Breaking changes - Seam CVS updated with JBoss Rules 4.0.0.G

[shane.bryzak]

I've updated CVS with the latest GA release of drools. This change may break some existing applications, so I recommend that everyone who is using Drools in their Seam project review the following upgrade tips from the Drools documentation:

http://labs.jboss.com/file-access/default/members/drools/freezone/docs/4.0.0.13773GA/html/ch01s02.html

For an example of something that has changed, the assert() method has now been renamed to insert() to avoid a naming collision.

[ellenzhao]

FYI: Since 4.0.0 GA, ex. JBoss Rules is called JBoss Drools now. :-)

http://blog.athico.com/2007/07/jboss-drools-vs-jboss-rules-part-deux.html

Eclipse Drools plugin update site and Maven repository:

http://blog.athico.com/2007/07/ide-update-site-and-drools-400-maven.html

Take-off readings to start using Drools:

http://blog.athico.com/2007/07/essential-drools-blog-reading.html

Drools has Rule Flow from 4.0 on, so you have a high-performance alternative to jBPM now. Sequential mode can be used with stateless rule sessions. More information please refer to Drools documentation and main blog site.

[damianharvey]

Do you know what release of Seam this change will be in? My colleague who is developing the rules is bugging me for this upgrade but I'm trying to stick to the releases rather than work from CVS.

[damianharvey]

I should have checked the JIRA first. I see that Seam 2.0.0.CR1 has Drools 4.0.0.MR3. Am I correct in thinking that going from Drools MR3 to GA is a non-breaking change?