[ve-dev] Re: ve-dev Digest, Vol 31, Issue 1

[Steve Robenalt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Philippe,

I have spent a lot of the time since the last CVS checkin on issues 
related to the build of VE, to ongoing testing, and to building a deeper 
understanding of VE internals to resolve some runtime problems. I'm in 
the process of preparing a VE 1.3.0 download page, which will be a 
milestone build, rather than a true release. It will be usable with 
Europa, but as my platforms for testing are limited, I'd like to get 
some feedback on its current state before deciding how much additional 
work is necessary before it can be considered release-ready. To this 
end, if anyone is able to give it a serious workout on a Linux or Mac 
platform and post feedback here, it would be very helpful to me.

Since you have already contacted me separately regarding becoming a 
committer, I know you are interested in helping. For those subscribing 
to this list, the project could use additional committers to help move 
it along at a faster pace. In particular, since I was unable to commit 
to the Europa release based on build issues at the time, I'd like to 
make sure that VE stands a good chance of making it into the Ganymede 
release train. There are lots of things that need to be done, and since 
my day job doesn't include developing VE, I need to do my work in 
evening and weekend time, so it doesn't go as quickly as I would like.

For those who are interested in volunteering, it helps to have a 
background in the prerequisite technologies, principally EMF, GEF, and 
JEM. It would be helpful if you've built VE in a local environment, as 
Erik Hecht has done, even more so if you've fixed a bug, updated an 
override file, or implemented new functionality. For some of the 
potential Ganymede timeframe work, it would also help to have some 
background with any of the following: EMFT, JET2, JFace databinding, 
platform debug and launch APIs, ECF, RCP development, and JSR 295 and 
296 (Swing databinding and app framework). While none of these 
technologies have been defined as actual projects yet, they all can play 
a part in what VE will become if given the attention it deserves.

There are many other uses to which VE could be put based on the 
appropriate level of community involvement - anyone who would like to 
step up and help would be welcome. If you are interested, please respond 
to this mailing list (rather than directly to me) and I'll do my best to 
monitor the list and respond in a timely fashion. Many of the historic 
VE committers have other responsibilities these days and can't devote 
the time the project needs, so it is a good time for the community to 
step up.

Thanks,
Steve Robenalt


ve-dev-request@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Developers:
> I was wondering if anyone is ready to comment on the future of the
> project?
> The last commit was on Mat 31st 2007.
> This would really be a shame to let it die!
>
>