Buckminster Project

Welcome to our Wiki. This is the Wiki home page for the Buckminster Component Assembly project, an Eclipse Technology sub project.

Latest Project News

• 2009-07-01 - Eclipse Buckminster, The Definitive Guide by Henrik Lindberg
• 2009-03-22 - Buckminster presentation at Eclipse Con 2009 - "From source to automated build with Buckminster and p2"
• 2009-03-18 - Buckminster now supports p2 in 3.5 M6

Buckminster 101 Why Buckminster ? - high-level introduction to the Buckminster framework, its motivation and the main concepts Buckminster Quick Tech Reference - a technical overview of the Buckminster framework Buckminster FAQ - short answers to commonly asked questions about Buckminster Buckminster Release Notes - quick access to latest changes in recent Buckminster releases	Getting Productive Buckminster download - browse and get available versions of Buckminster Buckminster setup - instructions on how to install and configure Buckminster Using Buckminster - a user guide outlining a typical usage scenario and providing examples for the main Buckminster components Buckminster component meta-data language 1.0 (Reference) - complete reference of the Buckminster XML artifacts and the underlying language (NOTE THAT THIS IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING CHANGE !!!)
Getting Involved Buckminster SVN repository - get the latest Buckminster code Buckminster Bugzilla - review and create Bugzilla entries Buckminster contributions - become a member of the Buckminster family Committer guidelines - important information for current and prospective committers	Communication & Contact buckminster newsgroup - the starting point for general questions or broader project issues buckminster-dev newsgroup - participate in community discussions and get assisstance on Buckminster development buckminster-dev mailing list - a mailing list mirroring the buckminster-dev newsgroup
Project Information Buckminster Roadmap - plans and priorities for the next 9-12 months Active Tasks - prioritised work items for our next milestone Buckminster Project Team - project lead, committers, interested parties, etc. http://www.eclipse.org/buckminster - Buckminster Eclipse Technology Project Page Contact us - get in touch with the Buckminster team through the newsgroup	Articles & Events Postings and Articles - a collection of short contributions on Buckminster Presentation Archive - various presentations from conferences or Eclipse internal reviews Buckminster category links - selected links to useful Buckminster category summaries