[sakai2-tcc] Status of 2.8 additions, deprecations, and other changes

[Berg, Alan]

Hi TCC,

> I think there is consensus that no Tomcat 6/Java 1.6-related changes are
> to be made for 2.8, but will be worked on for 2.9.

I have significant concerns about momentum in the natural evolution of the life cycle. By instinct I do not like seeing us move slowly on to fully supporting a current version Java version or Tomcat and to a much lesser extent WebDAV. I realize this is unromantic and hard work, but it is all part of maintenance. Otherwise we risk dealing with end of life scenarios unplanned and in surges.

In my view, Chucks suggestion of placing Tomcat 6/7 on nightly should be clearly followed through and that we work on tools that do not work with 1.6 without magic JAVA_OPTS.  The work on the tools should be early in the alpha cycle so that any subtle implications can emerge.


Alan

Alan Berg
QA Director - The Sakai Foundation

Senior Developer / Quality Assurance
Group Education and Research Services
Central Computer Services
University of Amsterdam

http://home.uva.nl/a.m.berg

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Subject: [sakai2-tcc] Status of 2.8 additions, deprecations,    and other changes

Hello,

In the haze of the run-up to the 2.8 code freeze (TUESDAY, 23:59 UTC),
I'd like to re-summarize our actions on the proposed additions and
deprecations for the next release based on information presented on 2.8
page:

http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/List+of+Planned+2.8.0+Changes

What follows is my opinion, so I encourage your comments and corrections.

There are some things that are in trunk and have been "approved" (by
vote or consensus), while other things haven't. For those things that
need discussion and votes, I suggest that we get it done by the end of
this week.

== Deprecations

All of the proposed deprecations and removals seem to be in good shape.
They have been discussed, approved, and for most part, committed.

== Additions

Additions are much more murky. My sense is the following:

- CK Editor (Noah Botimer)

Noah is on top of this and has communicated what he plans to do by the
CF. I think we need to "approve" this for the record by vote or otherwise.

- BasicLTI Simple Outcomes (Chuck Severance)

It's in trunk, has a test plan, and Chuck is supervising it closely.

- ShortenedUrlService (Steve Swinsburg)

Currently in contrib. Some discussion has occurred, but no consensus
seems to have emerged about if and where it should be put into trunk. I
think this needs some sort of formal proposal and vote for clarity.

- Localization w/database back-end (John Bush)

The KNL part is in trunk, while the user-facing tool is in contrib. I
think consensus has formed around this split for 2.8. Like CK Editor, we
probably need to put the formal stamp on this.

- Quartz Job Scheduler (Duffy Gillman)

This is in trunk. The work was done in conjunction with the MT (the
maintainers of the job scheduler) and there seems to be consensus on its
inclusion. It probably needs the same "approval" for the record as the
above.

- Updated blog tool (Lancaster)

I think this is out for 2.8.

- Updated Roster tool (Lancaster)

There was a lenghty discussion on the list. It's out, and Lancaster has
decided to put this into contrib.

- S3/Nakamura Hybrid (Lance Speelmon)

Lance has circulated his proposal to us and MT. I think some more
discussion is probably warranted and a formal vote should be taken.

- MessageService

I haven't seen any discussion or action on this so I am assuming it's
out for 2.8.

- Email Notification Preferences (SAK-18859)

Chris Maurer has this work in a branch and notified sakai-dev (and
possibly us) 10+ days ago. I don't think it's in trunk yet and also has
a Kernel dependency (KNL-585). I think this needs focused discussion and
an approval by vote.

- Account Validation (David Horwitz)

It looks as though this is in trunk (based on the RES-2 comment and a
ViewVC check). It probably needs a formal stamp of approval.

== Architectural and library changes

I think there is consensus that no Tomcat 6/Java 1.6-related changes are
to be made for 2.8, but will be worked on for 2.9. In addition, no
Oracle-related deprecations will happen for 2.8.

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