[wtp-pmc] Fw: DTP Meeting Minutes for 3/31

[Arthur Ryman <ryman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI.

Arthur Ryman,
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Subject	DTP Meeting Minutes for 3/31

Attendees:

Rob Cernich (Sybase)
John Graham (Sybase)
Hung Hsi (Sybase)
Karl Reti (Sybase)
Arthur Ryman (IBM)
Igor Shabalov (Exadel)
Somasundaram Shanmugam (Sybase)
Xiao Wang (Sybase)

Minutes:

   Introducing two new members from Sybase to the group:
   Somasundaram Shanmugam (Soma): Engineering director in charge of
code
   base including Sybase's potential contribution to DTP.
   Xiao Wang: Sybase architect for data management and modeling.
   John described the progress on technical review team formation:
We have
   a list of names from each group, and we have decided to extend
the
   invitation to the technical discussions to members of the Eclipse
   community who have expressed serious interest: Stephen Perez (Pervasive
   Software), Holger Dehnhardt (dbclipse project), and Simon Wilson
   (objectnation GmbH).
   We discussed whether the technical meetings should be announced
on the
   newsgroup and, if so, whether a public number should be published
for
   the calls. Based on feedback from Arthur's experience with WTP,
we
   decided to mention only  the meetings on the newsgroup, and
deal with
   anyone else who wants to attend on a case-by-case basis.
   John provided an update about Sybase's progress in getting code
ready
   for review: We have met and determined the components to offer
as open
   source. Due to product considerations, however, we might have to
run
   over a binary layer to provide a working component set to the group
for
   initial reviews. We continue to review this matter internally,
and will
   update the group as events develop.
   Arthur mentioned the requirement of following the Eclipse due diligence
   process for any potential code contributions. This would apply
to Sybase
   and Simon Wilson, since these are the only two parties to date
having
   potential DTP code contributions that are not already certified
under
   the Eclipse process and open source license.
   We discussed general plans for how the technical meetings would
proceed.
   The current thinking is to aim for an introductory meeting next
week,
   followed by a number of teleconference meetings (probably once
a week)
   as the details are investigated. Finally, a face-to-face meeting,
at a
   time and place to be determined, would complete the consolidation
plan.
   We believe that once the technical meetings begin, then the members
of
   that meeting can provide us with a more accurate projection of
time and
   steps required to attain the desired consolidation plan.
   We also mentioned that a face-to-face meeting with the members
of this
   group will likely be required to complete the documents necessary
for
   the project creation review. Building on the work done by the
   consolidation task force, this meeting would seek to include Bjorn
as a
   representative of the EMO requirements and interests.

John Graham
Staff Software Engineer
Sybase (978) 287-1634