[hibernate-dev] Module ZIP for upgrading Hibernate ORM in WildFly

[Gunnar Morling]

2016-06-07 15:51 GMT+02:00 Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org>:

> Too bad we can't just publish a Docker image.
>

We could do that, but I think we should have a solution for non-Docker
users, too.

>
> Is this something we'd publish somewhere (Nexus/Artifactory)?
>

Yes, we'd publish it in Nexus and also BinTray/SourceForge.

People would download it, unzip it into the "modules" directory of their WF
instance and could start using the new ORM version (provided the larger
scheme of integration hasn't changed, so the JipiJapa bits in WF continue
to work as is).


>   I know nothing about building a WF module ZIP.  But if you are willing
> to do the work and it helps OGM etc, of course we would incorporate it.
>

Ok, cool. I'll take a look then.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 8:19 AM Gunnar Morling <gunnar at hibernate.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As discussed by some of us during the No ORM meeting in May, it'd be great
>> if there was a module ZIP allowing people to easily upgrade Hibernate ORM
>> in the WildFly version they are using.
>>
>> Just the other day there was a blog post published [1] describing how to
>> use Hibernate ORM 5.2 in WF 10, essentially via Search & Replace on the
>> existing module.xml files. We could do better than that, leaving the
>> original version intact and providing a new one with a specific slot
>> ("5.2") in the ZIP.
>>
>> That'd also be helpful for other projects such as Hibernate OGM which
>> already provide a module ZIP for WF but currently need to package ORM,
>> too,
>> in case they need features from a later ORM version.
>>
>> If we all agree that's a good thing to have, I can help with making it
>> happen.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Gunnar
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> http://avolpe.github.io/docker/2016/06/05/docker-wildfly-hibernate-5.2.html
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