Re: GEP 5: New Object Adaptor for ORBit2

[Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>]

Hi Elliot,

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Elliot Lee wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>
> >      * ServantManagers:   ServantManagers  may  be  used  to  dynamically
> >        activate an object unknown to the ORB when a request is received.
>
> I'm pretty sure that this particular feature does/did get used by bonobo
> properties (or something else that wanted to make a ton of CORBA objects
> keyed off a few application objects).

	I vaguely remember that too - I think it was some sort of
transient object support .... but its gone now in any case :-)

> In general this is a good step towards a GObjectized CORBA. I suspect that
> deciding which features are needed will be an iterative process, so it's
> probably better to start people using something basic & sane than worry
> about whether the proposal includes all the features. Perhaps making a
> release of what you have in CVS is the best way to make the unfinished
> product widely available.

	Well, I'm hoping to catch all missing features with the GEP,
but the process by which I see this getting into the wild is:

	1) Get this GEP approved
	2) Implement any new requirements arising from the GEP
	3) Write a patch to integrate this into bonobo
	4) Merge into HEAD (hopefully in time for the 2.2 feature
	   freeze)
	5) Commit the bonobo patch
	6) Release, gather feedback and act on it ...

	Thanks for the comments ...

Good Luck,
Mark.