Re: [DISCUSS] Future of OpenJPA in TomEE 11 / EE 11

Hi,

I would love to hear some additional feedback (also from within the TomEE PMC) 

Any thoughts on JPA in TomEE @ Mark, Markus, David, JL or Jon?

Gruß
Richard

On 2025/09/26 08:29:25 Richard Zowalla wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I’d like to start a discussion about the future of OpenJPA in TomEE, specifically whether it’s time to consider replacing it with Hibernate.
> 
> Hibernate 7 is now ASLv2 licensed, fully implements the latest spec features, and already supports Jakarta Data for EE 11. This puts it in a strong position to meet our needs moving forward, especially as we look toward TomEE 11.
> 
> By contrast, OpenJPA has struggled to keep up, and realistically we don’t appear to have enough development resources to build and maintain an ASF-only implementation of Jakarta Data. In fact, we made a similar decision when we gave up the ASF-only spec implementations some time ago.
> 
> Of course, anyone who prefers to stay with OpenJPA can still swap it in, but from my perspective, I believe we should seriously consider whether Hibernate should become the default going forward.
> 
> I’d like to hear your thoughts, both on the practical implications for TomEE and the overall direction we should take.
> 
> Gruß
> 
> Richard