[jbosscache-dev] JBCACHE-315

Hey guys, It is becoming more and more obvious to me that porting JBCACHE-315 solution to 1.4 branch is not going to be an easy task. Let me elaborate. Requirements for JBCACHE-315 as far as JGroups goes are all in place. However, only HEAD branch of JBC has all other prerequisites that allow direct implementation of JBCACHE-315 in a reasonable time frame for our release dates. JBC 1.4 branch is a different story. 1.4 branch does not have partial state transfer implemented on top native JGroups partial state mechanism - it uses RPC based mechanism with additional support framework (activation queues etc). If we really have to have JBCACHE-315 in 1.4.1 GA in time we have to add some additional resource to help me out. For example, we can have Brian assist me on JBCACHE-315 while I port partial state transfer from HEAD to 1.4 branch. Brian is overflowed with work already. Having JBCACHE-315 in 1.4 branch would require configuration stack change to include FLUSH. We have to do testing for that as well as regressions testing for replacement of old partial state transfer. A bit risky so close to release. Do you have some ideas how we can squeeze JBCACHE-315 in 1.4.1 or should we include it only in HEAD? Vladimir