Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-08 Thread Jim Marino
More comments inline... On Jul 2, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Simon Nash wrote: My comments are inline below. Simon Jeremy Boynes wrote: Jean-Sebastien Delfino wrote: 1. Use scenarios to drive the M2 work Start a community discussion on the end to end scenarios that we want to support in M2.

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-04 Thread ant elder
On 7/3/06, Jim Marino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and involve a lot less upfront planning? In other words, people work on what interests them and the community cuts a release when it decides a useful level of new functionality has been reached. Can you provide pointers to any other Apache

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-04 Thread Jim Marino
On Jul 3, 2006, at 11:31 PM, ant elder wrote: On 7/3/06, Jim Marino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and involve a lot less upfront planning? In other words, people work on what interests them and the community cuts a release when it decides a useful level of new functionality has been reached.

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-04 Thread Simon Nash
Jim, Comments inline below. Simon Jim Marino wrote: On Jul 3, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Simon Nash wrote: Jim Marino wrote: cut/ From the scenarios we should derive technical specifications, designs that implement those specifications, and tests that validate that the implementations match

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-04 Thread Simon Nash
I think releasing every 4-6 weeks is probably a bit too often. Most users won't want to upgrade so frequently, especially at this stage of an incubator project when new releases may be a bit unstable. Another factor is the overhead involved in cutting a release. On balance I'd suggest releasing

Retrieving WSDL and management API,was: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-03 Thread Jim Marino
Hi Clemens, I changed the subject since your question may have more general interest than the thread on scenarios... An entry point (now renamed service) would be discoverable through a management API. There has been some talk about providing a Tuscany management API so if you are

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-03 Thread Simon Nash
Jim Marino wrote: cut/ From the scenarios we should derive technical specifications, designs that implement those specifications, and tests that validate that the implementations match the specifications. This seems a bit heavy-weight for an open source project. Are you suggesting we

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-03 Thread Jim Marino
On Jul 3, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Simon Nash wrote: Jim Marino wrote: cut/ From the scenarios we should derive technical specifications, designs that implement those specifications, and tests that validate that the implementations match the specifications. This seems a bit heavy-weight for an

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-03 Thread Jim Marino
On Jul 3, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Simon Nash wrote: Jim Marino wrote: cut/ Some of the initial scenarios may end up in M2 and I'm a bit worried that this will discourage people from working on something important to them because it is not slated for a predetermined milestone. For example, if

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Simon Nash
My comments are inline below. Simon Jeremy Boynes wrote: Jean-Sebastien Delfino wrote: 1. Use scenarios to drive the M2 work Start a community discussion on the end to end scenarios that we want to support in M2. I'm thinking about concrete end to end scenarios that define the end

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle)
Comments linline ... Jim Marino wrote: On Jul 2, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Simon Nash wrote: My comments are inline below. Simon Jeremy Boynes wrote: Jean-Sebastien Delfino wrote: 1. Use scenarios to drive the M2 work Start a community discussion on the end to end scenarios that we want

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Jim Marino
On Jul 2, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle) wrote: Comments linline ... Jim Marino wrote: On Jul 2, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Simon Nash wrote: My comments are inline below. Simon Jeremy Boynes wrote: Jean-Sebastien Delfino wrote: 1. Use scenarios to drive the M2 work

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Jeremy Boynes
On 7/2/06, Simon Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the purpose of scenarios is not to serve as tests, but to define required functionality in terms that are meaningful from a user perspective. Agreed at the high level. At a low-level I don't see that there would be much difference between

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle)
I completly miss an end-to-end scenario .. like accessing a service through tuscany ... say from a website (preferrably JSF).. helloworld via tuscany ... am I missing something? Jim Marino wrote: On Jul 2, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle) wrote: Comments linline ...

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Jeremy Boynes
On 7/2/06, Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I completly miss an end-to-end scenario .. like accessing a service through tuscany ... say from a website (preferrably JSF).. helloworld via tuscany ... am I missing something? We have a bunch of helloworld-esque samples

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle)
yup, this is the reason why I ask :-) can someone add that (me?) /clemens Jeremy Boynes wrote: On 7/2/06, Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I completly miss an end-to-end scenario .. like accessing a service through tuscany ... say from a website (preferrably JSF)..

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Jim Marino
More comments inline... On Jul 2, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Simon Nash wrote: My comments are inline below. Simon Jeremy Boynes wrote: Jean-Sebastien Delfino wrote: 1. Use scenarios to drive the M2 work Start a community discussion on the end to end scenarios that we want to support in M2.

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Jim Marino
Sure, you can add the scenario - you just need to create a wiki account if you don't already have one. If you are interested in helping to create a JSF integration, that would be fantastic. Jim On Jul 2, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle) wrote: yup, this is the reason

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle)
at least I added a tag to the wiki page on it :-) more to follow .. Jim Marino wrote: It would be good if I replied before sending :-) Sure, you can add the scenario - you just need to create a wiki account if you don't already have one. If you are interested in helping to create a JSF

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-02 Thread Clemens Utschig - Utschig (Oracle)
Jim how would I discover an exposed entry point? end of day - it's a wsdl ... (looking into the API, some kind of entrypoint explorer functionality would be cool ...) /clemens Jim Marino wrote: Cool! When you have questions, ask away. Jim On Jul 2, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Clemens Utschig -

Re: Using scenarios, was: Proposed approach for M2

2006-07-01 Thread Jim Marino
On Jul 1, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Jeremy Boynes wrote: Jean-Sebastien Delfino wrote: 1. Use scenarios to drive the M2 work Start a community discussion on the end to end scenarios that we want to support in M2. I'm thinking about concrete end to end scenarios that define the end user