Re: release for 8.2

[Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>]

On 28-Nov-06, at 10:17 PM, Kris Jurka wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Dave Cramer wrote:
>
> > Given the number of patches recently added, and the impending  
> > release of the server, what do we want to do about releasing an  
> > 8.2 version?
>
> Outstanding patches I'm aware of:
>
> 1) standard strings - Needed for correct operation, so needs to go  
> into 8.2.
>
> 2) binary transfer - still needs some more work and testing.  Will  
> wait for 8.3.
>
> 3) XA end then join for weblogic - should go into 8.2
>
> 4) XA autocommit - should go into 8.2
>
> 5) FAQ patch for XA - should probably be merged into the main docs  
> and have a pointer from the FAQ to the docs.
>
> 6) Build datasource code with JDK1.6 - will go into 8.2
>
> 7) NPE in BlobInputStream - should go into 8.2.
>
> 8) There are several older patches that no one has reviewed (named  
> parameter support for CallableStatement, client ssl certs, ...).   
> With a week or so to go, these aren't going into 8.2.
>
> If there are other patches please add let me know about them...
>
> If you or Oliver could review the XA patches that would be greatly  
> appreciated.  I really haven't had the time to keep up with all of  
> intricacies of JTA.

I can review others, however the subtleties of JTA are lost on me as  
well. I can review it for general java code but as far as how it  
interacts with XA I'm afraid I'm at a loss.
> As to doing something like releasing a beta driver?  I'm not sure  
> when we'd do that.  I could build a new dev release now, but then  
> the above patches wouldn't be included.  With the release scheduled  
> for next week and packagers needing to get the jar files before  
> that we need to put out a final this weekend I'd guess.  The lack  
> of testing is disconcerting, but if we delay what will packagers  
> ship?  8.1?  If so how could they migrate to 8.2?

As Tom suggested we should put something out, regardless of testing.  
Based on history we will see an 8.2.1 come out rather quickly.

Dave
> Kris Jurka
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