Axis 1.2 Release Plan

Background

Wiki are a quick and easy to formulate release plans. They are also easy to maintain. This is still a bit experimental and doesn't set any sort of precendence.

The 1.2 is a major release. It includes bug fixes and enhancements since the last release.

Status

Ready for announcement

Pre Release Work

CVS

• Create release branch (AXIS1_2) NOT YET DONE

Bug Review

Review bugs in Jira

AXIS-1537       getPreviousSibling results in NullPointerException on Envelopes
AXIS-1534       Misleading and confusing "null serializer factory specified" message
AXIS-1532       NodeImpl#setValue() does not behave according to SAAJ Node API
AXIS-1527       Using multiple AxisServlet in webapp share the same AxisEngine
AXIS-1526       RPCProvider debug logging causes ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
AXIS-1523       Adding mime headers to SOAPPart does not propagate to client
AXIS-1522       JavaGeneratorFactory should not perform collision protection for types that are in excluded namespaces
AXIS-1507       ClassCastException in SOAPBody outputImpl() and getFirstBody() methods
AXIS-1497       AXIS2: performance improvements
AXIS-1456       Mapping of service interfaces defined using java.sql.Date to xsd:date does not work
AXIS-1391       severe memory leakage in server side service (with tomcat)
AXIS-1323       Poor performance with large amount of data
AXIS-1208       JAXRPCHandler doesn't evaluate return value of handleRequest/handleReponse

Suggested resolutions:

• AXIS-1537 - Need to review and apply patch.

• AXIS-1534 - Need to review and apply patch.

• AXIS-1532 - Need to review and apply patch.

• AXIS-1527 - Need to review and apply patch.

• AXIS-1526 - Should be a VERY easy fix.

• AXIS-1523 - Need to review and apply patch.

• AXIS-1522 - Need to review and apply patch.

• AXIS-1507 - Need to fix this.

• AXIS-1497 - Need Alek and Nishant's help.

• AXIS-1456 - Need to review and apply patch.

• AXIS-1391 - Needs investigation.

• AXIS-1323 - Needs investigation.

• AXIS-1208 - Need to review and apply patch.

Act on any important fixes

Documentation

• Proof read manual NOT YET DONE

• Check javadocs NOT YET DONE

Release Notes

• Create release notes

Check Compatibility

• Check compatibility with 1.1 release. Note any binary incompatibilities in the release notes

Update instructions

• Add upload of jars to apache repo

Misc

Release Work

Create Release Candidate

• A release candidate will be created but only a limit review period should be necessary before moving towards the release vote (unless problems are found).

Cutting Release