Do the non-Merlin-specific packages work with the released version of Phoenix? For example, can they be dropped into the James MAIN branch, and that continue to work properly?
The non-Merlin specific packages have been build and tested against all of the cornerstone candidates and validated against JAMES MAIN.
To be clear: using Phoenix?
The current CVS head of Phoenix builds against the release candidates as demonstrated by recent Gump reports.
A single conflict exist relative to the James reference to content that was deprecated in excalibur-thread which is handled in james with a special "deprecation handler". Removal of the handler results in a clean james build and deployment under the Merlin platform.
Details?
Perhaps the best example would be demonstrated by putting together a gump descriptor for James that is container independent. This would provide the James community complete and ongoing going information about compatibility of James CVS with Avalon. In fact, given that the James CVS HEAD has no direct Phoenix compile or runtime dependencies - it's probably a good idea to just update the existing gump descriptor by simply removing the phoenix references.
If your interested in setting up some integration tests then I and others can probably put a solution together reasonably quickly based on the current Avalon platform.
This message is sent to you via James backed by the entire candidate suite (framework, excalibur, util, logging, repository, meta, merlin).
In the context of my inquiry, I couldn't care less whether Merlin even compiles. We, James, are likely going to want to put out the next release after 2.2 using the merged code, and I want to make sure that the released version of Phoenix, which is what James uses, works with these new packages.
Phoenix compatibility is not a release criteria. However, this should not be a problem. Products that choose to remain dependent on the last Phoenix release can continue to use the associated packages that are known to be compatible. Alternatively, products can migrate to Merlin - Avalon's container solution.
Stephen.
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