Sorry for being late to the party, as I've been heads-down prioritizing the 10.2.0 release.
+1 for this proposal, it looks great. This feels like a natural evolution of earlier proposals [1][2] that were both approved but unfortunately never materialized. I hope this time we can execute on it. Having been involved in all Apache KIE releases and having firsthand experience with the fragility of our CI, especially the release process, I'm genuinely excited about the idea of simplification. Count 100% on me. [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/drojdtvz6xx1zo35ggjm75xdngnfcl21 [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/c09l9xq0d8jz7th6k23gf5svoky06955 Alex On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM Kennedy Bowers <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the proposal, Tiago, +1 from me. The streamlined structure > makes a lot of sense and should help lower the barrier for contributors. > Happy to help out with the restructuring or wherever needed. > > On 2026/03/23 08:08:55 Tibor Zimányi wrote: > > Thanks, +1. > > > > Best regards, > > Tibor > > > > Dňa po 23. 3. 2026, 8:21 nicolas.heron <[email protected]> > napísal(a): > > > > > When the project had so many repo o nkiegroup it became impossible to > > > contribute as a non full time contributor > > > before on svn : drools, jbpm, optaplanner and guvnor => easy > > > So I vote in favor of less git repositories > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Le vendredi 20 mars 2026 à 15:42, Thiago Lugli <[email protected]> > a > > > écrit : > > > > > > > I appreciate this change. > > > > > > > > As someone in the community for a little while, mainly working on > > > > kie-tools, I find contributing to upstream repositories daunting > right > > > > now because it's not easy to spot potential downstream impacts. This > > > > change will improve that. > > > > It would even simplify the way we build Drools and Kogito in the > > > > kie-tools repository. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the proposal, Tiago! > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 6:52 AM Yeser Amer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for laying this out — the proposal makes sense to me. The > more > > > we work with the current structure and development model, the clearer > it > > > becomes that we need a unified approach moving forward. A leaner > 10.3.x+ > > > stream and a simplified repository structure will definitely help > > > contributors be more effective. > > > > > Count me in for supporting this direction. I’m available to help > with > > > any difficulties we might encounter along the way and to surface and > > > address any potential issues as we move through the process. > > > > > > > > > > Yeser > > > > > > > > > > On 2026/03/19 18:53:32 Tiago Bento wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > As we make progress towards the 10.2 release, I’d like to > propose a > > > > > > refreshed development > > > > > > stream focused on Drools, jBPM, and Kogito — 10.3.x+. > > > > > > > > > > > > This leaner stream would be developed in the `main` branch but > > > giving it a > > > > > > distinct name > > > > > > (10.3.x+) marks it as a milestone in Apache KIE. > > > > > > > > > > > > Borrowing ideas from the original proposal for a duo-repo > structure, > > > here’s > > > > > > what it would look > > > > > > like: > > > > > > > > > > > > - A “new” `kie` repository from renaming `drools` (gotta keep > the 6k > > > > > > stars!), incorporating > > > > > > `drools`, `optaplanner`, `kogito-runtimes`, and `kogito-apps`, > minus > > > > > > SonataFlow modules > > > > > > - `kie-tools` continue as is, minus DashBuilder, YaRD, and > SonataFlow > > > > > > packages > > > > > > - `kie-examples` from a renamed `kogito-examples`, with a > > > development cycle > > > > > > detached from > > > > > > `kie` and `kie-tools` > > > > > > - `kie-website` unchanged > > > > > > - `kie-docs` unchanged > > > > > > - PR checks and release automations re-written for a click-button > > > release > > > > > > process and a local- > > > > > > first development setup > > > > > > > > > > > > The community would continue to have access to DashBuilder, > YaRD, and > > > > > > SonataFlow via the > > > > > > 10.2.x branch. > > > > > > > > > > > > The 10.3.x+ stream would bring a refreshed structure to Apache > KIE, > > > reduce > > > > > > barriers for new > > > > > > contributors, and allow for existing contributors to collaborate > more > > > > > > efficiently. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Tiago Bento > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
