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

[Tom Ware <tom.ware@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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
>
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