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Thanks,
John Harby
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:28 AM, Nigel Deakin <nigel.deakin_at_oracle.com>
wrote:
> Oracle has now asked me to announce that it will withdraw JSR 368 (JMS
> 2.1), in accordance with the proposed Java EE 8 roadmap presented by Anil
> Gaur and others at JavaOne 2016 and the results of the community survey.
>
> This is also announced here:
> https://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/entry/a_quick_update_on_java
>
> Note that although JSR 368 is ending, the email group
> users_at_jms-spec.java.net continues for general discussion of the JMS
> specification. If you have general questions about the plans for Java EE 8
> please use users_at_javaee-spec.java.net
>
> Nigel
> (JSR 368 specification lead)
>
>
> On 05/10/2016 09:47, Nigel Deakin wrote:
>
>> As everyone will know, several Oracle-led JSRs (including JMS 2.1) have
>> made little progress this year due to the spec
>> leads being diverted partly or wholly to work on other things.
>>
>> At JavaOne last month Linda DeMichel, Java EE joint spec lead, gave an
>> update on progress and plans for Java EE 8.
>> You can watch the whole presentation online here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th9faGLhQoM
>> or you can simply review the slides here:
>> https://java.net/downloads/javaee-spec/JavaEE8Update.pdf
>>
>> Linda's presentation proposes a shift in focus for Java EE, to reflect
>> recent developments in the industry, which she
>> summarised as a "focus on deployment into the cloud", a "focus on
>> microservices", and an "emphasis on more rapid
>> evolution of applications".
>>
>> In order to address these changes, and modernise Java EE 8 for "cloud and
>> microservices", she proposed a two-fold approach:
>>
>> * Adjust the plan for Java EE 8
>> * Create a plan for, and start work on, Java EE 9
>>
>> Java EE 8 and JMS 2.1
>> ---------------------
>>
>> Linda confirmed the plan to complete Java EE 8 in 2017 as originally
>> proposed, but with a number of changes to its
>> content. These are listed in slides 27 and 28 of her slide deck.
>>
>> The Java EE 8 JSR and most of its constituent JSRs would continue as
>> originally planned. She proposed that two new
>> constituent JSRs be added, for health checking and for configuration.
>>
>> And she proposed to drop three of the existing constituent JSRs: MVC 1.0
>> (JSR 371), Management 2.0 (JSR 373) ... and JMS
>> 2.1 (JSR 368).
>>
>> The reason for dropping JMS 2.1 was that JMS was "no longer very relevant
>> in cloud". JMS would continue to be part of
>> Java EE 8, but at its current version JMS 2.0 rather than at a new
>> version JMS 2.1.
>>
>> Java EE 9
>> ---------
>>
>> Linda went on to propose a plan for Java EE 9, which would focus more
>> directly on the new requirements, with work
>> running in parallel with Java EE 8 and with a release date of 2019.
>> Please see Linda's slides for more details, and if
>> you'd like to find out more about Java EE 9 I would recommend watching a
>> couple of JavaOne presentations:
>>
>> Rajiv Mordani, Josh Dorr, Dhiraj Mutreja -- Enterprise Java for the Cloud
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7miysQP7Dg
>> Josh Dorr, Joe Di Pol, Rajiv Mordani -- Portable Cloud Applications with
>> Java EE
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCqVSf5v37s
>> There are two presentations because there was too much material to fit
>> into a single presentation. They include some
>> proposals for a new "eventing" JSR in Java EE 9 which I suspect will be
>> of particular interest.
>>
>> Your views
>> ----------
>>
>> Your views on all of these proposals are invited.
>>
>> You can make comments on proposal to drop JMS 2.1 from Java EE 8 here (
>> users_at_jms-spec.java.net) or you can reach a wider
>> audience by sending them to the Java EE users mailing list (
>> users_at_javaee-spec.java.net). You can sign up to the latter
>> at https://java.net/projects/javaee-spec/lists
>>
>> Comments on the proposals for Java EE 9 (including the "eventing"
>> proposals) should be made to the Java EE users mailing
>> list.
>>
>> In addition, the Java EE spec leads have launched a new Java EE community
>> survey. Please do take part and give your
>> views on the future of Java EE. This is at http://glassfish.org/survey .
>> The survey closes on 21 Oct 2016. This will be
>> followed by a second survey that allows people to prioritise the top
>> items from the first survey.
>>
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>> Nigel
>> (JMS 2.1 spec lead)
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