No. That’s not it. If you plan to fail, you fail to plan. Nope. What was it my SCUBA diving instructor said? Oh yes… if you fail to plan you plan to fail. Good planning is an important part of every Eclipse project. A project plan sets the direction of...
I’ve tweaked the way that the existing reports of usage data are being generated. For each type of report, we now include the bundle information (symbolic id and version). With this, you can see how many users are using particular versions of views, editors, commands, etc. You can browse the...
We some reviews coming up on September 16. First is a release review for Visual Editor. I think that this should come as a great relief for many in the community; I see lots of questions about this on various mailing lists and forums. Further, I tend to get at...
I’m lumping the last two questions about Galileo from my interview in Eclipse Magazin into this final part seven of the series. 7. Galileo is over now and the next release cycle is waiting – there is even already a name for it: “Helios”! On the other hand people always...
Eclipse Day at the Googleplex 2009 was another great success. Approximately 150 people attended the day long event in sunny Mountain View. The Googleplex is a great location (including the heated toilet seats) and our Google hosts put on a top notch day. What really impressed me was the quality...
Enforcement and honoring of obligations in the Galileo Release Train was the theme in part six of my interview in Eclipse Magazin. 6. Who does take the decisions – for example when a project isn’t able to fulfil the obligations? There are two bodies at work here. First, is is...
Logistics and infrastructure is the topic in part five my interview in Eclipse Magazin. 5. 33 projects – that also means a certain personal and logistic effort to be managed by the Eclipse Foundation. Which infrastructure has been established to assure that the processes are respected by the projects? Formally...
Does Eclipse have a weight problem? I tackle that question in part four from my interview in Eclipse Magazin. 4. 33 different Eclipse projects are participating in Galileo. If we add the different sub-projects, the number raises up to over 50 projects! This is a great achievement for sure! But...
Bug 283745 proposes that we build and maintain a Maven repository at eclipse.org. Now, I’m not a “Maven Guy” (only because I haven’t yet had any real need to use it), but it seems like a pretty good idea to me. We discussed this bug at today’s Architecture Council meeting...
In this installment, I bring you the fourth question (#3, zero-based) from my interview in Eclipse Magazin. 3. What is an Eclipse-project obliged to do in order to take part of the Common Release Train, e.g. the Galileo release train? – Which release processes are necessary? – What are the...