| Re: [e4-dev] [releng] Next week is 0.9 M4 week |
+1 on not doing the usual Eclipse end game for e4 0.9. We should be building a tech preview, not a stable product.
Boris
e4-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/08/2009 02:05:33 PM:
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> >Since we are approaching our 0.9 M4 (feature freeze) next week
>
> I'd like us to discuss whether we believe we should be applying the
> normal Eclipse shutdown pattern to e4. That pattern is in place to
> ensure that we ship a stable framework which products can, with high
> confidence, build on. We purposely trade innovation for stability.
>
> However, e4 is an incubator. As such, its goal *is* innovation with
> no product level promises of stability.
>
> I believe this shutdown process will prematurely force us to
> converge on what we basically have today. Those of us working on 3.x
> are only now able to move our focus to e4, just in time for there to
> be no time.
>
> My specific suggestion is to eliminate RC3 and RC4, moving the two
> weeks to the front, so M4 in +2 weeks, etc. That should give us
> some period of stabilization to ensure say we don't bust the demos
> in the 11th hour, but still provide some runway to do new work.
>
> I am open to other suggestions. Your thoughts?
>
> Kevin
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> Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> [e4-dev] [releng] Next week is 0.9 M4 week
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> http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=eclipse.e4
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> Since we are approaching our 0.9 M4 (feature freeze) next week and I
> have platform downloads for win32, linux gtk, and macosx cocoa (all
> x86) I've started I builds every night. Because they are I-builds you
> will need to release changes to see them in the nightly build:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/E4/Builds
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> I'll be updating our builds to comply with
> http://wiki.eclipse.
> org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Conforming_Incubation_Branding.
> I'll try to announce any changes on the e4-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing
> list.
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> I'll be posting a couple of updates and reminders over the next 2
> weeks. It's important that we act on them sooner, rather than later
> so we are in good shape for next week.
>
> PW
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