2009/12/31 Russell Collins <russell.coll...@mclaneat.com> > I have to say “Great Job” to all of those who made this release > possible. I have been waiting for the 2.2 release for a while now and I am > excited to give it a whirl. I have played with it a little and here are my > observations about it. I hope some of these help others: > > > > First, I am running it on Windows. > > > > · I like the backwards compatibility of the server. For the most > part, I could take my ear file and deploy it with no problem with the > exception of the a small change in the deployment descriptor. The my ear > assembly uses connection pooling and the connection pool resources changed > from being a “rar” type to a “car” type (when using the wizard to create the > connection pool resource). This is not a big deal but I wonder why the > change. > Because once it is deployed into Geronimo, it almost have all the features of a Geronimo plugin, Also, you are able to export it by the plug-in console.
> · I like the new EJB view that allows for the configuration of the > object pool and shows information about the beans. This may be a small > thing to some but is a WONDERFUL addition for me. > > · One of the things that is missing currently (for Windows > Installations) is the Windows Service Wrapper plug-in. For those wanting to > run the server as a windows service, this plug-in is greatness. However, > this plug-in is currently not available for 2.2. I have found a work > around. I simply grab the assemblies created by 2.1 plug-in and use them in > 2.2. It works fine. Example: I went to the bin directory of 2.1 and > grabbed the “service_pr.bat”, “geronimosrv.exe”, and “geronimosrvw.exe”. I > then copied those objects to the bin directory of 2.2 and ran the batch file > like I normally would. I hope this helps anyone else that is having this > issue. > > > This plug-in is not shipped by the distribution assembly, you could install it via admin-console, it should automatically download it from the public mavne repository. > Once again, this is a very solid server and thank you for your hard work. > > > > *From:* Russell Collins [mailto:russell.coll...@mclaneat.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 30, 2009 4:26 PM > > *To:* 'user@geronimo.apache.org' > *Subject:* RE: [ANNOUNCE] Availability of Geronimo 2.2 > > > > PLEASE RELEASE IT!!! :D > > > > *From:* Delos [mailto:dait...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:38 PM > *To:* user@geronimo.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: [ANNOUNCE] Availability of Geronimo 2.2 > > > > Great news! If possible, I will start release process for GEP 2.2 soon. > > Thanks all! > > 2009/12/30 Jack Cai <greensi...@gmail.com> > > Cool! We finally made it before 2010! :-) > > -Jack > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Bill Stoddard <wgstodd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Congratulations Geronimo team! > > > > Bill > > > > On 12/29/09 7:29 PM, David Jencks wrote: > >> > >> The Apache Geronimo project is pleased to announce the available of > Apache > >> Geronimo v2.2 server. This includes improvements too numerous to mention > >> here, a couple highlights are much easier custom server assembly, up to > date > >> activemq support, and JASPIC support. > >> > >> Visit the Downloads page for details on downloading Apache Geronimo v2.2 > >> server assemblies and links to the release notes: > >> http://geronimo.apache.org/downloads.html > >> > >> The individual jars and plugins have been available through maven for a > >> few weeks now as I tried to figure out the last bits of the release > process. > >> It's quite possible I've messed up some bits of the non-maven process, > so > >> let us know if there are problems. > >> > >> A big THANK YOU to all that contributed to this release! Great work > >> everyone! > >> > >> david jencks > > > > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Delos > > > ------------------------------ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail > (email) transmission (including attachments), is intended by MCLANE ADVANCED > TECHNOLOGIES for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or protected as a trade secret. It is not intended for transmission to, > or receipt by, any individual or entity other than the named addressee(s). > If you have received this email in error, please delete it (including > attachments) and any copies thereof without printing, copying or forwarding > it, and notify the sender of the error by email reply immediately. > > ------------------------------ > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail > (email) transmission (including attachments), is intended by MCLANE ADVANCED > TECHNOLOGIES for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or protected as a trade secret. It is not intended for transmission to, > or receipt by, any individual or entity other than the named addressee(s). > If you have received this email in error, please delete it (including > attachments) and any copies thereof without printing, copying or forwarding > it, and notify the sender of the error by email reply immediately. > -- Ivan
