Right now we have JL's change in master as well as TomEE 8. I'm happy to try and find time to release both. However, I think we're inching very close with TomEE 7.0.5, so does anyone mind if I create the 7.1 branch, and shift JL's JWT work there, and take it out of master (7.0.5)?
Jon On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course having a TomEE-7.1 which bumps the requirement to java8 is cool. > And I fully support that. > But right now let's please focus on shipping TomEE-7.0.5 first. > Most probably 7.1 could be done almost in parallel. > But we do not have endless resources. At least I don't. > > LieGrue, > strub > > > Am 19.04.2018 um 05:25 schrieb David Blevins <[email protected]>: > > > > > >> On Apr 18, 2018, at 4:08 AM, Mark Struberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> There was a discussion about this a few weeks ago where we agreed to > ship TomEE-7.0.5 and only then switch to a branch. > >> > >> That's the reason why we backported tons of stuff in Johnzon, OWB and > OpenJPA. > >> Just waiting for feedback whether it now works fine or if there is > still something broken. > >> > >> So my suggestion is to apply this to the TomEE8 branch and wait with > the other PR until TomEE-7.0.5 is released. > > > > Kicked off a proper "Status of TomEE 8" thread so we can have a full > conversation on what to do with TomEE 8. > > > > If people were willing to put the effort into a TomEE 7.1 in addition to > whatever is decided in that thread, would you be ok with a TomEE 7.1 as > well? > > > > For context: I know Jean-Louis is heading off to Brazil in May to do a > TomEE talk that shows his JWT work. Ideally he's not showing a snapshot > and people could leave with something they can try. He's doing that talk > again in June. > > > > My personal perspective is if the decision was made to release TomEE 8 > now, I'd still see value in a 7.1 release with MicroProfile as then the > users would have the choice. Some may not want to do a Java EE 7 to Java > EE 8 upgrade, but still want to enjoy some MicroProfile technologies. > > > > > > -David > > > > > > > >
