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

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Markus Knauer wrote:
> Speaking of the inclusion into Helios packages... just to keep in mind 
> that it is a two-step process: First, you need to include the project in 
> the yearly release train (and this itself is a lot of work) but can be 
> done by everyone who is willing to do the work. Second, you need to 
> convince one or more of the EPP package maintainers to include your bits 
> into their projects.
>
> It is probably easier to convince the EPP package maintainers if this is 
> a sub-component of an existing and already well known and trusted 
> project, such as ECF. Just my thoughts... ;-)

That's an excellent point, Markus. While I think we really can convince 
the package maintainers, an "incubator" label would definitely make it a 
more difficult task.

Eric