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Upcoming Release Review: eRCP 1.3

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 15:38 by Wayne Beaton
The intent of this project is to extend the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) to embedded devices. eRCP is largely a set of components which are subsets of RCP components. It basically enables the same application model used on desktop machines to be used on devices. New features in this...

Galileo Release Reviews

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 13:37 by Wayne Beaton
Today we held the big review call for projects included in the Galileo release. One of the interesting things that came out in the call is that the number of project reviews appears at odds with the number of projects listed in the Projects section on the Galileo Simultaneous Release...

Developing Community

Friday, June 5, 2009 - 11:31 by Wayne Beaton
My JavaOne encounter has caused me to think a lot lately about developing community around open source projects. Here’s a good rule of thumb if you want to develop a community around you’re open source project: don’t call your potential future users “stupid”. Yes, I am making a mountain out...

Automated IP Log Tool

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 22:44 by Wayne Beaton
There’s a fundamental problem with the Automated IP Log Tool. Now, don’t get me wrong… there’s a lot of good stuff in there. And we’re going to keep on leveragin’ that good stuff as we move forward. But there’s a fundamental problem. For the uninitiated, the Automated IP Log Tool...

Get the Band Back Together

Friday, May 22, 2009 - 15:21 by Wayne Beaton
In my many years as a consultant (prior to my start here at the Eclipse Foundation), I worked with more organizations that I can reasonably count. My feeling is that I have provided a lot of value to the groups that I’ve worked with. Depressingly, though, I feel that some...

ATF Termination Review Deferred

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 20:43 by Wayne Beaton
Today, we ran a termination/archive review for the Ajax Toolkit Framework (ATF) project. The current project committers just haven’t had time to dedicate to the project and so development has stalled. The docuware for the review is on the projects page (at least it is today). I’m happy to report...

Talkin’ to Users

Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 23:06 by Wayne Beaton
I get a lot of direct email with questions about Eclipse. Now that I’m being copied on mail sent to emo@, I’m getting a lot more. I actually enjoy these emails. It’s a great opportunity for me to learn about how Eclipse is being used, and what people outside our...

Wayne’s New Job

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 11:12 by Wayne Beaton
It’s been a busy last few weeks. I wrapped up the month of April with a great trip to Mainz, Germany for the Eclipse Forum Europe conference followed by a quick hop to Istanbul, Turkey for EclipsIST. Both are great shows that I intend to attend again in the future...