[jbpm-dev] Feedback for jBPM5 proposal

[Sebastian Schneider]

Hello everybody,

as requested by Kris I am reposting my feedback on the mailing list:

1.) Will jBPM 5.0 be based upon jBPM 4.x? You mention the PVM and the 
native  BPMN 2.0-implementation. So I assume it will be. Am I right?

2.) What's the reason for replacing the task management with WS-Human 
Task? The task life cycle model? Will this be implemented as a 
webservice as most of the other vendors do or will you supply a java 
implementation using the same model? You are stating that the engine 
will continue to be embeddable so I hope this will be a java 
implementation of the task life cycle model.

3.) Will JBoss ESB be an optional component? I am thinking of 
embeddability again. Why use an ESB when you don't need one? One of the 
strengths of jBPM IMHO is the small footprint.

4.) IMHO it's absolutely crucial to fix some really basic issues
concerning jBPM 4.3 and release 4.4. This is important to not lose the 
community. There's also a great insecurity about jBPM 4.x. To be more 
precise: whether or not you should start a project wiht jBPM 4.3 right 
now. Wide usage by the community is the best test you can get for a 
software product.

In general the overall looks nice but there should be priority on the 
core engine since all the other components can still be added later on 
with no problem.

P.S.: For those who don't know what I am talking about:
https://community.jboss.org/wiki/jBPM5RequestforComments

Cheers and have a nice weekend

Sebastian

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Sebastian Schneider
e-mail: Sebastian.Schneider at alumni.fh-aachen.de