[weld-dev] Re: [wildfly-dev] Planned removal of Weld Probe

Hi Brian, Thanks for the suggestion! I have posted it there as well, see https://groups.google.com/g/wildfly/c/nGug8Bgbp94 Regards Matej On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 5:49 PM Brian Stansberry < brian.stansberry(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Hi Matej, > > Thanks for checking for community input! Perhaps post on > https://groups.google.com/g/wildfly as well? That's a somewhat different > audience as it's end user oriented and doesn't involve a list subscription. > > Best regards, > Brian > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 9:40 AM Matej Novotny <manovotn(a)redhat.com&gt; > wrote: > >> Hello >> >> This email is to let users and the community know that we are >> considering removing development mode, known as Weld Probe, from the next >> version of Weld 5. >> >> Tracking issue for this can be seen here[1] but I will provide a short >> overview for this decision below. We value feedback so please don't >> hesitate to reach back via this email, JIRA issue or via Gitter. >> >> First of all, the reason why we want to remove it is because the tool >> has been left unmaintained for an extended period of time. Namely the UI >> part is fairly outdated; especially the libraries it uses. We lack the time >> and/or manpower to completely rewrite and maintain the client part of Probe >> (the single page html UI) which is why we opted for removal rather than >> shipping outdated code. >> >> There are two ways we can go about this: >> >> 1. Complete removal of Probe with all of its parts >> - this means there will be no development mode and it removes all Probe >> code >> - removes (or deprecates) any configuration options linked to it >> >> 2. Removal of just the client side code (the UI) and keeping Probe >> internals which expose all the information via JSON >> - this would only remove UI parts of Probe; you'd no longer get any >> means to inspect the deployment except JSON data >> - however, this allows for custom community client to be written and to >> consume this data >> >> As we lack any data on whether Probe is being currently used and whether >> the community would appreciate keeping the JSON data, we are at the moment >> leaning towards removing Probe altogether. >> >> That being said, if there is interest from the community, we'd be more >> than happy to keep the JSON parts of Probe in place so don't hesitate to >> reach out and tell us. Last but not least, even if Probe gets removed now, >> we can reintroduce it at a later point in time. >> >> Regards >> Matej >> ___________________________________________________________ >> [1] https://issues.redhat.com/browse/WELD-2733 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wildfly-dev mailing list -- wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wildfly-dev-leave(a)lists.jboss.org >> %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s > > >