On Apr 6, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Dave Colasurdo wrote:
Thanks David B. for starting this valuable thread.
Thanks for following up, this is excellent!
-David
I'd like to hijack a sub-thread to get the user community's
thoughts on how the usability of Geronimo can be improved.
What are the areas that you believe need improvement?
Some of the areas that have already been mentioned include:
deployment
documentation
examples
tools
migration
Are there any specific requests in these areas that haven't yet
been flushed out?
How important are the following?
- Classloading - simple way to have application jars easily
override the system classpath
- Allow simple XML updates for all configuration data (non-serialized)
- Have exploded application directories with human-readable names
- Ability to update piecemeal portions of a deployed application
- Better error messages
- Security simplification
- GUI Installer
- Ability to create a custom server containing just the components
that you require
Please provide specifics...
What other areas require ease-of-use enhancements?
Thanks
-Dave-
David Blevins wrote:
So this is the first of what I think should be a quarterly event.
Geronimo is ultimately your project and we committers are but your
humble servants. To serve you best, we need some critical high
level feedback to help us steer the project and focus on what
matters most to you!
Please, every user out there, give us your top 5 things we can do
to make Geronimo better for you. Here is my list:
1) More interaction with you guys, the users!
2) More frequent releases incorporating more user feedback (small
releases more often vs. big releases only 4 times a year)
3) Less deployment requirements (simpler plans, more defaults, etc.)
4) More application validation at deployment
5) More powerful text configuration
That's just to get the ball rolling. More detail is always good
if you have the time. In general anything you think we need to
correct as a community, technical or non-technical. Let us know.
If you've ever uttered the words, "Geronimo would be such a great
project if it only...." then now is your time to shine.
We want to hear from everyone! This is not just for the "hard-
core" Geronimo users or J2EE experts. If you are new to J2EE and
downloaded Geronimo and had to give up after an hour of no
progress, let us know what we might do!
It's all about you.
Best Regards,
David Blevins
