+1 for the process and timeline

Excited for this :)

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Andy Seaborne <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jena 2.13.0 has been out for out for a few weeks now and nothing too bad
> has happened (yet ... :-).
>
> So let's start Jena3!
>
> Summary:
> Please +1 if the process and timescale below works for you.
>
> (If I don't hear to the contrary I'll start the process later this week.)
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Knowing there is some in-progress changes in various places, I wanted to
> confirm with everyone that now is good time, especially JENA-380.
>
> If the timescale is inconvenient, do say so now.
> The timescale isn't driven by external needs so it's flexible.
>
>
> Proposed detailed process for the first steps.
>
> A/ Tag master with "jena-2-3-split"
>
> B/ Create remote branch jena3
>    Create remote branch jena2
>
> Branch "jena3" is short-term, just to get the first steps sorted out and
> reviewed, i.e. preparation for (1). It quickly becomes "master".
>
> C/ Do step 3 : Rename com.hp.hpl.jena packages to org.apache.jena
>
> That is, package trees:
>
> jena-sdb/src/test/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
> jena-sdb/src/main/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
> jena-core/src/test/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
> jena-core/src/main/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
> jena-arq/src/test/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
> jena-arq/src/main/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
> jena-tdb/src/test/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
> jena-tdb/src/main/java/com/hp/hpl/jena
>
>
> I've just trialled this for the codebase and it is scarily easy to do with
> Eclipse.
>
>
> D/ Get the build working.
>
> Lots of POM updates to do but I have a build that builds.
>
> (this isn't everything - it leaves scripts, logging settings and resources
> to be done)
>
> E/ Check and review
>
> Is 24 hours enough here?
> I want to keep the window between (C) and (F) small to cope with changes
> during that window.
>
> F/ When confirmed:
>
>    merge jena3 into master and push
>
> If the merge does not work, delete master, and rename jena3 to master.
>
> At this point master is jena3 and there is a jena2 branch.
>
> G/ delete jena3 branch.
>
> H/ Documentation/website
>
>
> There are quite a few choices in the details - improvements welcome.
> Experience doubly welcome. I've not done something as repo-wide as this
> before.
>
>
>         Andy
>
> learnings for migration:
>
> L1/ Assembler files have class loading in them especially
> com.hpl.hpl.jena.tdb.  Maybe worth trapping during loading and changing to
> org.apache.jena.tdb.
>
> L2/ "java:" custom filter functions (ARQ and Leviathan).  Again, add
> transition to the loading step.
>
> L3/ slf4j/log4j : logger names
>
> L4/ Can collapse some module versions to track 3.0.0 (jena-text,
> jena-spatial ...)
>
>
> On 24/01/15 18:33, Andy Seaborne wrote:
>
>> Here is a suggestion for Jena3.
>>
>> After 2.12.2 or 2.12.3,
>>
>> 1/ A branch for Jena2 ; master is Jena3.
>> 2/ Switch to RDF 1.1 setting for strings
>> 3/ Rename com.hp.hpl.jena packages to org.apache.jena
>> 4/ Other changes
>> 5/ Let things settle down.
>> 6/ Release (beta? just go for it as 3.0.0?)
>>
>> (3) is the disruptive step - I doubt git merge is going to be much help
>> after that for managing changes related to com.hp.hpl.jena packages
>>
>> I wrote some migration notes for the RDF 1.1 isms and packages.
>>
>> http://jena.staging.apache.org/documentation/migrate_jena2_jena3.html
>>
>> There is a lot of things that could be done.  I like us to avoid
>> over-committing ourselves.  The question I have is what is *necessary*
>> to drive into jena 3.first.
>>
>>      Andy
>>
>
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