As a seasoned Spring user I was assuming that Spring Integration would make the most sense in a recent project requiring some (JMS) messaging capabilities (more details). Af
Actually, I would say FTP has graduated its incubation period. You can do a simple search on SI forums/JIRA to see what new features were implemented and bugs that were fixed. From various chatter it seems like there is already some production usage out of it, so I would suggest to give it a second look and of course communicate your concerns to us via
http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?42-Integration
https://jira.springsource.org/browse/INT
Cheers Oleg
Disclaimer: I am Spring Integration committer