> -----Original Message----- > From: Kerry Bonin [mailto:kerrybo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:54 AM > To: dev@qpid.apache.org > Subject: Re: 0.6 Feature Matrix > > > One comment - as I understand it, the Linux brokers support > both federation and clustering, while the Windows broker > supports only federation, as qpid clustering relies on > OpenAIS, for which there are no publicly available Windows ports.
That's correct. -Steve > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Kim van der Riet > <kim.vdr...@redhat.com>wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > I have created a page containing a 0.6 feature matrix here: > > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/qpid/0.6+Feature+Matrix > > > > It is not directly connected to any of our documentation > pages (yet). > > I hope to key off this (and related pages) a test coverage matrix > > which will give us some idea of what we have covered and > what is still > > untested. > > > > What I hope for from the community: > > ----------------------------------- > > > > * Layout ideas - there are may ways to lay out such a > matrix, but we > > need one that is easy to see and navigate, and presents the > > information in a succinct and readily understandable format. > > > > * List of features - The current list is somewhat arbitrary; I put > > them into the list as they came into my head. We need a consistent > > list of features that is as far as possible common across all > > implementations, not too detailed or fine-grained. The > categorization > > is also somewhat inconsistent, so ideas here would also help. > > > > * Content of matrix - matrix needs to be filled out > completely, but I > > don't know the capabilities of the various implementations > well enough > > to do it for all. Every cell needs to have *something* in it - if a > > cell is blank, it means no-one has supplied a code. > > > > * Feature descriptions - Each feature should have a link to > a detailed > > description of that feature. Where there are differences across > > implementations, each implementation may either make a > distinction or > > there may be a separate description for each > implementation, but in a > > consistent manner. (I have one link in place - it is also to a > > non-existent page, but I don't have the syntax for a wiki > link right > > yet). Can we link to an existing feature description > somewhere in our > > docs? > > > > Issues to be aware of: > > ---------------------- > > > > * This table simply states that a feature is available on an > > implementation. In the case of clients, the feature is supported > > against its matching broker (in the case of Java and C++ - > what about > > Python/Ruby/WCF?). > > > > * Interoperability between implementations is not implied > here. I have > > created an Interoperability page too > > > (http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/qpid/0.6+Interoperability > > +Matrix). > > > > * HTML - I was unable to get the {table}..{table} syntax to > work. So I > > have done this using html: {html} > > <table> > > ... > > </table> > > {html} > > which is less than ideal from a maintenance point-of-view, > but I do have > > the HTML portion saved as a file which could be hosted somewhere... > > > > * Scripting languages and Java are available on most OSs, so I have > > simply used "*" to indicate "any". This may be too broad an > > assumption, since we have in practice not tested many of the other > > common platforms (eg BSD, MacOS, others?) Do we need to break out > > individual platforms? > > > > * Because this is effectively a 0.6 snapshot, we will need > to compile > > something similar for 0.8 and other future releases. How do > we manage > > this? > > > > Thanks for looking at this, and please comment and/or add > content. If > > it makes life easier, I am willing to accept additional > content from > > those in the know and insert it into the matrix. > > > > Kim > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > > Project: http://qpid.apache.org > > Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org
