[webbeans-dev] Towards CR1

[Pete Muir]

All,

As you've seen, Gavin is approaching publishing the PFD of 299; before  
the final draft can be submitted, we need to complete both the RI and  
TCK. We're under quite a tight schedule - we have around 6 weeks.

1) Shane will update the TCK audit (which maps the spec to the tests)  
to the current draft. Hopefully we will start to see this coming  
through early next week. Once this is done, we'll have a better idea  
of how much work there is to do.

2) David will take the lead on updating tests to the new TCK, with  
Shane working to help him. The order in which the tests are done  
should be same as for the RI

3) We'll do the major work on the RI in this priority order:
    - New SPI
    - New bootstrap
    - decorators
    - New resource handling stuff
    - minor fixes and changes as a result of the new spec language

If you want to take on any of the above, please shout now!

We still need clarification from Gavin/EG on:

* removing interceptor language from spec
* exactly how this inter-relates with the managed bean spec
* exactly how we proceed when the RI supports a particular function  
which requires container integration, and no one container supports  
all integration points.

I don't plan any interim releases between now and CR1, as releases  
take time, and we are under a tight schedule. These changes don't  
generally impact the core functionality (except around bootstrap), so  
I am confident that we don't need another beta.

I do plan a reasonably long series of CRs to ensure that the codebase  
is stable, I don't have a firm date for the release yet. Once we enter  
the CR series, the 299 API and the Web Beans API/SPI cannot change.

Thanks for all your hard work so far - getting to CR1 is a major  
milestone!

Pete