+1 to move on i would also like to get another 8.0.x release but i will send another mail soon :)
Am Di., 8. Feb. 2022 um 08:07 Uhr schrieb Zowalla, Richard < [email protected]>: > Hi all, > > I am strongly +1 for moving forward with it, i.e. time to move on with > master. > > There is definitley the need for some artifacts (arquillian, app > composer), which are not covered by the byte-code approach and which > are required to migrate (fully w/o byte code transformation) to the > jakarta namespace :) > > Although - I think it is clear to everyone - the 8.x branch will > (obviously) stay for a couple of years as it is the last javax > namespace supporting release. > > Gruß > Richard > > > Am Dienstag, dem 08.02.2022 um 00:04 +0100 schrieb Jean-Louis Monteiro: > > Hi all, > > > > We have discussed it a couple of times here and there. I'd like to > > open a > > dedicated thread for it. > > > > EE 9 has been released and we have created a TomEE 9.x milestone to > > pass > > the TCK. The approach to do bytecode changes to support javax -> > > jakarta > > namespace changes proved to work but it's also been more complex than > > expected. We have a limited fork with limited features. We don't > > support > > nearly as much as we do in the 8.x branch. > > > > The goal was to decrease the maintenance cost for the community, but > > in > > reality I fear we are on the opposite path. > > > > I'd like to create a TomEE 8.x maintenance branch where we keep > > fixing > > stuff, upgrading libraries and do as many releases as possible and as > > long > > as we can to support javax namespace. I know it's the last compatible > > version so the topic is not when TomEE is going to be EOL. > > > > But if we do that, we could move master to TomEE 9 and start merging > > back > > all changes we did in the fork and finally create an EE 9 final > > release. > > > > EE 10 is around the corner, if we want to keep supporting EE and > > being > > certified, we need to avoid big jumps. > > > > What does the community think? > > > > -- > > Jean-Louis Monteiro > > http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro > > http://www.tomitribe.com >
