[jboss-as7-dev] Community AS8 Roadmap Proposal

[Jason Greene]

On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Jesper Pedersen <jesper.pedersen at jboss.org> wrote:

> Hi Jason,
> 
> On 03/27/2013 01:28 PM, Jason Greene wrote:
>> I am happy to announce a proposed roadmap for AS8. After some discussions with various AS developers and community members, the goals we think are important are:
>> 
>> 1. Java EE7
>> 2. Integration of Undertow (EE7 Web Sockets + performant non-blocking i/o)
>> 3. Patching
>> 4. Migration from JacORB to the JDK Orb
>> 5. Transition to the new yet to be announced name
>> 
>> I am proposing an agressive 6 month timeline for this release, with the following key milestones:
>> 
>> May 7 - Release Alpha1
>>   + Includes undertow, some ee7
>> June 11 - Release Beta
>>   + more progress on EE7
>> July 11 - Release CR1
>>   +  EE7 feature complete
>> July 25 - Release CR2 if needed
>>   (Hopefully TCK 100% by this date)
>> August 8 - Release Final
>> 
>> As usual the August 8th date is conditional on the Java EE certification process.
>> 
>> I look forward to any and all feedback. Thanks!
> 
> Looks good, thanks !
> 
> I would suggest to move the June 11 date to June 7 instead, such that 
> the Beta release is out for JUDCon/Boston.


Hmm. I would rather not release on a Friday (releases tend to go unnoticed), and I think the schedule is pretty tight as it is.

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Jason T. Greene
JBoss AS Lead / EAP Platform Architect
JBoss, a division of Red Hat