XBean is a generic POJO based container/server/kernel which has nothing directly to do with J2EE per se - though it should be a vital component in the implementation of future Geronimo 2.x releases IMHO. Consequently XBean has many use cases for folks not using J2EE such as for Spring & JBI folks or folks using Tomcat and ActiveMQ together. Also maybe other non-J2EE projects like Tuscany might find it useful too.
Currently XBean has its own source trunk and release cycle separate from Geronimo... https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/xbean/ and its got its own website http://geronimo.apache.org/xbean/ So I was wondering; maybe we should create mailing lists for XBean and then it becomes effectively a new subproject with its own identity. Given the slow release cycles of Geronimo, XBean could end up being the cool & trendy young sister project, releasing often which could innovate and help gain traction faster which, given that stuff that works in XBean will ultimately work great in Geronimo too is a win-win alround. Thoughts? -- James ------- http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/
