Release Date
Deliverables
Stardust Kepler will deliver the following main components:
- Modeling plugins to create and debug workflow models from within eclipse.
- Stardust process engine to execute BPM applications on various java-based runtime environments.
- Stardust web portals for browser-based execution and monitoring of business processes and associated applications.
- Browser-based modeler for creating and deploying workflow models directly in browser environments.
- Reporting component (BIRT based) for runtime monitoring and reporting of BPM applications.
- Integrated rapid application environment (RAD) for deploying and executing BPM applications in an embedded Tomcat server within the eclipse modeling environment.
- Possibility to consume the Stardust runtime as a Maven dependency in build files of consuming projects and to automatically configure runtime deployments by consuming Maven archetypes.
- Documentation
Compatibility
As Stardust 1.0 is our first release, there are no compatibility issues with previous versions. We will try to remain compatible between milestone and nightly builds as far as possible, however there are no guarantees in that respect.
Internationalization
Stardust already is competely relying on externalized message bundles and and unicode character handling throughout the product. This has been excessively tested in the code baseline on several occasions already prior to submitting to eclipse. Hence, code-wise we should be well prepared for internationalization. The Kepler code baseline will contain message bundles for English and German.
Target Environments
Stardust release 1.0 will be compatible with eclipse platform versions Kepler (4.3) as well as Juno (4.2). Stardust is compatible to and tested on the Sun and IBM java versions 1.6.x. The Stardust portals are tested against the following browser versions:
- FireFox 14
- Google Chrome 22
- Internet Explorer 8
| Name | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M5 | 2013/02/08 | <ul> <li>Establish build and runtime support for eclipse Juno and Kepler platform.</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=5534371&classification=SOA&query_format=advanced&version=1.0&target_milestone=1.0%20-%20M5&product=Stardust">Bugzilla issues scheduled for M5</a></li> </ul> |
| M6 | 2013/03/22 | <ul> <li>Fix issues detected in M5.</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=5534371&classification=SOA&query_format=advanced&version=1.0&target_milestone=1.0%20-%20M6&product=Stardust">Bugzilla issues scheduled for M6</a></li> </ul> |
| M7 | 2013/05/10 | <ul> <li>Fix issues detected in M6.</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=5534371&classification=SOA&query_format=advanced&version=1.0&target_milestone=1.0%20-%20M7&product=Stardust">Bugzilla issues scheduled for M7</a></li> </ul> |
| RC1 | 2013/05/24 | <ul> <li>Late fixes only. Mostly to fix issues detected in M7 testing.</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=5534371&classification=SOA&query_format=advanced&version=1.0&target_milestone=1.0%20-%20RC1&product=Stardust">Bugzilla issues scheduled for RC1</a></li> </ul> |
| RC2 | 2013/05/31 | <ul> <li>No planned changes. Reserved for late urgent fixes coming up in RC1 testing</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=5534371&classification=SOA&query_format=advanced&version=1.0&target_milestone=1.0%20-%20RC2&product=Stardust">Bugzilla issues scheduled for RC2</a></li> </ul> |
| RC3 | 2013/06/07 | <ul> <li>No planned changes. Reserved for late urgent fixes coming up in RC2 testing</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=5534371&classification=SOA&query_format=advanced&version=1.0&target_milestone=1.0%20-%20RC3&product=Stardust">Bugzilla issues scheduled for RC3</a></li> </ul> |
| RC4 | 2013/06/14 | <ul> <li>No planned changes. Reserved for late urgent fixes coming up in RC3 testing</li> <li><a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=5534371&classification=SOA&query_format=advanced&version=1.0&target_milestone=1.0%20-%20RC4&product=Stardust">Bugzilla issues scheduled for RC4</a></li> </ul> |
Themes
Version upgrade and build related issues
Aside of working on features, the main priority of this release will be to establish support for the Kepler and Juno platform versions and perform all necessary version upgrades to upstream eclipse plugins and other third party libraries that will be required in the process.
Maven build
The Stardust build files will be refactored to fully rely on Maven mechanisms and eliminate other build technologies wherever possible. Consumption of the Stardust engine with its transient dependencies via Maven will be further simplified for consuming projects.
This release is part of Kepler