[keycloak-dev] Supported environments

[Boleslaw Dawidowicz]

> On 28 Apr 2015, at 17:14, Bill Burke <bburke at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/28/2015 10:02 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bill Burke" <bburke at redhat.com>
>>> To: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 4:00:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] Supported environments
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 4/28/2015 3:33 AM, Boleslaw Dawidowicz wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> W dniu 2015-04-27 o 08:37, Stian Thorgersen pisze:
>>>>> For 1.2.0.Final the server should be deployable to:
>>>>> 
>>>>> * WildFly 8.2.0.Final
>>>>> * EAP 6.4.0.GA
>>>>> 
>>>>> After 1.2.0.Final we should move on to WildFly 9.0.0.Final (once it's
>>>>> released). As APIs has changed, and there's also new features in WF 9 we
>>>>> can leverage, the cleanest way to do this is to drop support for
>>>>> deploying to EAP 6.4.0.GA.
>>>>> 
>>>>> With regards to adapters what versions should we support:
>>>>> 
>>>>> * AS7 - can we drop this?
>>>>> * WildFly - only last (9.0.0.Final) or two last (8.2.0.Final and
>>>>> 9.0.0.Final)?
>>>>> * EAP - only last (6.4), two last (6.3, 6.4) or three last (6.2, 6.3,
>>>>> 6.4)?
>>>> 
>>>> Would go with only latest stable WF and only last minor of EAP 6.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> We should never drop adapter support for any platform.   The larger our
>>> adapter pool, the larger our user base will be.
>> 
>> So we're maintaining AS7 support for ever?!?
>> 
> 
> I don't think it will be much of an issue.  These old platforms are 
> pretty static and the adapters are generic enough to evolve.
> 

IMO it is all about maintenance cost of covering many versions of same container. If it is low enough then it shouldn’t be a problem - especially for adapters. 

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