Re: [wtp-dev] adopter usage reports

[Arthur Ryman <ryman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Max,

An adopter report is a list of the WTP
code used by an adopter. It is generated by a scanning tool. We use it
to limit breakage when we need to change internal code, and to prioritze
internal code for promotion to platform API.

See the bottom links on [1] for details
on the reports and tools.

[1] http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/adopters/

Arthur Ryman,
IBM Software Group, Rational Division

blog: http://ryman.eclipsedevelopersjournal.com/
phone: +1-905-413-3077, TL 969-3077
assistant: +1-905-413-2411, TL 969-2411
fax: +1-905-413-4920, TL 969-4920
mobile: +1-416-939-5063, text: 4169395063@xxxxxxx

"Max Rydahl Andersen" <max.andersen@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: wtp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

04/27/2006 04:09 AM

Please respond to
"General discussion of project-wide or architectural issues." <wtp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>

To	"General discussion of project-wide or architectural issues." <wtp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
cc
Subject	Re: [wtp-dev] adopter usage reports

i'm going out on a lim here :)

What is adopter reports ?

What is the plugin tool ?

(I think I have an idea, but enlighten me - thank you ;)

/max

> Here's my thoughts on the  adopter usage reports and the nifty
plugin
> tool.  I talked to Jeffrey about this last week but figured it
may be of
> general interest.
>
> - We need more adopter reports.  Currently I see 3 and they're
all from
> IBM.  I know there's other companies building on WTP ... can
we get more
> reports?  Perhaps we need to do a better job of advertising this
> capability?
>
> - We need more frequent updates to our reports.  My team made
a 'boo boo'
> last week that the reports would not have caught since the adopter
didn't
> add the dependency until after the report was generated.   That
does not
> excuse our 'boo boo' of course :-)
>
> - The plugin tool is nice! Kudos to Jeffrey!  I think finding
breakages
> 'after' you've already made the code changes is too late in some cases.
> I'd like a way to view the reports so that I can eyeball the usages
> 'before' I even think about making code changes.  Can someone
write an  
> XSL
> file so we can generate pretty HTML to read  these things?  It'd
be very
> nice to publish these on the WTP site.
>
> - This is a minor one ... our usage report files are large xml files
that
> are formatted in such a way that the entire thing fits on one line.
 I
> think one of the great benefits of XML is that it's 'semi-readable'.
   
> Can
> we please generate reports with standard formatting so they can be
read  
> by
> humans?
>
> BTW....  I noticed that our SSE based tools really don't like
these
> one-liner-xml-files.  I originally attempted to open one of these
suckers
> in the XML editor so I could format it there.   That didn't turn
out so
> well (I'll open a bug for this.. but I think it's a known problem).
  I
> guess some programs have as hard a time with these as humans do :-)
  I
> created an XSL file to format the one-line-xml-files into multiple
lines
> with indents (attached below) if anyone wants to use it.
>
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> Craig
>
>
> Craig Salter
> Rational Studio XML Web Services
> Internal Mail: D3/RY6/8200 /MKM
> Phone: (905) 413-3918  TL: 969-3918 FAX: (905) 413-4920
> Internet: csalter@xxxxxxxxxx     Notes: Craig Salter/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
>



-- 
--
Max Rydahl Andersen
callto://max.rydahl.andersen

Hibernate
max@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://hibernate.org

JBoss Inc
max.andersen@xxxxxxxxx
_______________________________________________
wtp-dev mailing list
wtp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/wtp-dev