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Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:01:38 -0400
From: Matt Hogstrom <matt@hogstrom.org>
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Subject: Re: User Feedback Request -- this means you!
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This is great Dave...I think we need to prioritze them as well.  Can you translate the priorty from 
the other e-mails to this?

Matt

Dave Colasurdo wrote:
> Excellent feedback from all..
> 
> Here is an attempt to consolidate the feedback into one list. (Hope I'm 
> not stepping on anyone's toes.)  I've grouped by a few high level 
> categories..
> Of course, one could argue that some of the items could fall into 
> multiple categories...  Any glaring omissions?
> 
> Specifications/Functionality
> ****************************
> -JDK 5 for Geronimo
> -JEE 5
>   Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0
>   Java Servlet 2.5
>   Java ServerPages 2.1
>   Java ServerPages Standard Tag Library
>   Java Persistence Architecture (is this part of Java EE?)
>   Java Transaction API (JTA)
>   J2EE Management
>   J2EE Connector Architecture
> -JAX-WS support
> -javax.persistence
> -Dynamic Queries
> -annotated session beans.
> -Support for JSR-168 (Portlet API)
> -ServiceMix
> -GBean improvements (doc, lifecycle, dependencies, dep. injection, ..)
> -Maven2 support
> -service/daemon wrapper
> -Remove the requirement of the openejb-jar.xml??
> -Better db tools in the admin console
> -Configuration management, possibility to make a production version 
> without some current modules (e.g. OpenEJB or ActiveMQ),
>   there are end users who don't have the resources (memory, disk) to run 
> Geronimo fully equipped and they don't need every
>   feature of the J2EE stack
> - Continued support of Jetty
> -First class HttpSession clustering.
> -More integration with Apache mod_JK/mod_ajp . It would be nice if a 
> request would continue through a pool until it landed
> on a server with that webapp.
> -Mass deployment tools that allow the server 'cloning' and rollout 
> mentioned during Geronimos initial days.
> 
> Tools
> *****
> -JDK 5 for launching and running the Geronimo Eclipse plugin
> -Eclipse plugin improvement (it is really good but think it could be
> better)
> -Eclipse mini-roadmap (from Sachin)
>   - run resources directly from the workspace, so the ear isn't built 
> and re-packaged on every publish
>   - More control over the runtime/server wizards, publish process, and 
> server management
>   - Continue to build up the UI so we have a complete set of "form 
> editors" for the G deployment plans
>   - ability to see changes reflected live in something like the Common 
> Navigator as you modify your plans
>   - full synchronization between the source view and views using the model
>   - copy/paste, undo/redo support
>   -There's also plans in WTP to improve the Server Tools Framework to 
> make it easier to have more control over what defines your runtime.
> -NetBeans support
> 
> Usability
> *********
> -Deployment
>   Less deployment requirements (simpler plans, more defaults, etc.)
>   Simplifying deployment (some means to generate geronimo deployment plans?
>   Easier  way to  deploy  EAR Files
>   More application validation at deployment
>   Better redeployment to prevent requests from failing if they hit that 
> server during the  redeploy.
> -More powerful text configuration
> -Migration path from Tomcat to Geronimo
> -Shortcuts for building web services
> 
> 
> Process
> *******
> -More frequent releases incorporating more user feedback (small releases 
> more often vs. big releases only 4 times a year)
> -Geronimo Certified Partner Program (including Jetspeed-2 as a member).
> 
> 
> Documentation
> *************
> -Tutorials
>   How to use Geronimo with: Apache Axis, WSS4J, ActiveMQ
> -Cookbooks
> -Better documentation on deployment descriptors
> -More detailed documentation about the architecture.
> -A browsable table describing where to find all plans, etc. for each 
> deployed component or service.
> -More documentaion on deploying EAR's, WAR's, EJB's, RAR's, classloading 
> and dependencies with that apps)
> 
> Examples
> ********
> -Examples for everything
> -More documentation/examples for me should be more explicative models of 
> the basic openejb-jar.xml and ejb-jar.xml,
>    explaining which tag points where or what
>   Session beans, entity beans(BMP and CMP)
>   Message-Driven-Bean.
> 
> 
> -Dave-
> 
> 
> 
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