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Virgo/Future

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Revision as of 09:14, 11 April 2013 by Gnormington.vmware.com (Talk | contribs) (Release Branding)


This page summarises the Virgo plan and notes design ideas for future Virgo features.

Virgo Plan

The following plan is subject to change and depends on how much resource is available as the project evolves.

3.7.0 (Steel) Release

4.0.0 (Cobalt) Release

  • Upgrade to Gemini Management 2.0
  • Support Equinox unity (my suggestion, it may now be called something different) - see bug 404390
  • Upgrade to Gemini Web 3.0 (Embedded Apache Tomcat 8.0.x) - this is a plan and it still is not finalized

Release Branding

To accommodate simultaneous releases of Virgo runtime, OSGi Web Container runtime, and Virgo tooling, we are branding each release with the name of a colour, including old releases.

Virgo Release Branding and Component Versions
Brand Runtime Web Container Blueprint Spring framework Management Eclipse IDE Tooling
Fern SpringSource dm Server 1.0.x Embedded Apache Tomcat 6.0.x Spring DM 1.1.x 2.5.6.A - -
Emerald SpringSource dm Server 2.0.x OSGi Web Container 1.0.x
(Embedded Apache Tomcat 6.0.x)
Spring DM 1.2.1 3.0.0.RELEASE - -
Cornflower Virgo 2.1.x Gemini Web 1.1.x
(Embedded Apache Tomcat 6.0.x)
Spring DM 1.2.1 3.0.0.RELEASE - -
Maya Virgo 3.0.x Gemini Web 2.0.x
(Embedded Apache Tomcat 7.0.x)
Spring DM 1.2.1 3.0.5.RELEASE - -
Bondi Virgo 3.5 Gemini Web 2.1
(Embedded Apache Tomcat 7.0.x)
Gemini Blueprint 1.0 3.0.5.RELEASE Gemini Management 1.0.2 Virgo IDE 1.0
Sky Virgo 3.6.x Gemini Web 2.2.x
(Embedded Apache Tomcat 7.0.x)
Gemini Blueprint 1.0.2 3.1.0.RELEASE Gemini Management 1.0.x Virgo IDE 1.0.1
Steel Virgo 3.7 Gemini Web 2.2.x
(Embedded Apache Tomcat 7.0.x)
Gemini Blueprint 1.0.2 3.1.0.RELEASE Gemini Management 1.0.5 Virgo IDE 1.0.1
Cobalt Virgo 4.0 Gemini Web 3.0.x
(Embedded Apache Tomcat 8.0.x)
Gemini Blueprint 2.0 3.1.0.RELEASE Gemini Management 2.0 Virgo IDE 1.0.1

Note 1: we are steering clear of the following "wimp list" of colours: Azure, Indigo.

Note 2: the SpringSource dm Server releases are shades of green because of the SpringSource branding. Virgo has cornflower blue in its logo and admin console styling, so we chose shades of blue for Virgo releases.

Future Directions

Support for the OSGi Subsystems specification is deferred indefinitely (rationale), except for generalising the InstallArtifact tree to a DAG which was implemented in Virgo 3.5.0 (see the Kernel Enhancements section of the Virgo 3.5.0 release notes).

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