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RE: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] Things Committers Should Know, December 2008
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Hi Wayne,
looks nice!
Couple more ideas:
1. In an effort to reduce the number of hyperlinks, remove
the link to the AC, leaving only the one to the "Committers
should know" archive. Its breadcrumb allows navigating up
to the main AC wiki.
2. Instead of "For more information, ..." it may be better to say
"These mailings are also archived on the Architecture Council
Wiki [2]".
3. Replace parentheses which are harder to read by commas:
... Poster [3], the definitive guide to the Eclipse IP
Process,
4. For the bugzilla reference, avoid unnecessary text:
"In fact, the document is currently under review [4] for
its next iteration" where [4] refers to the bug.
I was also considering a reference to the "What's new" link /
RSS feed, but at the moment I don't actually find this link
very helpful so we may want to defer referencing it to a later
time.
Cheers,
--
Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eclipse.org-architecture-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:eclipse.org-architecture-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Wayne Beaton
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:24 PM
> To: eclipse.org-architecture-council
> Subject: Re: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] Things
> Committers Should Know, December 2008
>
> Thanks for your comments Martin. I totally agree with the
> change in tone.
>
> It's an interesting coincidence that I've recently exchanged
> notes with
> several committers who needed this information...
>
> Here's the text that I'd like to send:
>
> --
> Subject: Eclipse Intellectual Property Due Diligence
>
> Hello Eclipse Committer. This is a first note in a new series
> of "Things
> Committers Should Know". Each month, the Architecture Council
> [1] sends
> out a short note describing some important aspect of life as
> an Eclipse
> committer. We hope that these notes are valuable and informative. For
> more information, please see the "Things Committers Should Know"
> page[2]. This month, we're going to touch briefly on Intellectual
> Property (IP) Due Diligence.
>
> As an Eclipse Committer, you certainly know about IP Due
> diligence. But
> did you know that the "Eclipse Legal Process" Poster [3] (the
> definitive
> guide to the Eclipse IP Process) has been updated several
> times in the
> past year to pick up new special cases? In fact, the document is
> currently under review for its next iteration (see bug 256789
> [4]). You
> are also required to move 3rd party dependencies [4]-whether
> or not they
> are to be included in your project's CVS/SVN repository or made
> accessible for download-through the IP Process.
>
> In the coming months, we'll talk more specifically about
> these important
> resources. In the meantime, if you have any questions about
> the IP Due
> Diligence process, please ask your project leader, your PMC,
> or one of
> your project's Architecture Council mentors.
>
> [1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php?title=Architecture_Council
> [2]
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php?title=Architecture_Council/T
hings_Committers_Should_Know
>
> [3] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf
> [4] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=256789
> [5]
> http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse_Policy_and_Proced
> ure_for_3rd_Party_Dependencies_Final.pdf
>
> --
>
> Additional comments welcome. I intend to send this out on
> behalf of the
> Architecture Council tomorrow around 12pm et.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
>
> Oberhuber, Martin wrote:
> > Hi Wayne,
> >
> > +1 for the intro, the links and the last paragraph.
> >
> > In the middle, I think I'd prefer to see the wording
> changed such that
> > the nugget highlights more what's likely unknown. We shouldn't talk
> > about things that we expect committers know already, but highlight
> > what's likely unknown. For instance, like this:
> >
> >
> > As an Eclipse Committer, you certainly know about IP Due
> diligence. But
> > did you know that the IP Process Poster [1] has been updated several
> > times in the past year to pick up new special cases? And,
> did you also
> > know that since June 2008 you're also required to push 3rd party
> > dependencies [2] through the IP Process?
> > <<<<<<<<
> >
> > By focusing more on what's likely unknown, I'd hope that we
> keep readers
> > interested. I'm afraid that when they get a feeling like "gee I know
> > this already" after the first few words, we might loose
> some readers.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
> > Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
> > http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: eclipse.org-architecture-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:eclipse.org-architecture-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >> On Behalf Of Wayne Beaton
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:43 PM
> >> To: eclipse.org-architecture-council
> >> Subject: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] Things Committers
> >> Should Know,December 2008
> >>
> >> Hey folks. I've put together a first entry [1]. Your feedback
> >> is invited.
> >>
> >> I feel a little bit like I'm punting with this first one. The
> >> requirement to keep things concise makes this a lot harder than I
> >> thought. Still, making sure that people are at least aware of the
> >> existence of these two documents is important.
> >>
> >> I'd like to send this out next week.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Wayne=
> >>
> >> [1]
> >> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Architecture_Council/Things_Committers
> >> _Should_Know/Staging#December_2008
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