Re: [eclipselink-dev] Updated Proposal for submitted DatabasePlatform in

[Dies Koper <diesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom,

I see. Yes, in that case I think removing it would be better.

But I'm curious as to what tests you run to certify. Just the LRG's by
itself and then on one (or more) application servers? (Or was that just
the proposal for contributed platforms?)

Regards,
Dies


On 11/03/2010 08:33, Tom Ware wrote:
> Hi Dies,
> 
> I am wondering if I should simply remove the certification section.
> 
> The bottom line, is that for a platform to be certified, there must be a 
> company or group of people that is interested in certifying EclipseLink 
> working with that platform and providing support for EclipseLink working 
> on that platform. Since we, at Oracle, certify a number of platforms, we 
> can provide some recommendations about which tests we run prior to 
> certification.
> 
> Certification is really a guarantee that you can get support for a 
> particular platform - we have chosen a set of tests that makes us 
> comfortable in providing support. I suppose another company could select 
> a different set of tests.
> 
> -Tom
> 
> Dies Koper wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> I checked the page but I'm still not sure what it means.
>> The "EclipseLink Certification" link in the Relevant Links is a dead
>> link, so that wasn't helpful either.
>>
>> I can run the tests in GlassFish v3 on Symfoware if that's all to it.
>> I believe you already have an Ant target for GlassFish so it sounds easy.
>>
>> But if "Certification" means any more (like with relation to given
>> support by Oracle), then maybe it's not up to the platform contributor
>> to decide.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dies
>>
>>
>> On 9/03/2010 01:05, Tom Ware wrote:
>>> Hi Dies,
>>>
>>> Here is some example documentation about the database platforms 
>>> Oracle chooses to certify.
>>>
>>> http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/toplink/technical/support/database1013.html 
>>>
>>>
>>> Certification lets our customers know which platforms have had the 
>>> most extensive testing on them, including testing that combines 
>>> running the database with various application servers for every release.
>>>
>>> I am not sure what I can add to that section - this is something we 
>>> can provide advice about how to do, but not currently something we 
>>> are volunteering to do. Would it be best to simply remove that section?
>>>
>>> -Tom
>>>
>>> Dies Koper wrote:
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you could add more details about "Certification of a
>>>> DatabasePlatform"? What does that mean and why would I want to do that?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dies