Hi, We missed pushing the 0.3 release out a month ago, but let's fix that by cutting the release instead of 0.4 now at the turn of the month.
And since we're reaching the end of the initial roadmap [1] we drafted in February, I think it's a good idea to now review where we are and outline some targets for the next few months. First a quick review of the originally outlined release milestones: * 0.1 - March 2012 - ALL DONE * 0.2 - April 2012 - PARTIALLY DONE, STILL MISSING: * Basic in-cloud persistence * Runnable jar with "join cluster" functionality * Integration tests to verify the above * 0.3 (wasn't released) - May 2012 - ALL DONE * 0.4 (to be released as 0.3) - June 2012 - PARTIALLY DONE, STILL MISSING: * Bindings for jQuery * Basic support for access control based on the extension model * Basic support for node types based on the extension model * Basic support for observation based on the extension model * Basic support for locking (if needed/wanted) * Integration tests to verify the above * Performance benchmark against selected other NoSQL databases * Performance tests for clustered deployments * Basic scalability tests for simple read and write scenarios We're making good progress on things like (basic versions of) observation and locking, so I guess we'll still be able to know a few of the above items by the end of the month before cutting the next release. However, a few items like clustered deployments or nice-to-have features like jQuery bindings need to be postponed to future releases. Below are a few initial ideas of what we should focus on going forward. * July 2012 (0.4) - Increased coverage of core JCR functionality (node types, observation, security, etc.) - Finish the JAAS authentication work - Full text search based on Lucene - Integration with Apache Sling * August 2012 (0.5) - ACL-based access control - XML and other batch import features - Versioning, workspaces, etc. * September 2012 (0.6) - Scalability and performance review - Pass the TCK test of all the JCR features we want to support (i.e. JCR compliance) These are just from the top of my head for now as a discussion starter. Feel free to disagree with the timing and suggest changes. The main purpose here is to get a shared understanding of what are the key areas to work on in the next few months instead of setting hard deadlines. [1] http://markmail.org/thread/7dhxklytr2xaoe24 BR, Jukka Zitting
