Author: ammulder Date: Wed Nov 10 13:40:18 2004 New Revision: 57379 Modified: geronimo/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES-1.0-M3.txt Log: More work on release notes
Modified: geronimo/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES-1.0-M3.txt ============================================================================== --- geronimo/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES-1.0-M3.txt (original) +++ geronimo/trunk/RELEASE-NOTES-1.0-M3.txt Wed Nov 10 13:40:18 2004 @@ -6,24 +6,125 @@ remaining open issues. -** Bug Fixes - * [GERONIMO-260] - NullPointerException deploying EAR files - * [GERONIMO-261] - NullPointerException deploying EAR jetty module - * [GERONIMO-294] - NPE on some Windows installations stops server from booting - * [GERONIMO-321] - Don't process JSP EL for v2.3 web apps - * [GERONIMO-349] - Don't assume ResourceAdapter.getXAResources != null - * [GERONIMO-352] - TransactionContext is not associated with imported transactions - * [GERONIMO-360] - Wrong TX policy for StatefulSession ejbCreate method - * [GERONIMO-362] - RA ConnectionFactories support more than one interface - * [GERONIMO-370] - Schema dir missing geronimo-application-client.xsd - * [GERONIMO-385] - transaction manager generally does not call end(xid, TMSUCCESS) during commit process - * [GERONIMO-390] - Transaction timeout can leak memory - * [GERONIMO-432] - Dynamic gbean attributes don't have type information - * [GERONIMO-439] - Remote management blows up on null password - * [GERONIMO-441] - JSR-88 incorrectly handles authentication errors - * [GERONIMO-445] - Web Services supports localhost on IPv6 ::1 - * [GERONIMO-447] - Schema dir missing openejb-jar.xsd +Geronimo URLs +------------- +Home Page: http://geronimo.apache.org/ +Downloads: http://geronimo.apache.org/download.html +Documentation: http://geronimo.apache.org/documentation.html +Mailing Lists: http://geronimo.apache.org/mailing.html +Source Code: http://geronimo.apache.org/source.html +Bug Tracking: http://nagoya.apache.org/jira/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10220 +Wiki: http://wiki.apache.org/geronimo + + +Current Project Status at a Glance +---------------------------------- +http://wiki.apache.org/geronimo/RoadMap + + +Significant Changes Since the M2 Release +---------------------------------------- + * CMP Entity beans are now supported. However, there are still + significant limitations (no EJB QL support). This is one of the + last outstanding core J2EE features. + + * Geronimo security realms have been integrated with the J2EE + containers, so J2EE container-managed authentication works. + + * The web container now supports HTTPS with configurable SSL + certificates, etc. + + * The transaction system is more robust, with big fixes, transaction + log support, etc. + + * An application client container is now included with Geronimo + + * Configuration changes to core Geronimo services and running + applications are persisted, though we still lack a user-friendly + interface for making such changes. + + * Manifest Class-Path entries in J2EE application modules are + supported. + + * JDBS database pools and JMS connection factories, topics, and + queues are now fully supported "out of the box". + + * When deploying a J2EE connector, multiple instances of the same + resource adapter can be declared in the same deployment plan. + + * The command-line deployment tool supports authentication and hot + deployment to a running server. + + * JAX-RPC and SAAJ features are available to applications acting as + Web Services clients (though Web Services server features are not + yet available) + + +Significant Missing Features +---------------------------- + * Full EJB CMP support with EJB QL + + * Message-Driven Beans support for JMS (currently present but buggy + in comparison to non-JMS message sources) + + * A good management tool, capable of reconfiguring the core Geronimo + services (such as setting a different default transaction timeout, + changing default security realm, changing web container listen + port, etc.) + + * A complete JSR-77 implementation, including the Management EJB + + * A complete JSR-88 configuration and deployment tool + + * JSR-88 support for Geronimo deployment plan configuration + * Web Services server features and required J2EE features + + * Fully integrate Tomcat as an alternative to Jetty as the web + container + + * Full functionality on non-Sun JVMs + + * Full RMI over IIOP support, including 1.4 and 1.5 JVMs + + * Deployment tools should work from remote machines + + * Application client container should work from remote machines + + * Support for general JDBC XA drivers, and product-specific JDBC + enhancements + + * Better features for migrating application and service + configurations between different Geronimo servers + + * Ant tasks for common tasks (deployment, etc.) + + +Overall Project Status +---------------------- +Geronimo has made great strides, and J2EE certification testing is +well underway. However, it's probably clear from reading the notes +above, there's still a lot of work left. + +In general, many core features work as expected, and many applications +(that do not depend too heavily on advanced EJB features) can be +successfully run on Geronimo. Core services such as transactions and +security are available, (though the configuration can be onerous in +some areas). + +There are a still a number of outstanding bugs, and Geronimo has not +been extensively performance tested. Your help would be appreciated! + +Documentation efforts are underway, and freely available documentation +covers many of the more stable aspects of the product. + +For more information on specific bugs or features, or to help with +testing efforts, please visit JIRA, our bug/issue tracking system, at +http://nagoya.apache.org/jira/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10220 + + +Specific Issues Addressed in M3 Release +--------------------------------------- ** New Features * [GERONIMO-173] - EJB CMP: v1.1 Entity Bean support @@ -41,6 +142,7 @@ * [GERONIMO-331] - Support for message-destination-ref in J2EE App Client * [GERONIMO-357] - Command line deployer can connect to running server * [GERONIMO-377] - EJB CMP: Unknown primary key support + * [GERONIMO-378] - Implement transaction timeouts * [GERONIMO-398] - Configuration changes are saved to disk * [GERONIMO-399] - GBeans can be configured to be disabled by default * [GERONIMO-401] - J2EEApplication name can be specified distinct from the configId @@ -60,55 +162,33 @@ * [GERONIMO-372] - Multiple deployments of the same RA in geronimo-ra.xml * [GERONIMO-379] - Use XID tracking provided by HOWL logger * [GERONIMO-393] - Simplify configuration for MDBs in openejb-jar.xml + * [GERONIMO-402] - Disentangle package relationships in openejb + * [GERONIMO-403] - Split j2ee module into j2ee and j2ee-builder * [GERONIMO-404] - Split deployment and runtime code for connectors + * [GERONIMO-405] - Jetty module should be split into jetty & jetty-builder * [GERONIMO-413] - geronimo-ra.xml transaction settings defaults to ra.xml transaction setting + * [GERONIMO-418] - Split naming module into naming and naming-builder + * [GERONIMO-435] - Should be able to specifiy default parent config id + * [GERONIMO-443] - Deployer prompts for username/password if necessary + * [GERONIMO-464] - Split out common geronimo-security.xsd processing code + * [GERONIMO-459] - Deployment module JAR includes JSR-88 Factory Attribute -** Missing Features - * - - -** Known Issues - * - - -** Opened and closed all in M3 (WILL NOT APPEAR IN FINAL RELEASE NOTES) - * [GERONIMO-297] - Build environment for all geronimo-related projects - * [GERONIMO-298] - itest.skip=true doesn't work - * [GERONIMO-335] - Build failed because of unsatisfied dependency-geronimo-spec-j2ee-1.4-rc2.jar - * [GERONIMO-366] - The java 1.5 'enum' reserved word is being used as a variable name. - * [GERONIMO-369] - Online maven deployment fails if the module is a path with a space in it. - * [GERONIMO-376] - Added version entry for maven-itest-plugin - * [GERONIMO-381] - Cannot build a fresh checkout - two JARs not found - * [GERONIMO-384] - Make m:co and m:update quieter - * [GERONIMO-408] - TM and active mark: Testing Build fails with InvalidConfigException caused by: org.objectweb.howl.log.LogClosedException - * [GERONIMO-437] - test/runtime failures with latest HOWL logger - - -** Redundant (WILL NOT APPEAR IN FINAL RELEASE NOTES) - * [GERONIMO-330] - same as 331 - * [GERONIMO-265] - same as 349 - - -** Applies to disabled Tomcat module (WILL NOT APPEAR IN FINAL RELEASE NOTES) - * [GERONIMO-356] - tomcat-plan.xml : Missing Dependency mx4j/jars/mx4j-2.0.1.jar - * [GERONIMO-311] - Tomcat GBean for starting/stoping and managing a Catalina instance - - -UNRESOLVED BUT MARKED FOR M3 - * 374 - * 367 - * 215 - -CHANGES SINCE LAST RELEASE --------------------------- - * CMP EJB support (still no EJB QL) - * security integration - * HTTPS support - * transaction logs & propogation - * application client - * persist configuration changes - * manifest class-path support - * JMS and JDBC drivers fully supported out of the box - * can deploy multiple RA instances in same plan - * hot deploy support via command-line tool +** Bug Fixes + * [GERONIMO-260] - NullPointerException deploying EAR files + * [GERONIMO-261] - NullPointerException deploying EAR jetty module + * [GERONIMO-294] - NPE on some Windows installations stops server from booting + * [GERONIMO-321] - Don't process JSP EL for v2.3 web apps + * [GERONIMO-349] - Don't assume ResourceAdapter.getXAResources != null + * [GERONIMO-352] - TransactionContext is not associated with imported transactions + * [GERONIMO-360] - Wrong TX policy for StatefulSession ejbCreate method + * [GERONIMO-362] - RA ConnectionFactories support more than one interface + * [GERONIMO-370] - Schema dir missing geronimo-application-client.xsd + * [GERONIMO-385] - transaction manager generally does not call end(xid, TMSUCCESS) during commit process + * [GERONIMO-390] - Transaction timeout can leak memory + * [GERONIMO-432] - Dynamic gbean attributes don't have type information + * [GERONIMO-439] - Remote management blows up on null password + * [GERONIMO-441] - JSR-88 incorrectly handles authentication errors + * [GERONIMO-445] - Web Services supports localhost on IPv6 ::1 + * [GERONIMO-447] - Schema dir missing openejb-jar.xsd + * [GERONIMO-469] - Should allow lookup of java:/comp as well as java:comp
