RE: [Springframework-developer] Release schedule

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Schedule looks great to me.

Also, I was out-of-town for the past week with 2 deaths in the family.  =
I
will have the jdbc tests I promised committed by the end of the =
weekend.
Sorry for the delay( especially to Thomas).  Also, this new test =
coverage
puts the jdbc objects package over 85%.

Finally, I agree with Juergen.  I've found it very easy to hook up =
Spring to
various projects, and Struts appears to be similiarly easy.  Rather =
than
having native struts support inside Spring, it would propbably be =
better to
simply maintain a how-to tutorial on integrating Spring with Struts.  =
It
would accomplish the same thing without affecting the code base and
introducing dependancies.

Trevor D. Cook

-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Johnson [mailto:rod...@in...]
Sent: March 6, 2003 11:11 PM
To: j=FCrgen h=F6ller [werk3AT];
spr...@li...
Subject: Re: [Springframework-developer] Release schedule

I agree: I think a release schedule is very important. Of course it's =
hard
to commit to deadlines for open source projects, but if we want people =
to
start using Spring we need to give them a roadmap, and a download ASAP.

I think the API is unlikely to change much from now to 1.0, although =
some
internals might change a bit (e.g. JDBC changes), so I think we're =
nearly
ready for 0.8 now.

I pretty much agree with Juergen re timescales.

0.8: download, polished JavaDoc, with better package.html files. I've =
been
using EclipseUML (modelling plugin for Eclipse) and I'm impressed. I =
might
try to add some class diagrams to package.html files. How about we say =
March
23 for this (2 weeks + a weekend), as I think we're fairly close and =
there's
huge value in having a download.
We will need to coordinate tasks closely. I'm not sure how best to do =
this.
Yann, you mentioned SourceForge facilities: can you please help suggest =
how
best to use them, as I'm unsure.
-- Thomas, were are with we your JDBC changes? This is perhaps the =
biggest
area of change nearly ready to go --

0.9: Whatever we have one month later (late April). A progress release.
Would be good to get Struts plugin in here, although maybe we could =
even do
that for 0.8.

1.0 beta: Mid May. Should be exactly what we hope to have in 1.0, =
possibly
with incomplete docs.

1.0: Late May. I'm talking at TSS symposium in late June and I think it
would be great if we were at 1.0 by then, as I'd like to mention =
Spring. We
need:
- tutorial
- sample app (yes, maybe the first one could be based on the book's)
- overview docs of areas such as JDBC/Web
- website as Juergen says
- significantly improved test coverage. We're currently at 44%: I would =
like
to see >=3D 60% by 1.0, and hopefully a steady increase up till then.

No AOP in any of these releases. I'm hoping to knock that into shape =
over
the next 3 weeks, but anyone who's interested can check out CVS.

Outstanding issues:
- Packaging, regarding the old EJB/WAR class loader issues when =
deploying
WAR+EJB EARs. Hopefully the present packaging will work fine for 0.8. =
Things
may get tougher with Thomas's new JDBC stuff.

Regards,
Rod

----- Original Message -----
From: "j=FCrgen h=F6ller [werk3AT]" <jue...@we...>
To: <spr...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:18 AM
Subject: [Springframework-developer] Release schedule

Hi committers,

We should try to approach a 0.8 release ASAP, as the lack of a formal
distribution definitely hinders Spring adopting. IMO we should aim at =
end of
March.

Unfortunately, the lack of documentation is a major issue: Currently, a
potential user should have both Rod's book and the framework sources. I
consider polishing JavaDoc comments and including generated JavaDoc a =
must,
already for 0.8. Separate online documentation will be a must for 1.0, =
but
not earlier, I guess. Any volunteers for either?

The further schedule will probably consist of 0.9 at end of April and =
1.0
around June. Of course, the actual dates will be determined by Spring's
quality and stability, not by a deadline. Nevertheless, I have the urge =
to
proceed release-oriented.

IMHO, we are easily feature-complete for 0.8 now, as multipart request
handling can also wait until 0.9. Beyond that, we should think about =
further
must-haves for 1.0. The Struts plugin comes to my mind, for example, =
and
better test coverage and homogeneous code style. Beyond the framework
itself, we will need example apps, and a nice little website with some =
sort
of "project identity".

What do you think?

Regards,
Juergen

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