[seam-dev] Seam 3.0.0.Beta2

[Shane Bryzak]

Hey guys,

It's crunch time!

I'm planning on releasing Seam 3 beta 2 on the 11th February, which is 
one week from today.  The QA team has been extremely busy testing beta 
1, and have identified a substantial number of issues.  It would be 
great if everyone could review the issues for their own module in JIRA 
and have them addressed by 10 February.  Ideally, I would like to see 
some of the modules enter CR by that date, as our Seam 3 CR1 release 
date is due for release on 25 February.  If you are waiting on something 
(such as another module release, or for some action by another person) 
please speak up now and I will assist with coordination.  If you need 
help with releasing your own module, please let me know and I'll do it 
for you.

Something that Dan also mentioned recently was code coverage goals.  Our 
ultimate goal is to achieve 70% code coverage for unit tests within each 
module - currently the QA guys are busy setting up code coverage for 
each of the module builds.  Shortly I'll begin publishing code coverage 
figures on seam-dev, so we can identify which modules may require 
assistance with writing tests (don't worry, I'll win the prize for 
least-covered module as I haven't even started writing tests for the 
security module yet).  We don't have any firm goals for code coverage 
for the beta 2 release, however for the CR1 release the goal is for 40% 
coverage, with 70% being the goal for the final release.

I'd also like to thank everyone for their hard work on Seam 3.  It's 
been such a huge effort to get this far, considering that we had to 
start from scratch for a lot of the features that existed in Seam 2.  As 
we make the final push towards the final release, I just wanted to let 
everyone know that their efforts are definitely appreciated, and 
together I'm sure that we can release a top quality project that really 
makes a big difference to the Java EE landscape.

Thanks,
Shane