[jboss-dev] Re: Sep/14th cutoff date for component updates in AS5 Beta3

[Bela Ban]

I leave this up to you guys. I would include 2.6 not 2.5 in AS 5, as we 
will *NOT* be able to upgrade AS 5 to 2.6 ever. But it's not my call. As 
a matter of fact, I don't mind *not* having to rush a 2.6 GA out the door...

So 2.5 then huh ?

Brian Stansberry wrote:
> I am fine with 2.5 unless in your opinion 2.6 includes some major bug 
> fixes that really need to be in AS 5.0.0. My assumption has always 
> been that AS 5 would be targeted toward JGroups 2.5, with 2.6 
> integrated if it came out far enough in advance of the AS CR1 that we 
> could properly test it.  Only reason for interest in 2.6 is just the 
> normal desire to pick up any bug fixes or perf improvements that come 
> along.
>
> Seems we're locking down the libraries for beta3 instead of CR1. That 
> doesn't change the above.
>
> AIUI, the main reason for pushing for 2.6 was the API for the combined 
> flush for connect+ multiple state transfers we discussed yesterday. 
> That doesn't seem like something that can be high impact in AS 5.0.0.  
> I don't see how the different, completely unrelated services that do 
> state transfer can coordinate their state transfers, at least not 
> without a major effort that there's no bandwidth for.  So, that leaves 
> saving 1 flush cycle when the channel shared by all the services 
> connects. That would be nice, but IMHO not a huge thing worth 
> disrupting your road map to get in.
>
> Bela Ban wrote:
>> Let me know as soon as possible which version of JGroups you want in 
>> AS 5. If you want to stick with 2.5, there is no reason for us to 
>> scramble releasing 2.6 and pushing 50% of the features into 2.7...
>> Brian ? Dimitris ?
>>
>> Bela Ban
>> Lead JGroups / Clustering Team
>> JBoss - a division of Red Hat
>>
>
>

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Bela Ban
Lead JGroups / Clustering Team
JBoss - a division of Red Hat