[hibernate-dev] Module ZIP for upgrading Hibernate ORM in WildFly

[Sanne Grinovero]

On 8 June 2016 at 16:08, Gunnar Morling <gunnar at hibernate.org> wrote:
> It'd not only be a library, but an image containing WF with the latest
> Hibernate ORM. But as said, the module ZIP is more versatile and is what I'd
> do.

+1 for the priority on ZIP files.

I had not understood that you meant to re-distribute a customized WF
image so I was quite confused :)

>
> 2016-06-08 16:59 GMT+02:00 Sanne Grinovero <sanne at hibernate.org>:
>>
>> On 8 June 2016 at 08:11, Gunnar Morling <gunnar at hibernate.org> wrote:
>> > 2016-06-07 15:51 GMT+02:00 Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org>:
>> >
>> >> Too bad we can't just publish a Docker image.
>> >>
>> >
>> > We could do that, but I think we should have a solution for non-Docker
>> > users, too.
>>
>> What's the point to package a library in a Docker image?
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Is this something we'd publish somewhere (Nexus/Artifactory)?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes, we'd publish it in Nexus and also BinTray/SourceForge.
>> >
>> > People would download it, unzip it into the "modules" directory of their
>> > WF
>> > instance and could start using the new ORM version (provided the larger
>> > scheme of integration hasn't changed, so the JipiJapa bits in WF
>> > continue
>> > to work as is).
>> >
>> >
>> >>   I know nothing about building a WF module ZIP.  But if you are
>> >> willing
>> >> to do the work and it helps OGM etc, of course we would incorporate it.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Ok, cool. I'll take a look then.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 8:19 AM Gunnar Morling <gunnar at hibernate.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> As discussed by some of us during the No ORM meeting in May, it'd be
>> >>> great
>> >>> if there was a module ZIP allowing people to easily upgrade Hibernate
>> >>> ORM
>> >>> in the WildFly version they are using.
>> >>>
>> >>> Just the other day there was a blog post published [1] describing how
>> >>> to
>> >>> use Hibernate ORM 5.2 in WF 10, essentially via Search & Replace on
>> >>> the
>> >>> existing module.xml files. We could do better than that, leaving the
>> >>> original version intact and providing a new one with a specific slot
>> >>> ("5.2") in the ZIP.
>> >>>
>> >>> That'd also be helpful for other projects such as Hibernate OGM which
>> >>> already provide a module ZIP for WF but currently need to package ORM,
>> >>> too,
>> >>> in case they need features from a later ORM version.
>> >>>
>> >>> If we all agree that's a good thing to have, I can help with making it
>> >>> happen.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> --Gunnar
>> >>>
>> >>> [1]
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://avolpe.github.io/docker/2016/06/05/docker-wildfly-hibernate-5.2.html
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