Hi Azeez, Eranda,

+1 for the proposed changes. So, as discussed we have two options.

1. In the git repo, go for wso2/carbon/feature or wso2/carbon/product model
and then have features such as registry, governance and products such as
esb.
2. Go with the model Azeez wrote in e-mail.

We need to figure out whether git supports #1 and if not go for #2.

Also, wanted to highlight that we will no longer have service-stubs, and
separate features categories. There will be no concept of parent, since
each feature will define its own dependencies *excluding transitive
dependencies*. The development governance system that we put in place will
ensure we reuse the same versions and a separate pom is unwanted.

Further, all branched dependencies and orbits will reside outside of our
code structure, and those should follow separate release models as
discussed previously.

Next, we will integrate GerritHub for code reviews.

Thanks,
Senaka.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Afkham Azeez <az...@wso2.com> wrote:

> Shall we name those as;
>
>    - carbon-feature-registry
>    - carbon-feature-governance
>    - carbon-feature-identity
>    - carbon-feature-mediation
>    - carbon-feature-analytics
>    - carbon-feature-data
>    - carbon-feature-apis
>    - carbon-feature-business-process
>    - carbon-feature-business-messaging
>    - carbon-feature-rules
>    - carbon-feature-deployment
>    - carbon-feature-qos
>    - carbon-feature-utils
>
> and also have;
> * carbon-product-appserver
> * carbon-product-esb
>
> and so on.
>
> Also;
> carbon-p2-repo
>
> carbon-platform-integration-tests
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eranda Sooriyabandara <era...@wso2.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Infra,
>> Can we have following projects created in the git repo. Additionally
>>
>>    - registry
>>    - governance
>>    - identity
>>    - mediation
>>    - analytics
>>    - data
>>    - apis
>>    - business-process
>>    - business-messaging
>>    - rules
>>    - deployment
>>    - qos
>>    - utils
>>
>> Additionally please add me (erandasooriyabandara) to WSO2 member list.
>>
>> thanks
>> Eranda
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Afkham Azeez <az...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>
>>> [Sorry for the very long mail. I want to document all that I had in mind
>>> & the stuff we discussed. I would recommend all devs to take some time to
>>> read this]
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to summarize he discussion we had a couple of days back.
>>>
>>> *The Problems*
>>> The problems we are trying to solve are as follows:
>>>
>>> 1. Trunk & branches structures being completely different
>>> 2. Branches containing directories with version numbers
>>> 3. It is impossible to move to GitHub with the current structure because
>>> of #2
>>> 4. It is very easy to break the build by changing already released code.
>>> The room for human error is high.
>>> 5. Bamboo builds are eternally broken because the build fails at some
>>> point & Bamboo cannot continue any further
>>> 6. When we branch, the trunk quickly becomes obsolete, and remains in
>>> that broken state until the next major platform release.
>>> 7. Everybody has to build all components/features, even if those are not
>>> related to their products
>>> 8. Fixed versions in branches instead of using SNAPSHOT versions. This
>>> makes it impossible to upload build artifacts to Maven/Nexus repos. This
>>> leads to #7.
>>> 9. Impossible to integrate code quality tools such as EraInsight because
>>> of #5
>>>
>>> *Proposed solution*
>>> We have come up with the following solution after much deliberation &
>>> thought.
>>>
>>> Rationale:
>>> We started looking at other open source projects out there. We took
>>> Axis2 as an example. Axis2 had many dependencies including Axiom,
>>> XmlSchema, Woden, WSS4J etc. Those 3rd party dependencies were also
>>> developed by some Axis2 contributors, but we never branched all of those
>>> together and brought them into the same code branch. We used to start what
>>> we used to call a release train, where the upstream code would have to be
>>> released first before the downstream code such as Axis2 & Synapse could be
>>> released. This way, we never had any of the problems outlined above.
>>>
>>> If you look at the WSO2 product releases, again, the scenario is not
>>> that much different from the Axis2/Synapse releases. Components & features
>>> are simply dependencies of the products. In order to get product releases
>>> out, we first need releases of those dependencies (components/features). So
>>> the proposal is to identify the top level components/features, and first
>>> release that code before doing product releases. Each of those components
>>> will have a GitHub repo. All active development will be done on the main
>>> branch of those components, and will be branched when they are close to the
>>> release. Instead of granting commit rights to all, we could only allow the
>>> primary developers of those components to commit, and others can send pull
>>> requests, which will be merged in by the primary owners after reviewing.
>>> These component teams could even have an internal Git repo or clone, and
>>> commit to that, run all tests, and when they are satisfied that the code is
>>> in a good state to be merged into the main branch, they can send a pull
>>> request & merge the changes. We would run Bamboo which would build the
>>> components several times a day & deploy them to the Nexus repo. That way,
>>> you would not have to build code that is not directly related to what you
>>> are working on, which would save 100s of valuable dev hours.
>>>
>>> In the majority of the cases, the P2 features correspond to one or more
>>> related components. So we would keep the feature close to the component.
>>> There are some cases where these components & features belong in the
>>> product itself. AppFactory components are a good example.
>>>
>>> Products will also have their own GitHub repos. We will have separate
>>> GitHub repos for platform integration tests. Products such as API Manager
>>> may opt to have the API Management feature in the product itself. We would
>>> have a separate P2-repo GitHub repo which would build & deploy the
>>> compatible set of P2 features.
>>>
>>> We will have Bamboo plans at multiple levels; components, products,
>>> platform, p2-repo and so on.
>>>
>>> We will not change any package structures at this time. We would defer
>>> that to Carbon 5 (if necessary). We will get rid of the chunk based release
>>> model. Continuous delivery is our ultimate aim & for that to happen, we
>>> have to release a compatible set of features. We are going to rely heavily
>>> on automation, automated builds & deploys to Maven. The developers will do
>>> the majority of the QA (just like the Apache Stratos team is doing now).
>>>
>>> We will use the Maven release plugin to create releases & upload them to
>>> the Maven repo.
>>>
>>> *Implications to WSO2 code developers*
>>> 1. Life becomes easier because you don't have to spend a lot of time
>>> building unrelated stuff
>>> 2. General development would happen in the main branch.
>>> 3. Close to a release, branches would be cut.
>>> 4. Once release branches are cut, fixes would be done in the main
>>> branch, and pull requests would be sent to the branch & merged in. This
>>> will be easy because we no longer have the trunk & branch structure being
>>> different.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Implications to users*
>>> Users will not see any difference in the components & features because
>>> we are not changing packages or binary structure. In fact, we would have a
>>> P2 repo with compatible features which all work together.
>>>
>>> Senaka, Isuruwan & Harshana have already started working on a PoC.
>>>
>>> Thoughts welcome. Those who were in these discussions, please add
>>> anything I may have missed.
>>>
>>> --
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>>
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>>
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>>
>
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