I agree on TestContainers. There are ways to work around the lack of a straight-forward lifecycle fit for TestContainers, but we can do well with the docker-maven-plugin instead.
And personally, I think it is fine for the tests to require docker. Art On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM Clebert Suconic <[email protected]> wrote: > Docker is an option, but I don't think TestContainers would be a good > option. I would rather use a real docker and reuse the database among > the whole testsuite (with proper cleanups in between each test). > TestContainer means start the database for each test... that can be > brutal. > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Thanks for your message Clebert. > > > > We are not in the rush but worth to explore the alternatives. > > > > I think we have two options (for both Artemis and Classic): > > 1. Find another file db like h2 > > 2. Use test containers > > > > My preference is for 2 as the tests should be more accurate using a > “real” > > database. > > > > But again, we have time to prepare this change: even if the project is > > retired, the artifacts are still there (it means that we won’t have new > > versions and maintenance but it gives us time). > > > > Regards > > JB > > > > Le mer. 24 sept. 2025 à 21:03, Clebert Suconic < > [email protected]> > > a écrit : > > > > > I saw a discussion today about Derby retiring... > > > > > > We still use it as part of our testsuites, both on ActiveMQ "Classic" > > > and "Artemis"... > > > > > > > > > I wonder what should we do about this? Should we let it retire, should > > > we still use it as read-only (as its a good tool for testing), or > > > should we ask them to keep it alive? > > > > > > > > > If we let it retire, what would we replace it with? > > > > > > -- > > > Clebert Suconic > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For further information, visit: https://activemq.apache.org/contact > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Clebert Suconic > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > For further information, visit: https://activemq.apache.org/contact > > >
