Re: [jboss-dev] AS 5.1 Component Project Schedule

David M. Lloyd wrote: > On 02/04/2009 01:50 PM, Jason T. Greene wrote: >> Project Leads, >> >> The next planned AS release is 5.1 Beta which we are targeting for a >> March release, and a following GA in April (provided no major >> problems). > > Something that has come up a few times since even a while before the > 5.0 release is updating all the AS components to more effectively use > jbossmc classloader/deployment facilities to do all kinds of > wonderful things like: > > - Carefully controlling what APIs are available to what types of > deployments > - Only starting up services that are needed, through clever use of > on-demand imports and that sort of thing > - Changing or improving the way profiles are built to make the distro > more space-efficient > - etc. > > It usually goes like this. Someone brings up something peripheral to > this, and I or one of the MC guys would say, "hey this stuff is all > possible to do", then folks like Sacha would come in and say "this > sounds great!", everyone would get enthused, and then everyone would > just kind of stare at their shoes and hope that someone else would > make it happen. > > I know that at least a couple new projects are doing this, going > forward, but is there any chance we could start this process for 5.1 > for existing stuff? Maybe start by attaching jboss-classloading.xml > and so forth to the various libraries and/or moving them in with > their related deployers, figuring out what it would take to get the > deployers only linking the right APIs to the various deployment > types, etc. Just brainstorming some ideas would be a great start. > From there it could move to a wiki page for requirements and/or a > JIRA task list, etc. Is there a person who is actually *on* the AS > team who could take point on this, for existing components? Or > should we officially just let the idea die for 5.x? > I am hoping we can keep the scope narrow for 5.1 (embedded console and related profile service work + component updates). So I think we should delay this work until 6.x. Although if anyone wants to get a head start and do this for their project in 5.1 that's fine with me, as long as it doesn't delay the schedule.