Re: [seam-dev] What are the plans for seam 2.x?

Denis, Since the Red Hat shutdown just began, don't interpret silence on this thread as no response. You'll likely get some responses come Jan 4th. I'll give some responses as I see it, but expect more replies/clarification in due time. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Denis Forveille <denis.forveille(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote: We are getting excited primarily to get some momentum behind Seam 3. In January things are really going to pick up. But it's a ways until we can really have something that comes near as complete as Seam 2 (meaning security, jbpm, drools, JSF, etc). We did discuss this in the Seam meeting last week. We are very likely going to be getting a release out in early 2010 (I don't know the estimated date) for reasons you cited and because we'll need changes anyway for the Seam 3 - Seam 2 bridging effort. I'm not sure. Stay tuned for a response on that. We understand that Java EE 6 is very cutting edge and migration to it will take time. As Gavin said on in.relation.to, if you already have a project in place or you need to deploy in the next couple months, Seam 2 is still a very solid choice. If you are looking further out, perhaps prototyping some projects, then EE 6 is definitely where you should be looking. (But you are going to have to mind the dust if you are tapping into Seam 3 modules, since they are in the early stages). Basically, don't confuse our excitement with abandonment. I think what you are looking for is some assurance for Seam 2 that haven't been clearly stated yet. It is our intention (from my understanding) that you will be able to continue to run Seam 2 applications on JBoss 6 (mixing Java EE, CDI, etc), which translates into bug fix releases. I think what you probably won't see in Seam 2 is new features (unless they are driven primarily by the community). It's important that you come forward with these requests. Obviously, we want to make sure we are headed in the right direction, at the right pace to suit the needs of the users. I'll ask again that you be patient for responses until after the holiday ;) Cheers, -Dan -- Dan Allen Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action Registered Linux User #231597 http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction http://www.google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen