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Re: [paho-dev] Plans for MQTT V5 in Paho
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I'm game. I will bring the C++ library along for the ride, and help 
however I can.
Frank
On 07/26/2017 07:38 AM, Ian Craggs wrote:
Hello all,
the MQTT version 5.0 specification is nearing completion, with the 
availability of working draft 15 
(https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=mqtt&show_descriptions=yes), 
which is going to be, with very minor changes, the first Committee 
Specification Draft (CSD).  This means that we are nearing the end of 
the process of creating the MQTT 5.0 specification.  There is a 30 day 
review period for the CSD once it's officially published, then if 
changes are needed as a result of feedback, there will be a second CSD 
with a further review period, and so on.  We anticipate that two CSDs 
will be sufficient.
To facilitate MQTT v 5.0 adoption and awareness in the community, and 
give feedback to the OASIS TC within the CSD review period, James 
Sutton and I are proposing to start work on implementations in Eclipse 
Paho.  The rough plan is:
1) Ian to write a Python "test" broker to enable client testing and a 
server implementation model.
2) James to start work on a Java client implementation.  This will 
probably be a completely new codebase, because the existing Java 
client was for a long time deliberately constrained to the Java 1.4.2 
language level to be compatible with JavaME.  A new code base will 
enable later Java language features to be fully exploited.
3) Ian to write C and embedded C client implementations.  I haven't 
decided yet whether or how to extend the current codebases or write 
new ones.  My plan is to try extending, and if that proves excessively 
complex, to review that approach.
4) After Java, James will probably look at JavaScript next.
We will open issues in the relevant projects to encourage discussion 
of MQTT v5 support.
If any other committers also want to embark or experiment with MQTT v5 
support in their components, we of course will welcome that!  Your 
thoughts and comments are of course welcome.
Thanks.