[jbosstools-dev] JAX-RS, JPA and JSF Maven configurators moving to m2e-wtp at eclipse

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

On 15 Nov 2012, at 04:30, Nick Boldt <nboldt at redhat.com> wrote:

> The rules are different for incubating projects, of which a 0.x.0 version implies.
> 
> I assume this means we'll probably want to pick these up in Feb and do a new JBT release thereafter in March in order to ensure compatibility and a smooth upgrade path for existing JBT/JBDS users.
> 
> Fred, Max: Is that a valid assumption?

Probably - depends on what Fred says to the below.

> 
> On 11/14/2012 04:46 PM, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>> p.s. removed non-public email list from public one.
>> 
>> Can those changes really be part of SR2 release train ? I thought only bugfixes made it into them ?
>> 
>> I had expected these to be a Keppler feature?
>> 
>> ....and with all this greatness - can we still add our own listeners to these events and adjust configs are is there some evil possible limitation now ?
>> 
>> /max
>> 
>> 
>> On 13 Nov 2012, at 14:56, Fred Bricon <fbricon at redhat.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> we decided to contribute the JAX-RS, JPA and JSF Maven configurators back to the m2e-wtp project (https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-13048) where we believe they truly belong :
>>> - JAX-RS, JPA and JSF are WTP components
>>> - current JBoss Tools coupling is really light, when it exists.
>>> 
>>> I'm currently preparing the initial contribution by changing the projects namespaces, making them build without any JBoss Tools dependencies, before submitting Contribution Questionnaires (CQ) on Eclipse IPZilla.
>>> 
>>> Since Snjeza and I, contributors on the aforementioned plugins, are already committers on m2e-wtp, the IP clearance should be pretty straightforward.
>>> 
>>> General goal is to release the migrated plugins from their new home @eclipse.org next February, as part of m2e-wtp 0.17.0, along the Juno SR2 release train.
>>> 
>>> JBT 4.0 and JBDS 6.0 will still embed the JBoss version of the plugins next december, but the plan is to make them shutdown gracefully once m2e-wtp 0.17.0 is active. I have not decided yet if we should make the features updateable by their m2e-wtp counterparts yet (but there's a good chance that's what we'll do).
>>> 
>>> As a consequence, JAX-RS, JPA and JSF configurators enter in maintenance mode in JBIDE : bug can still be fixed  in JBT, but new features should be requested in bugzilla (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=M2E-WTP)
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Fred Bricon
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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