2.1 branch: Re: [seam-dev] Re: Next Seam release

[Pete Muir]

Hi Stefano,

If you are interested in maintaining the 2.1 branch, the please talk  
to me off list.

Thanks

On 18 Mar 2009, at 08:25, Stefano Travelli wrote:

> Does this mean that we wouldn't have a 2.1.2 with those 112 issues
> closed and the big improvements to REST support?
>
> As a Seam user I hope in a roadmap with a Drools4/jBpm3 Seam 2.1.x
> branch where bug fixing could continue for a while.
>
> stefano
>
> 2009/3/18 Tom Baeyens <tbaeyens at redhat.com>:
>> In my original plan, Pageflow was only targetted after July.
>>
>> Pete, if one of your people can drive the pageflow migration, then  
>> I can be
>> there to guide it.  That way we can move it forward to april.
>>
>> Including jBPM 4 beta as part of your GA might not be a good idea.   
>> jBPM
>> database schema will change.  And that could cause serious upgrade  
>> problems
>> for SEAM users using jBPM.  Also upgrade from jBPM 3 to jBPM 4 will  
>> be
>> impossible for now.
>>
>> regards, tom.
>>
>>
>>
>> Pete Muir wrote:
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> This Drools upgrade, and a probable upgrade to jBPM 4 (happening  
>>> due to
>>> these products needed in the JBoss SOA platform 5, based on EAP 5,  
>>> which in
>>> turn includes Seam) mean that we need to make the release Seam 2.2  
>>> (which I
>>> said would never happen, I know ;-)
>>>
>>> Due to the concentration on Web Beans / Seam 3 there hasn't been a  
>>> huge
>>> amount of activity recently, however 2.2 will include:
>>>
>>> * 112 issues closed (please direct your thanks to Norman here - he  
>>> has
>>> been soldiering away!)
>>> * improvements to Seam-gen (Glassfish, IDEA etc.) from Dan
>>> * big improvements to REST support - Christian and Jozef
>>> * Drools and jBPM upgrades
>>>
>>> So, I suggest that Norman and Marek (can you coordinate with each  
>>> other)
>>> handle the jBPM upgrade (Tom just released alpha2, and plans the  
>>> GA in the
>>> mid summer) - we should wait until there is a beta out I think for  
>>> Seam 2.2
>>> GA... Tom, any rough guess when this will be?
>>>
>>> Assuming Tom has a beta, I propose this schedule:
>>>
>>> Seam 2.2.0 CR1 - Wednesday 22nd April
>>> Seam 2.2.0 - Wednesday 13th May
>>>
>>> Seam 2.2.1 CR1 - Wednesday 17th June
>>> Seam 2.2.1 - Wednesday 8th July (hopefully just after the jBPM GA)
>>>
>>> This will be the first time for time-boxing our releases too,  
>>> something we
>>> are doing for Web Beans, and will do for Seam3.
>>>
>>> Anne-Louise, could you please comment on how these dates fit with  
>>> EAP5
>>> component freezes? Will we be able to get 2.2.1 in?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> From: "Stefano Travelli (JIRA)" <jira-events at lists.jboss.org>
>>>> Date: 18 March 2009 00:23:22 GMT
>>>> To: pete.muir at jboss.org
>>>> Subject: [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-4011) Upgrade Drools  
>>>> framework
>>>> integration to version 5
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   [
>>>> https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-4011?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12457785 
>>>> #action_12457785
>>>> ]
>>>>
>>>> Stefano Travelli commented on JBSEAM-4011:
>>>> ------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know, drools 5 is not a drop in replacement of drools  
>>>> 4.0.7.
>>>> Lots of dependencies change (mvel and antlr for instance) and  
>>>> most of all
>>>> there are several API changes that make Seam after changeset  
>>>> #10170 not
>>>> compatible with Drools 4 forcing a migration to Drools 5 in the  
>>>> run time
>>>> environment of existing applications.
>>>>
>>>> At least, a detailed migration path for existing application is  
>>>> needed.
>>>> However, even after accomplished all dependencies, rules in my  
>>>> application
>>>> don't compile anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Actually, in my opinion this upgrade is unfitted for a maintenance
>>>> release of Seam.
>>>>
>>>>> Upgrade Drools framework integration to version 5
>>>>> -------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>               Key: JBSEAM-4011
>>>>>               URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-4011
>>>>>           Project: Seam
>>>>>        Issue Type: Feature Request
>>>>>        Components: Drools
>>>>>          Reporter: Marek Novotny
>>>>>          Assignee: Marek Novotny
>>>>>           Fix For: 2.1.2.CR1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Upgrade Drools framework integration to current development  
>>>>> version of
>>>>> Drools 5. It is now available 5.0.0.CR1 version.
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> regards, tom.
>>
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