Geronimo Eclipse Plugin (GEP) Roadmap

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2.1.2

Geronimo 2.1.2 release date plus 1 week

High

JIRA fixes
Eclipse 3.3 (Europa)
Java 1.5
Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede)

• N/A
• Cannot break existing support for Eclipse 3.3
• Cannot break existing support for Java 1.5
• Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede prereq includes WTP 3.0 which is why it's not listed separately

Medium

Integration testsuite enhancements
JAX-WS support
Deployment plan editor enhancements

• Augment Abbot testcases
• N/A
• e.g., Content assist, full support for all XML tags, intelligent Geronimo-specific deployment plan wizards

Low

Removal of geronimo-service.xml support
Integrate and package samples and examples

• Per Jencks recommendation (see
  https://issues.apache.org/jfira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-356)
• Suggestions welcome for samples and examples to ship with GEP

2.1.3

Geronimo 2.1.3 release date plus 3 days

High

JIRA fixes
p2 support

• Assuming there will be a Geronimo 2.1.3 release which may not be the case
• Ganymede's new provisioning system

Medium

Integration testsuite enhancements
Deployment plan editor enhancements
Various visual usability enhancements

• Augment Abbot testcases
  
• e.g., Content assist, full support for all XML tags, intelligent Geronimo-specific deployment plan wizards
  
• TBD

Low

Integrate and package samples and examples

• Suggestions welcome for samples and examples to ship with GEP

2.2

Geronimo 2.2 release date plus 3 days

High

JIRA fixes
Java EE 5 support
Java EE 6 support
Remote server support
Better integration between the GEP and the server
Java 1.6
Geronimo plugin support
Geronimo custom assembly support

• N/A
• Cannot break existing support for Java EE 5
• N/A
• Full gamut of support for remote server(s)-- not just deployment. Must consider:
  • Deployment, synchronization, debugging, monitoring, introspection,
    profiling, testing, security, firewalls, protocols, multiple servers,
    remote distribution, etc.
• Many existing problems along the lines of start/stop/synchronization, etc). See
  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-337 and
  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-338
  
• N/A
  
• Provide capability in GEP to mitigate the development and packaging of plugins for Geronimo
  (not to be confused with Eclipse plugins)
• Export a custom assembly by specifying installed applications (i.e. do not require the creation of a plugin). May require server introspection.

Medium

Integration testsuite enhancements
Eclipse Data Tools Platform (DTP) related problems
Migration tool(s) enhancements

• Augment Abbot testcases
• List related JIRAs
• TBD

Low

Integrate and package samples and examples

• Suggestions welcome for samples and examples to ship with GEP

2.2.1

Geronimo 2.2.1 release date plus 3 days

High

JIRA fixes
Better capabilities to import existing projects into Eclipse
Integrate IAM

• N/A
• The maven-eclipse-plugin is just not sufficient--even it if did support WTP 2.0, which it doesn't
• Eclipse Integration for Apache Maven project (see
  http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/iam/)

Medium

Integration testsuite enhancements
OpenJPA support in GEP
Application client support in GEP
Server introspection
Clustering support in GEP

• Augment Abbot testcases
• For example, GEP cannot generate database schema using OpenJPA
• i.e., Without using a separate command line (see
  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS-339)
• e.g., To discover and import existing resources (configurations, deployments, services, databases, connectors, plugins, etc...). Some similar work already being done for GEP 2.1.2.
• To support clustering already provide via the Geronimo server

Low

Integrate and package samples and examples
Profiling capabilities

• Suggestions welcome for samples and examples to ship with GEP
• N/A