Re: [eclipse.org-planning-council] DRAFT - SimRel Improvements

[Frederic Gurr <frederic.gurr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1

On 12.10.21 16:34, Jonah Graham wrote:
> Hello Planning Council, Below is a draft of what I want to send to the
> IDE WG Steering Committee. Please respond with a +1 if you believe this
> accurately captures our discussion, or let me know if you think I have
> missed something important. I want to get these off to the Steering
> Committee as soon as possible so the Steering Committee can discuss at
> an upcoming meeting.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jonah
> 
> Hello IDE WG Steering Committee,
> 
> The Planning Council has, as requested, put together the list of
> priorities for SimRel[1]. The full details, including vote totals/etc
> are in the spreadsheet, but this email aims to highlight the top three
> items. I have focused on the problem definition rather than proposed
> solutions at this time. The planning council can expand on them as
> needed and look forward to working with the steering committee and
> community towards solving these issues.
> 
> *Bus Factor*
> *
> *
> Too many of our releng processes have a low bus factor[2]. There are 4
> main releng roles to produce the IDE, in addition to the individual
> projects releng roles:
> - Platform
> - SimRel
> - EPP
> - Oomph (aka Installer)*
> *
> We have not measured the actual bus factor for these roles, but probably
> (apart from Platform) the number is 1.
> 
> *Identify Project Risks*
> 
> Projects will come and go and we need to be prepared for projects to
> leave or not be maintained anymore. There is a large overlap here with
> discussions that have already started in the steering committee and
> captured in the Project Plan and tracked in the Epics[3]. To expand on
> the project risks we need to produce a list of projects involved and an
> evaluation of their importance and criticality to the overall mission.
> 
> *Graphical layer lacking behind operating system changes
> *
> 
> Graphical layer lacks behind operating systems and exposes multiple
> issues which render a lot of other work invisible for users e.g.:
> - No reliable Edge integration on Windows and IE being actively replaced
> by MS and practically useless
> - Dark themes on most OS are inconsistent despite huge user interest in them
> - System integration (desktop launcher and etc.) lacking on Linux.
> This is just the tip of the iceberg but these things make a lot of
> features and plugins look unprofessional and/or unfinished due to such
> issues ruining the overall pleasant experience.
> 
> *Conclusion*
> *
> *
> I look forward to discussing these items at the Steering Committee and
> making some tangible progress on resolving them.
> 
> Thank you,
> Jonah
> 
> 
> [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SsbtmbhKp2Q19QeXLRcxk2bWd7U94GgAtiBWuuOpz1M
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor 
> [3] https://gitlab.eclipse.org/groups/eclipse-wg/ide-wg/steering-committee/-/epics
> 
> 
> ~~~
> Jonah Graham
> Kichwa Coders
> www.kichwacoders.com <http://www.kichwacoders.com>
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