[rules-dev] Drools Planner repository changes this Tuesday 5-MAR

[Geoffrey De Smet]

Typo: this Tuesday 5-MAR (there is no this Tuesday 2-MAR :)

Op 01-03-13 21:31, Geoffrey De Smet schreef:
> Hi guys,
>
> This Tuesday (2-MAR-2013), a few technical changes will occur due to 
> Drools Planner's namechange.
>
> 1) The github URL for Drools Planner will change from
> https://github.com/droolsjbpm/drools-planner
> to
> https://github.com/droolsjbpm/optaplanner
>
> 2) The groupId's and artifactId's will change from
>   org.drools.planner:drools-planner-*
> to
>   org.optaplanner:optaplanner-*
>
> 3) The directory names will change accordingly.
>
> *If you have a clone/fork of the Drools Planner repository with changes,**
> **it's best to send in any changes in a pull request for master by 
> Monday evening**
> **if you want to avoid a having to port those changes manually.*
>
>
> This namechange is the technical preparation for the more public 
> announcement we'll make in a few weeks.
> To avoid speculation, you can read about the full explanation of the 
> rename to OptaPlanner below.
> https://github.com/droolsjbpm/optaplanner-website/blob/master/community/DroolsPlannerRenamed.md
>
> With kind regards,
> Geoffrey De Smet
>
>
>   Drools Planner renamed to OptaPlanner
>
> As of version |6.0.0.Beta1|, *Drools Planner has been renamed to 
> OptaPlanner*.
>
>
>     Why change the name?
>
> OptaPlanner is the new name for Drools Planner. OptaPlanner is now 
> standalone, but can still be optionally combined with the Drools rule 
> engine for a powerful declarative approach to planning optimization.
>
>  *
>
>     OptaPlanner has graduated from the Drools
>     <http://www.jboss.org/drools> project to become a top-level JBoss
>     Community <http://www.jboss.org/> project.
>
>       o OptaPlanner (the planning engine) joins its siblings Drools
>         (the rule engine) and jBPM (the workflow engine) in the KIE group.
>  *
>
>     Our commitment to Drools hasn't changed.
>
>       o The efficient Drools rule engine is still the recommended way
>         to do score calculation.
>       o Alternative score calculation options, such as pure Java
>         calculation (no Drools), also remain fully supported.
>
>
>     How will this affect your business?
>
> From a business point of view, there's *little or no change*:
>
>  *
>
>     The mission remains unchanged:
>
>       o We're still 100% committed to put /business resource
>         optimization/ in the hands of normal Java developers.
>  *
>
>     The license remains unchanged (Apache Software License 2.0). It's
>     still the same open source license.
>
>  *
>
>     Red Hat is considering support subscriptions offerings for
>     OptaPlanner as part of its BRMS
>     <http://www.redhat.com/products/jbossenterprisemiddleware/business-rules/>
>     and BPM platforms.
>
>       o A /Tech Preview/ of OptaPlanner is targeted for BRMS 6.0.
>
>
>     What has changed?
>
>  *
>
>     The website has changed to http://www.optaplanner.org
>
>  *
>
>     The distributions artifacts have changed name:
>
>      o
>
>         Jar names changes:
>
>           + |drools-planner-core-*.jar| is now |optaplanner-core-*.jar|
>           + |drools-planner-benchmark-*.jar| is now
>             |optaplanner-benchmark-*.jar|
>      o
>
>         Maven identification groupId's and artifactId's changes:
>
>           + groupId |org.drools.planner| is now |org.optaplanner|
>           + artifactId |drools-planner-core| is now |optaplanner-core|
>           + artifactId |drools-planner-benchmark| is now
>             |optaplanner-benchmark|
>      o
>
>         As usual, for more information see the Upgrade Recipe in the
>         download zip.
>
>  *
>
>     The API's namespace has changed. As usual, see the Upgrade Recipe
>     on how to deal with this efficiently.
>
>       o Starting from 6.1.0.Final, OptaPlanner will have a 100%
>         backwards compatible API.
>  *
>
>     OptaPlanner gets its own IRC channels on Freenode
>     <http://freenode.net/>: |#optaplanner| and |#optaplanner-dev|
>
>
>
>
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