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4.5 Component Reorganization

Revision as of 15:35, 21 February 2008 by Paulslau.ca.ibm.com (Talk | contribs) (→‎Building and Packaging)

Introduction

As discussed at the TPTP F-2-F, we are reorganizing several components to accommodate the change in resources for 4.5.

The reorganization will be completed in 4.5 I4 (see 4.5 Schedule).

Component Classifications

  • General Availability (GA): Core components for use by the user community and/or adoption by consuming products.
    • Compatibility: See the TPTP API Contract.
    • Testing: Full test coverage per iteration and maintenance release. See the TPTP Test Pass Criteria.
    • Support: Enhancements, defects and community support (e.g. news group and mailing list posts).
  • Technology Preview: Incubator components for evaluation and experimentation by the user community and consuming products.
  • As-Is: Previously GA or Technology Preview components no longer supported.
    • Compatibility: None.
    • Testing: None.
    • Support: None.

Component Organization

  • The following Technology Preview components will move to As-Is:
  • The following deprecated Technology Preview components will be retired (see bug 210579):
    • Code Coverage
    • Memory Manager
    • X-Ray Profiler
  • The following Technology Preview components will not change:
    • API Recorder Framework
    • Build-to-Manage Toolkit for .NET
    • C/C++ Code Review Provider
  • All other components are GA components.

Building and Packaging

  • The As-Is components will be periodically built and packaged.
  • For the following GA components that will move to As-Is components, the features and plug-ins will continue to be packaged in the TPTP 4.5 release, except the plug-ins will be 'empty', containing only a manifest file (see bug 219845):
    • Perfmon (monitoring agent and statistical views)
    • Manual Test (test type, runner, and Manual Test View)
    • BIRT Reports (test, log, trace, and statistical BIRT report generators)
  • When existing users of TPTP and consuming products update their TPTP 4.4.1 or below installation to 4.5 using either the Update Manager or downloaded ZIPs, the empty plug-ins will be loaded by Eclipse since they have a newer version number, thereby removing the function from the installation.
  • In TPTP 5.0, the 'empty' plug-ins and associated features will be removed (see bug 219847) since the 'empty' plug-ins will remove the function from 4.5+ updates.

Notes

  • New and existing defects for As-Is components will be returned as WONTFIX with the following comment:
  In TPTP 4.5, the <component name> was moved from a <General Availability (GA) or Technology Preview> component to an As-Is component.  As-Is components are primarily provided for prior users but imply no support (for example, defects, news group, and mailing lists) or commitment to triage or resolve opened defects.   For this defect to be considered, please re-open with an attached patch including code to resolve the symptom and test cases to test the fix.
  • New news group and mailing list posts on As-Is components that cannot be easily answered (for example, configuration problems, installation issues, etc.) will be answered with the following reply:
  In TPTP 4.5, the <component name> was moved from a <General Availability (GA) or Technology Preview> component to an As-Is component.  As-Is components are primarily provided for prior users but imply no support (for example, defects, news group, and mailing lists).
  • Re-activation and contribution will be considered if there is community support.
  • Preferably only GA and Technology Preview components should be promoted and presented at conferences, during webinars, and on the TPTP web site.
  • The As-Is section on the TPTP download site will contain the following disclaimer
  Previously General Availability (GA) or Technology Preview components are primarily provided for prior users but imply no support (for example, defects, news group, and mailing lists). There is no commitment to triage or resolve opened defects. In order to be considered, submitted patches should include code and test cases to support the fix.
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