[ecf-dev] Re: [tools-pmc] Newsreader project

[Wim Jongman <wim.jongman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys,

Sounds good to me. What about the idea of a top level "Social",
"Community" or "Collaboration" top level project where matured tools
from ECF, Technology, Etc.. can be moved to?

I am thinking about. IRC, Newsreader, twitter clients, etcetera?

Best regards,

Wim

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Wayne Beaton<wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ECF, quite reasonably, isn't going to be able to move on this any time
> before July.
>
> I wonder if the right approach is to create a project under Technology that
> we can later move to ECF?
>
> Wayne
>
> Wim Jongman wrote:
>>
>> Okay, this sounds like a consent conclusion and I am more than happy
>> to work with ECF. What should I do next. Send the same introduction
>> e-mail to the Technology PMC?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Wim Jongman
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Schaefer, Doug
>> <Doug.Schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> +1. ECF or Tech. Nothing more to add.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Subject: Re: [tools-pmc] Newsreader project
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the current top level projects list, I don't think that
>>>> there is currently a project that is a good fit for tools like this.
>>>> Ideally there should be a "Social" top level project that would fit
>>>> tools like this one and could also hold the "Social" subprojects from
>>>> ECF like the chat clients and the IRC client and possible future
>>>> projects like a twitter client. I have some other ideas about this top
>>>>      level project. However, at the moment, the Tools project seems the
>>>> best.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I am not so fussed about which top-level project at the moment and
>>> generally we don't start top-levels until there is a very clear
>>> direction and community.
>>>
>>> Also we should keep separate (to a certain degree) which technology is
>>> being used.  That is, just cause the project *might* be in mylyn (for
>>> example) does not mean that one automatically has to install mylyn to
>>> make it work.  That all depends on the code dependencies.  We have
>>> swaths of Equinox that don't need the Equinox framework at all or can
>>> run on other frameworks.
>>>
>>> Your comments around Social and ECF actually lead me to believe that
>>> while the implementation does not necessarily use ECF, ECF is currently
>>> a focal point at Eclipse for social/communications things.  So perhaps
>>> this is better suited to being part of ECF with an aim to at some point
>>> growing a broader social community.  Failing that, I personally suggest
>>> a project in Technology.  Technology is the usual spot to start projects
>>> that have no other obvious home.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
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