Re: Planned release date for TomEE 9.x

Awesome.

Thanks for the detailed feedback
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Jean-Louis Monteiro
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 9:54 AM <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Rod,
>
> Some background information. We migrated from WebSphere 9.5 traditional to
> TomEE+ 8.
>
> Below is our experience with the migration and the improvements we have
> mentioned:
>
> - Easy configuration and massively reduced complexity, no more dealing
> with Nodes, Cells, NodeManagers, Clusters and Servers etc.
> - Smooth migration, high code compatibility even for exotic things like
> JCA adapters
> - TomEE supports MicroProfile and we are ready for the future of
> microservice architecture, e.g. we used already MicroProfile Config for
> environment configuration
> - TomEE suppors Java EE8, WebSphere traditional stops at Java EE7
> - TomEE with Arquillian works without any problems. With WebSphere we
> never got this to work and we had to implement a workaround with Glassfish
> - To date, we have noted only minor issues with TomEE
> - Developer experience end efficiency (startup times, faster debugging,
> stability, hode code replacement which actually works)
> - Application performance identical, much faster deployment times
> - TomEE with Docker and Kubernetes actually works, with WebSphere our
> project on Docker was not compatible
> - Zero licence costs and licence limitations (e.g. virtualized operation)
>
> BR,
> Manuel
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Jenkins, Rodney J (Rod) <[email protected]>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Juni 2022 17:50
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: RE: Planned release date for TomEE 9.x
>
> Manuel,
>
> I would like to know more about something you said:
>
> <<<
> We recently migrated from WebSphere to TomEE 8, what an improvement!!
> >>>
>
> Would you please elaborate?  This may be helpful to some people I work
> with.
>
> Thank you,
> Rod.
>
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>
> Hi Jean,
>
> thank you for this very quick response 😊.
> You helped us a lot! We are already looking forward to the final release.
>
> BTW: TomEE rocks!! We recently migrated from WebSphere to TomEE 8, what an
> improvement!!
>
> Best,
> Manuel
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Jean-Louis Monteiro <[email protected]>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. Juni 2022 16:25
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: Planned release date for TomEE 9.x
>
> Hi Manuel,
>
> The build and the TCK looks good but we still have some issues to fix. We
> are basically more or less equivalent to TomEE 8.x for Jakarta EE 8.
> We decided to release all SNAPSHOT components to create a new milestone
> (Apache BVal, BatchEE, Mail, Activation, OpenWebBeans, Transaction Manager,
> etc)
>
> Aside from BatchEE, I think we are looking good, so I'm expecting a
> milestone to be released at the end of the month. Then we'll continue
> towards solving the remaining build issues. We might want to address the
> remaining TCK issues which may take some time. It really depends how many
> people we can get to help.
>
> With the current situation, I think a new milestone is feasible before the
> end of the month. Then in July I'd like to get the remaining build issues
> solved and finally address TCK issues in August. Of course it's summer
> holidays, so we might not get enough manpower. We'll see.
>
> If everything goes well, we could get something final and compliant early
> in Septembre. If the small TCK issues or compliancy is not much of a
> question, then from the next milestone on, we'll be stable and in a good
> shape.
>
> Hope it helps
>
>
> --
> Jean-Louis Monteiro
> http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro
> http://www.tomitribe.com
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 4:16 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hello TomEE users,
> >
> > is there already an approximate date when TomEE 9.x will be released?
> > We are very interested in migrating to the Jakarta namespace.
> >
> > BR,
> > Manuel
> >
>