All,

I've been trying to clarify 7.x Teiid Designer goals and tasks.....and here's my starting point for discussion:

Release 7.0 - Target Date: March, 2010

Primary goal: make changes necessary to maintain compatibility with Teiid 7.0 release and in particular, JCA-related changes. Tasks will include:

Inherit miscellaneous code no-longer needed by Teiid, but still used within Designer (completed)
Changes to connector/driver framework required to accommodate JCA changes within Teiid relating to VDB packaging and execution.
Maintain current Preview Data and Execute VDB functionality.

Release 7.1 - Target Date: June, 2010

Primary Goal: Simplify integration with Eclipse tooling and reduce code-base by replacing functionality by utilizing available/existing open source work, in particular, DTP and it's Data Source and Connector Profile frameworks and reduce or remove dependency on embedded Teiid.

Change Designer's JDBC import to utilize Eclipse's DTP data sources and connection profiles.
Replace Designer's SQL Explorer (and possibly Preview Data) functionality via VDB-to-server deployment and DTP query execution.

Barry LaFond
Teiid Designer Project