to actually do the
> >> releases than there is now, as we'd effectively have to do a release for
> >> OpenEJB and another for TomEE, with one being dependent on the other.
> >>
> >> Hope that these are useful thoughts.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau <
> [email protected]
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> We  can for sure downgrade openejb since we would use org.apache.tomee
> as
> >>> groupid and finally be almost consistent - what we are not since tomee
> is
> >>> the openejb name.
> >>>
> >>> We can do it for tomee 2. We can even rename all openejb artifacts to
> >> tomee
> >>> and assume we cant split both.
> >>> Le 3 janv. 2015 11:06, "Jean-Louis Monteiro" <[email protected]
> >
> >> a
> >>> écrit :
> >>>
> >>>> I do mainly agree on the result and the consequences to have 2
> >> different
> >>>> versions in the same tree.
> >>>> The best would have been to have OpenEJB as a separate subproject with
> >>> its
> >>>> own lifecycle and versioning and to use it in TomEE like any other dep
> >>>> (openjpa, cxf to name a few).
> >>>>
> >>>> Because usually we update in both sides OpenEJB and TomEE, we decided
> >> to
> >>>> stick with one tree only containing TomEE, the Maven plugin, OpenEJB,
> >> etc
> >>>> with the consequences you mentioned Andy. It definitely has some
> >> benefits
> >>>> but yes the drawbacks are heavy as well.
> >>>>
> >>>> That said, I'm wondering if OpenEJB and TomEE at least have a
> different
> >>>> lifecycle. If not, then at least they should have the same version in
> >> the
> >>>> same tree.
> >>>>
> >>>> The problem I can see.
> >>>> - bumping TomEE version to 4.x for example is quite "dangerous". TomEE
> >> by
> >>>> itself is pretty young even if most of the codebase is old. Switching
> >>> from
> >>>> 1.x to 4.x without anything in the middle is doable but hard to argue
> >>>> considering we only released less than 10 TomEE versions.
> >>>>
> >>>> - using tomcat versioning, I'm -1 for this. Same drawbacks as previous
> >>> and
> >>>> no real benefits. We could use the Java EE web profile versions or
> Java
> >>> EE
> >>>> versions, like TomEE 6.x for Java EE 6 Web Profile, TomEE 7.x for Java
> >>> EE 7
> >>>> Web Profile, etc
> >>>>
> >>>> - downgrading OpenEJB version is even more complicated in my opinion
> >> and
> >>> as
> >>>> we kept the same groupId / artifactId, it can be a big Maven hell.
> >>>>
> >>>> What's "the less worst" solution we could use?
> >>>> Considering OpenEJB and TomEE have their own lifecycle, I'd then keep
> >> the
> >>>> versions and split the source tree and the releases
> >>>> Considering OpenEJB and TomEE have different lifecycle, I'd go with
> the
> >>>> same versioning, probably using OpenEJB versions or better EE version.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Jean-Louis Monteiro
> >>>> http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
> >>>> http://www.tomitribe.com
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Andy Gumbrecht <
> >>> [email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I know this is a flamed subject, but here goes.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A major problem on release is the double barrelled version of OpenEJB
> >>> 4.x
> >>>>> and TomEE 1.x and  5.x / 2.x. This makes using release tools
> >> virtually
> >>>>> impossible and the whole process has to have manual interaction. We
> >>> shoot
> >>>>> ourselves in the foot with this one every time.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I know project separation is a no go area for some, so another option
> >>>>> would be to get versions aligned. Also a huge point of contention.
> >> The
> >>>>> issue is the version to use?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So this is just to throw a rabbit into the lions den - How about
> >>> aligning
> >>>>> with the underlying Tomcat major version, something like
> >> TomEE/OpenEJB
> >>>> 7.x
> >>>>> for Tomcat 7.x and 8.x for Tomcat 8?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Andy.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>>  Andy Gumbrecht
> >>>>>  https://twitter.com/AndyGeeDe
> >>>>>  http://www.tomitribe.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>

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