I've updated the ibator build tests to use ibatis-2.3.3. I've also changed some of the ibator test cases to use Spring (2.5.5).
Everything looks OK from my tests. Jeff Butler On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Practically moments after promoting iBATIS 2.3.2 to GA, a number of nasty > bugs were discovered, particularly with the Spring integration. We > refactored a lot of "internal" (i.e. non-client) code in these latest > versions, and so as an end-user, you really need to test the Betas. So from > now on, we're going to wait until we get enough confirmation from actual > production implementations (either through test suites or staging > environments) that things are working well. I'm thinking at least 20 > responses before moving to GA. > > In the long run we'll identify dedicated testers who are willing to update > to the latest beta and run a comprehensive application test suite against > it. > > This is necessary to preserve the importance of flagging a release as > "General Availability" (Apache's way of saying "Production Ready-ish"). > > BETA INSTRUCTIONS: > > * From now on, when you see a Beta release like this one, get it! > * Plug it into your app. > * Run your unit test suite. > * Put it on your staging environment. > * If all looks good, roll it out to production (yes, the Beta). > > If your application is doing any less than absolutely mission > critical, deploy the Beta. > > Note: We don't change the release files when promoting to GA. So > when it's out of beta, you just keep using the same software. > * After a week or so, reply to this [ANNOUNCE] marked thread with a +1, > showing your confidence in the framework. Include brief details of your > stack (app server, Spring, JDK version, web framework, etc.) > > When we receive 20 replies (a guess at a start), we'll put the vote to the > committers to promote the release to GA. > > I'd like to consider making "Beta Tester" a formal role on our project. > I'm not sure of the details yet, but you can start by testing this Beta in > your environment and responding to this thread with results as above. > > Cheers > Clinton >
