EDP

On March 22, I will be presenting my revised edition of the Eclipse Development Process to the Eclipse Board of Directors for their approval. I’ve been discussing the upcoming changes in this blog, and in a handful of bug reports, so I’m pretty comfortable with the ideas. But like many...

There is some awkward wording in the current version of the Eclipse Development Process with regard to project leadership. I’d like to try and clean that up. Here’s what I’m thinking: 4.6 Leaders There are two different types of project leadership at Eclipse: The Project Management Committee (PMC) and Project...

I worry that the language we use is so overloaded that it’s easy to get confused. I’ve been working with one group who is “graduating” some code and committers out of their Incubator Project. Naturally, they feel that they need to do a Graduation Review. Except that Graduation Reviews are...

In my previous post discussing pending change in the Eclipse Development Process (EDP), I tried to present my view of what projects should look like at Eclipse. Scott suggested that a few pictures might help. It’s important to me that these concepts be understood. Therefore, I present: The. Best. Graphics...

I’ve been wrestling with this one for a while… Just what is the role of a container project? I asked this question more formally in Bug 301065. I invite you to make your comments. The Eclipse Development Process is, after-all, your process. Frankly, I think it’s time to do away...

The Eclipse Development Process (EDP) defines “incubation” as a phase that projects go through on their way to maturity. New projects start in incubation to allow the project’s committers time to familiarize themselves with the state of being an Eclipse project, give them time to start developing a following in...

These are heady times in Eclipse project-land. I feel busier than a… well, I’m really, really busy. We have creation reviews pending for the Modeling Team Framework and Object Teams proposals. Object Teams is an already-established, mature project that’s moving to Eclipse. The logistics of the move are interesting enough...

I made a mention to Mike a couple of weeks back that I wanted to make a few changes to the Eclipse Development Process (EDP). He seemed to think that evolving our process was a grand idea and reminded me that changes to the development process require approval from the...