Re: [eclipse.org-planning-council] Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Re: Ec

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bjorn Freeman-Benson wrote:
> I'm not saying "should not be for users" but rather "is not aimed at 
> users". But, yes, adopters are very relevant to EclipseCon - it's just 
> that adopters are not going to grab M5 from the memory stick. 
> Typically they have a build machine somewhere that grabs the 
> milestones from the eclipse download sites and builds from there. Some 
> of them even rebuild from the tagged source code trees... So, yes, 
> adopters are very important, but just not a memory stick audience.

But what's missing here is that many/most projects are typically looking 
to Ganymede, EPP packages and even EclipseCon itself to get more/new 
adopters...not just make the download easier for existing adopters.

Scott