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Re: GlassFish V3 planning - What do *you* want in GlassFish V3?

From: Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart <pelegri_at_sun.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:09:47 -0800

How hard would it be to have a JRE-client specific configuration? It
would seem to me that some deployments will be (maybe very large)
intranet with strong requirements on the clients' configurations, so
some customers may be willing to force their desktops to upgrade.

Would need validation of user's requriements, of course....

Tim Quinn wrote:
>
>
> glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
>> Isn't there an issue about the size of the jars needed by Java Web
>> Start clients of EJB3 beans. Would be nice to see improvements in a
>> similar vein as the streamlining/simplification going on with the
>> Consumer JRE and with JavaFX.
> Indeed there is, and it's been written about extensively and improving
> this is very high on our list for V3. It's actually an issue whether
> the client is launched using Java Web Start or not, but it's definitely
> more visible that way.
>
> We will not be able to take full advantage the improvements coming in
> the JRE because V3 won't be able to assume a suitably advanced JRE.
> Having said that, the modular approach that permeates V3 will drive this
> improvement in the client to reduce the number and size of JARs needed.
>
> - Tim
>
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