[jboss-dev] JBossAS 4.2.0

[Tim Fox]

On a related note:

What are people's thoughts on having JBoss Messaging 1.2 GA as the 
default messaging provider in AS 4.2 (as well as AS 5 clearly), rather 
than JBoss MQ.

By 4.2 GA we should be fully functional with clustering etc....

Dimitris Andreadis wrote:
> I've recorded dependencies for JBossAS 4.2.x in the following task:
> http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-3886
> 
> Could you please review and comment?
> 
> There are a couple of issues we need to clarify, like
> 
> - The Embedded JBossWeb version to use
> - The JBossWS version (1.2.0?) that will work with remoting 2.x and when
> it'll be available
> - The switch from MyFaces to JSF 1.2 RI
> - The import of EJB3 as a binary dependency
> 
> Another consideration would be whether to upgrade log4j
> http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-3441
> Or revisit the logging framework
> http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-2412
> 
> JBoss 4.2 will *require* JDK5, so that simplifies a lot of things.
> 
> There are other issues related to synchronization between JBossAS 4.2 &
> JBossAS 5.0 (Scott)
> 
> - EJB3 refactoring to support ejb3 effectively on both platforms
> - JBoss Remoting allignment, move to unified invoker
> - Define any missing integration points with other jboss projects
> 
> Except for the component upgrades we have *a lot* of work related to
> productization and testing:
> http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-3899
> 
> i.e. testsuite passing on Win2003, XPUX, Solaris10, RHEL4 (sun jdk5),
> +Jrockit & IBM jdk5 on RHEL4.
> 
> Another *major* task is to repeat the J2EE1.4 TCK certification.
> 
> We are currently at 190 JIRA issues so given the resource availability
> and time constraints, we should really move all non-critical/non-blocker
> issues to a next release, and start immediately with the component
> upgrades and setting up of the testsuite/tck infrastructure.
> 
> Tasks that *must* make it for the 4.2.x release, should be marked as
> Critical/Blocker.
> 
> Any issue regarding this release, please bring them forward.
> 
> Thanks
> /Dimitris
> 
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