Hi, +1 to creating a new branch for 1.x work. I don't anticipate a 1.3.0 release in the near future, but it will be nice to have the branch in the mean time.
WRT timing, I'd be happy with the middle or the end of October. I don't have any major work items in in a half-baked state that I'd want in 1.3 and trunk (waiting to hear from others though). -mike On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Good idea to branch and distinguish JPA 1.0 from JPA 2.0 specification > level. > > I'd also like to hear from the user community about both the strategy and > the timing of branching. > > Craig > > > On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:10 AM, Kevin Sutter wrote: > > Due to the upcoming JPA 2.0 development activities, the OpenJPA svn >> repository needs to make a few changes. Since the JPA 2.0 changes could >> be >> disruptive to current JPA 1.0 processing (at least during initial >> development), I would like to create a 1.3.x service branch. This 1.3.x >> branch would indicate the end of new development based on the JPA 1.0 >> specification. This 1.3.x branch could be used for any necessary support >> activities (or even a potential release, if necessary), but the mainline >> trunk would now become the basis for JPA 2.0 development (2.0.0-SNAPSHOT). >> >> All new development activity would continue in trunk, just like the past. >> But, we would also have the ability to start experimenting with some of >> the >> new features that have been identified in the early drafts of the JPA 2.0 >> specification. Granted, we only have the single Early Draft Review >> version >> of the JPA 2.0 spec, but it's at least a start. Even if we have to modify >> a >> few things along the way, at least we're getting experience with the new >> specification. And, we can initiate a roadmap for the new features and >> hopefully encourage new participation by the diverse OpenJPA community. >> >> We need to determine the "best date" for this cutover. Since I'm not sure >> on the current development activities of the OpenJPA developers, let's use >> this thread for the discussion. Since the end of Sept is fast >> approaching, >> let's shoot for Friday, Oct 31 as the cutover date. >> >> Comments or suggestions are welcome! >> >> Kevin >> > > Craig L Russell > Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://db.apache.org/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! > >
