| Title: April2008 |
| The highlight of early February was the release of OpenEJB 3.0 beta 2 which |
| was very well received and triggered another small increase in overall |
| users@openejb.a.o traffic. We've also seen some encouraging growth signs |
| we haven't seen for quite a while: users answering each other's questions; |
| first time posters saying "we've added this feature, do you want it?"; more |
| questions answerable with documentation links; random new faces on IRC. |
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| Work on OpenEJB 3.0 final began towards the end of February with the first |
| binaries up for vote on March 11th. Some wonderful feedback on both the |
| dev and users list revealed some critical technical issues with those |
| binaries and the vote was cancelled so that the issues could be fixed. |
| Several members of the community went the extra mile to help get issues |
| fixed and the release out the door. After steady stream of bug fixes, |
| legal file maintenance, and a few more aborted votes, the long anticipated |
| OpenEJB 3.0 Final was released April 12th. The binaries proposed a month |
| prior pale in comparison to the binaries eventually released and we are all |
| very pleased with the quality of the 3.0 final. We are very excited to see |
| what kind of a splash 3.0 will make and expect a 3.0.1 will be required |
| soon. |
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| The work contributor Jonathan Gallimore has been doing with an OpenEJB |
| Eclipse plugin has taken root with other developers in the community and |
| development naturally changed from code drops to frequent patches and |
| discussion. A big thank you to committer Daniel Haischt for contributing |
| to the Eclipse plugin and giving Jonathan someone to work with and the |
| opportunity to demonstrate his collaborative skills. A bigger thank you to |
| Jonathan for his patience. |
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