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= Eclipse Scout 3.9.0 Release Documentation (Draft) =
= Eclipse Scout (Kepler Release) =
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[[Image:ScoutIcon32c.jpg]]
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This Wiki page is to cover the relevant aspects to fulfill the release review as described [[Development_Resources/HOWTO/Release_Reviews|here]] for Eclipse Scout release 3.9 (Kepler).
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== Release Review ==
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Review materials ready: June 5th, 2013
  
* Eclipse Scout is a mature and open framework for modern, service oriented business applications.
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Review date: June 2013
* Scout comes with multi-frontend support for Swing, SWT, web, and mobile/tablet clients.
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* Scout substantially boosts developer productivity and is simple to learn.
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* User friendly applications are straight forward to implement with Scout’s comprehensive set of user interface components.
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* Completely based on Java/Eclipse, Scout Applications are easy to integrate in most IT environments.
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== Content ==
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This page provides the required docuware for the Scout 3.9.0 Release Review as part of the upcoming Kepler Simultaneous Release
  
Useful Links
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Contact: Matthias Zimmermann(matthias.zimmermann (at) bsiag.com)
* Plan: [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=eclipse Kepler project plan]
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* Schedule: [https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gchs7nm4nvpm837469ddj9tjlk@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York&gsessionid=OK Juno RT schedule]
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* Reports: [http://build.eclipse.org/kepler/simrel/ Simrel reports]
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== Scout Release Review Documentation ==
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Communication Channels:
* '''{{ScoutLink|Release|KeplerDoc|Documentation|name=Scout Kepler Documentation}}''' - in progress
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* Scout [[http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=174 Forum]]
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* Scout [[http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/scout-dev/maillist.html Mailing List]]
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* Scout [[http://wiki.eclipse.org/scout Wiki]]
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* Scout [[https://twitter.com/EclipseScout Twitter]]
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* Scout [[http://www.bsiag.com/scout/ Blog]]
  
== Planning Document ==
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Process Documentation : [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/development_process.php]
Link to project plan as [[http://www.eclipse.org/scout/plan/plan.3.9.xml XML document]]
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== New and Noteworthy ==
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== Overview ==
 
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{{ScoutLink|NewAndNoteworthy|3.9|name=New and Noteworthy 3.9}}
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== End-of-Life ==
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With Scout 3.9 (Kepler Release):
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== Bugzilla Tickets ==
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* Tickets in [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/report.cgi?x_axis_field=bug_status&y_axis_field=bug_severity&z_axis_field=&query_format=report-table&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Technology&product=Scout&longdesc_type=allwordssubstr&longdesc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_id=&bug_id_type=anyexact&votes=&votes_type=greaterthaneq&target_milestone=3.9.0+Kepler&target_milestone=3.9.0+M2&target_milestone=3.9.0+M3&target_milestone=3.9.0+M4&target_milestone=3.9.0+M5&target_milestone=3.9.0+M6&target_milestone=3.9.0+M7&target_milestone=3.9.0+RC1&target_milestone=3.9.0+RC2&target_milestone=3.9.0+RC3&target_milestone=3.9.0+RC4&target_milestone=3.9.1+RC1&target_milestone=3.9.2+RC1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&emailtype3=substring&email3=&chfieldvalue=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&j_top=AND&f1=noop&o1=noop&v1=&format=table&action=wrap 3.9.0]
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== Target Environment  ==
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In order to remain current, each Eclipse Project release targets reasonably current operating environments.
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All of Eclipse Scout is "pure" Java code and has no direct dependence on the underlying operating system. The chief dependence is therefore on the Java Runtime (JRE) itself.
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In general, the 3.9 release of Eclipse Scout is developed on an Oracle Java SE 6 VM. As such, Scout is targeted at all modern, desktop Java VMs. Most functionality is available for Java SE 6 level development everywhere, and extended development capabilities are made available on the VMs that support them.
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There are many different implementations of the Java Platform running atop a variety of operating systems and various CPU architectures. Beside that Scout 3.9 also runs on various Eclipse platforms. For Juno release of Scout the following Eclipse platforms are supported:
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*Eclipse Galileo (3.5) Limited support only: Scout Web UI (RAP) is not supported.
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*Eclipse Helios (3.6)
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*Eclipse Indigo (3.7)
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*Eclipse Juno (3.8 / 4.2)
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*Eclipse Kepler (4.3)
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We focus our testing on a handful of popular combinations (OS, HW Arch, Java VM, Eclipse platform); these are our reference platforms. Scout undoubtedly runs fine in many operating environments beyond the reference platforms we test. However, since we do not systematically test them we cannot vouch for them. Problems encountered when running Scout on a non-reference platform that cannot be recreated on any reference platform will be given lower priority than problems with running Scout on a reference platform.
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Scout 3.9 is tested and validated on the following reference platforms (this list is updated over the course of the release cycle):
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{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
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|-
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! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Operating System
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! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | OS Version
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! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Hardware
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! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Java VM (vendor, version, arch)
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! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Eclipse Platform (version, arch)
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|-
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|rowspan="9"|Windows
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|rowspan="7"|7
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|x86 32-bit
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|rowspan="5"|Oracle, 1.6, 32-bit
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|3.8.0, 32-bit
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|-
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|rowspan="6"|x86 64-bit
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|3.5.2, 32-bit
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|-
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|3.6.2, 32-bit
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|-
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|3.7.2, 32-bit
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|-
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|3.8.0, 32-bit
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|-
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|Oracle, 1.6, 64-bit
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|4.2.0, 64-bit
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|-
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|Oracle, 1.7, 64-bit
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|4.2.0, 64-bit, EPP
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|XP
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|rowspan="2"|x86 32-bit
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|Oracle, 1.7, 32-bit
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|4.2.0, 32-bit, EPP
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|-
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|Oracle, 1.6, 32-bit
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|3.8.0, 32-bit
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|-
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|rowspan="5"|Ubuntu Linux
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|rowspan="5"|12.04 LTS
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|x86 64-bit
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|OpenJDK, 1.7, 64-bit
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|4.2.0, 64-bit, EPP
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|-
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|rowspan="4"|x86 32-bit
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|Oracle, 1.6, 32-bit
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|rowspan="2"|3.8.0, 32-bit
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|-
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|Oracle, 1.7, 32-bit
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|-
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|OpenJDK, 1.7, 32-bit
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|rowspan="2"|4.2.0, 32-bit, EPP
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|-
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|Oracle, 1.6, 32-bit
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|-
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|rowspan="3"|Apple Mac OS
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|rowspan="3"|10.7 (Lion)
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|rowspan="3"|x86 64-bit
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|Oracle, 1.7, 64-bit
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|3.8.0, 64-bit
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|rowspan="2"|Apple, 1.6, 64-bit
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|4.2.0, 32-bit, EPP
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|4.2.0, 64-bit, EPP
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|}
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Eclipse Scout is a mature and open framework for modern, service oriented business applications.
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* Scout applications may run on diffent frontend technologies desktop (Swing, SWT), web and mobile without any changes in the source code
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* Scout substantially boosts developer productivity and is simple to learn.
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* User friendly applications are straight forward to implement with Scout’s comprehensive set of user interface components.
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* Completely based on Java/Eclipse, Scout Applications are easy to integrate in most IT environments.
  
The RAP (Rich Ajax Platform) UI for Eclipse Scout requires at least the following browser versions:
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== Features ==
*Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
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*Mozilla Firefox 9
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*Google Chrome 16
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*Apple Safari 5
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== Compatibility with Previous Releases ==
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Below the central new features for Scout 3.9.0 are listed for both the runtime and the tooling part. See the Eclipse Scout 3.9.0 [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/NewAndNoteworty#Scout_3.9_Overview_.28Kepler.29 New & Noteworthy] for a more complete overview.
  
'''Scout RT 3.9''' will be upwards compatible with Scout RT 3.8 except in those areas noted in the release notes. Programs that use affected APIs and extension points will need to apply the migrations described in [[Scout/Migration/3.9]].
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=== Scout Runtime ===
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* Support for Scout web applications, based on RAP
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* New UI Element for SVG
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* JAX-WS Support
  
All migrations are also described in in the [[http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/Migration/3.9#Release_Notes release notes]]:
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=== Scout SDK ===
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* Support to build Scout web applications
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* Manage libraries (automatic bundle creation for selected JAR files and linking with Scout app)
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* Technology checkboxes to include support for technology X in the Scout app (X=JAX-WS, JDBC Drivers, etc.)
  
'''Scout SDK 3.9''' will NOT be upwards compatible with Scout SDK 3.8. Currently, the Scout SDK API is not yet used frequently.
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== Non-Code Aspects ==
  
== Support for Eclipse 3.8 workbench  ==
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Scout Documentation/Tutorials etc. provided on the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/scout Scout wiki]
  
While Kepler provides Eclipse 4.3 as the primary platform, the Eclipse Project will also be providing a 3.8 based version as well. This is done since it is anticipated some adopters may not be able to move to 4.3 right away, and may need to wait for their own "release train" to get lined up.
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Status per communication channel
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* Forum: OK
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* Wiki: OK with additional tutorials for the new features, existing tutorials updated.
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* Webpage: OK
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* Mailing list: OK for important infos to all committers
  
We will support our adopters in a similar way: Eclipse Scout will support 3.8 as a secondary platform (while 4.3 will be the primary platform). But we anticipate having only one stream of development. Scout will continue to work with the 3.8 and 4.3 platform, using the compatibility layer, and no 4.3 specific APIs. For Kepler we will make sure that Scout will also compile against 3.8 (and 3.7, 3.6, 3.5) to ensure that we do not introduce new API useage that breaks compatibility.
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== APIs ==
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We certify that the public Scout APIs in this release are production quality.  
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As a significant amount of commercial customer applications are based on these APIs we evaluate/communicate changes accordingly (e.g. [http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/202571/] or [http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/183221/])
  
However, we will focus our testing efforts on 4.3. We will accept bugs as equally valid if they are reported when running on another Eclipse platform. We will provide this type of one-stream, multi-platform support for Kepler and its two coordinated maintenance releases.
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==End-of-Life==
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We have replaced Scout Apache Axis Support by JAX-WS Support in Scout 3.8.0. The prior [http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/217305/ discussion] did not turn up any objections to this.
  
== Build Process ==
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== Bugzilla ==
With Kepler Scout has moved the build process to CBI Builds are executed nightly (artifacts see [http://www.eclipse.org/scout/downloads/ Scout downloads]) and per milestone and release.
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* Status: OK (ticket transfer from internal tickets completed, for all tickets bugzilla is now the leading system)
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* No open major, critical, or blocker
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* All Juno tickets [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;target_milestone=3.8.0%20Juno;product=Scout Scout 3.8.0 List]
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* Overview for severety / status [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/report.cgi?x_axis_field=bug_status&y_axis_field=bug_severity&z_axis_field=&query_format=report-table&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Technology&product=scout&target_milestone=3.8.0%20Juno&longdesc_type=allwordssubstr&longdesc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&format=table&action=wrap&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Scout 3.8.0 Report]
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* Some release context [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/report.cgi?bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_id=&bug_id_type=anyexact&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&classification=Technology&cumulate=0&email1=&email2=&email3=&emailtype1=substring&emailtype2=substring&emailtype3=substring&field0-0-0=noop&keywords=&keywords_type=allwords&longdesc=&longdesc_type=allwordssubstr&product=Scout&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&votes=&votes_type=greaterthaneq&x_axis_field=target_milestone&y_axis_field=target_milestone&z_axis_field=&action=wrap&format=bar&width=980&height=250 Scout bugs per target milestone]
  
'''Sources:'''
 
* TODO
 
  
'''Hudson:'''
 
Both nightly and milestone builds are done with the job [https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/cbi-scout-3.7/ cbi-scout-3.7] for all versions using different parameters.
 
  
=== Checklist for building Scout milestones ===
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== Community and Support ==
  
==== +0 Day====
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=== Activities 2011 ===
# Check version: versionMajor,versionMinor,versionMicro
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# Check orbit drop: (latest stable)
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# Make sure, that features dependent on rap runtime are disabled (because rap rt is usually not aggregated at +0): org.eclipse.scout.rt.rap.feature.feature.group
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==== +1 Day====
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* Meeting Code Recommenders in Darmstadt
# Update build.properties to lastest eclipse milestone versions (e.g. 4.3_eclipseFileName=eclipse-SDK-4.3M5-win32.zip)
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* EclipseCon Europe: Booth, Talk + sponsored Talk
# Test scout with latest eclipse version
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* Eclipse Day Paris: Talk
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* Eclipse Stammtisch Zurich: Organized by BSI
  
==== Milestone Build ====
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=== Activities 2012 ===
TO BE VERIFIED
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# configure build.properties file for the corresponding branch/trunk:
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* EclipseCon Washington: Booth, Talk + sponsored Talk
#* update milestone version: versionMilestone=M5 (N for nightly, RC for RCs)
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* Eclipse Day Florence: Talk
#* scoutRepositoryFolder: version/Release Version (e.g. releases/3.9/3.9.0, nightly)
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* Eclipse Scout Tutorial starting JavaMagazin 2012.7 (German periodical)
#* make sure rapStaging.target is set to staging updatesite
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* Demo Camp Bonn: Talk (planned)
# create a Tag for the corresponding branch/trunk, e.g. 2013-01-31_S-3.9.0M5
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* Demo Camp Zurich: Organized by BSI
# reset build.properties for nightly build
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* Demo Camp Zurich: Talk (planned)
# run hudson build with the tag created before:
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#* properties N für nightly, S für stable
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#* choose tag. e.g. tags/2013-01-31_S-3.9.0M5 or trunk
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# Test updatesite with empty eclipse
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# Change Aggregator properties (Check out CVS: extssh:dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/callisto) to point to the new build in cvs property file: /cvsroot/callisto/org.eclipse.juno.build/scout.b3aggrcon
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#* always use the gui editor when adding features and verify the change
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#* make sure the versionRange is correct
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#* update location <repositories location=
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#* checkin (triggers aggregator build)
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# Test the build
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# cleanup unnecessary old builds: remove from updatesite releases/3.9/3.9.0/compositeArtifacts.jar and compositeContent.jar
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# Review the [http://build.eclipse.org/juno/simrel/reporeports/ reports]
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== Ramp down Policy ==
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=== Current Status ===
We use daily builds. No API changes after M6, no new features after M7. In the RC phase only bugs marked P2 or higher or severity major or higher will be fixed.
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== Unit Tests ==
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Observing from forum/bugzilla Scout adoption has started. First forum threas answered by adopters from outside BSI.
TO BE UPDATED
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Contributing to Scout outside of BSI has not yet been observed. All committers are currently employees from BSI.
  
Unit tests are executed during the nightly build of Eclipse Scout RT and Eclipse Scout SDK. The test suites contain simple unit tests as well as GUI tests. The latter are based on Scout's testing support bundles which is built on top of java.awt.Robot. Therefore our GUI tests require a fully-fledged desktop environment. The tests are currently executed on BSI's infrastructure.
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== IP Issues ==
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No open IP Issues for Eclipse Scout 3.8.0. The approved IP Log is attached to [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=380348 bug 380348]
  
== Current Project Metrics ==
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The component leadership verifies that:
project metrics for Eclipse Scout provided on [[https://www.ohloh.net/p/eclipsescout/analyses/latest ohloh]]
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== Previous Release Documentation ==
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* The about files and use licenses are in place as per the Guidelines to Legal Documentation.
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* All contributions (code, documentation, images, etc) have been committed by individuals who are either Members of the Foundation, or have signed the appropriate Committer Agreement. In either case, these are individuals who have signed, and are abiding by, the Eclipse IP Policy.
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* All significant contributions have been reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
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* All non-Committer code contributions, including third-party libraries, have been documented in the release and reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
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* All Contribution Questionnaires have been completed.
  
* '''{{ScoutLink|Release|Juno|Overview|name=Juno Overview (2012)}}'''
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== Project Plan ==
* '''{{ScoutLink|Release|Indigo|Overview|name=Indigo Overview (2011)}}'''
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Link to Scout Project Plan [http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=technology.scout]

Revision as of 08:03, 2 June 2013

Eclipse Scout 3.9.0 Release Documentation (Draft)

Release Review

Review materials ready: June 5th, 2013

Review date: June 2013

Content

This page provides the required docuware for the Scout 3.9.0 Release Review as part of the upcoming Kepler Simultaneous Release

Contact: Matthias Zimmermann(matthias.zimmermann (at) bsiag.com)

Communication Channels:

Process Documentation : [1]

Overview

Eclipse Scout is a mature and open framework for modern, service oriented business applications.

  • Scout applications may run on diffent frontend technologies desktop (Swing, SWT), web and mobile without any changes in the source code
  • Scout substantially boosts developer productivity and is simple to learn.
  • User friendly applications are straight forward to implement with Scout’s comprehensive set of user interface components.
  • Completely based on Java/Eclipse, Scout Applications are easy to integrate in most IT environments.

Features

Below the central new features for Scout 3.9.0 are listed for both the runtime and the tooling part. See the Eclipse Scout 3.9.0 New & Noteworthy for a more complete overview.

Scout Runtime

  • Support for Scout web applications, based on RAP
  • New UI Element for SVG
  • JAX-WS Support

Scout SDK

  • Support to build Scout web applications
  • Manage libraries (automatic bundle creation for selected JAR files and linking with Scout app)
  • Technology checkboxes to include support for technology X in the Scout app (X=JAX-WS, JDBC Drivers, etc.)

Non-Code Aspects

Scout Documentation/Tutorials etc. provided on the Scout wiki

Status per communication channel

  • Forum: OK
  • Wiki: OK with additional tutorials for the new features, existing tutorials updated.
  • Webpage: OK
  • Mailing list: OK for important infos to all committers

APIs

We certify that the public Scout APIs in this release are production quality. As a significant amount of commercial customer applications are based on these APIs we evaluate/communicate changes accordingly (e.g. [2] or [3])

End-of-Life

We have replaced Scout Apache Axis Support by JAX-WS Support in Scout 3.8.0. The prior discussion did not turn up any objections to this.

Bugzilla


Community and Support

Activities 2011

  • Meeting Code Recommenders in Darmstadt
  • EclipseCon Europe: Booth, Talk + sponsored Talk
  • Eclipse Day Paris: Talk
  • Eclipse Stammtisch Zurich: Organized by BSI

Activities 2012

  • EclipseCon Washington: Booth, Talk + sponsored Talk
  • Eclipse Day Florence: Talk
  • Eclipse Scout Tutorial starting JavaMagazin 2012.7 (German periodical)
  • Demo Camp Bonn: Talk (planned)
  • Demo Camp Zurich: Organized by BSI
  • Demo Camp Zurich: Talk (planned)

Current Status

Observing from forum/bugzilla Scout adoption has started. First forum threas answered by adopters from outside BSI. Contributing to Scout outside of BSI has not yet been observed. All committers are currently employees from BSI.

IP Issues

No open IP Issues for Eclipse Scout 3.8.0. The approved IP Log is attached to bug 380348

The component leadership verifies that:

  • The about files and use licenses are in place as per the Guidelines to Legal Documentation.
  • All contributions (code, documentation, images, etc) have been committed by individuals who are either Members of the Foundation, or have signed the appropriate Committer Agreement. In either case, these are individuals who have signed, and are abiding by, the Eclipse IP Policy.
  • All significant contributions have been reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
  • All non-Committer code contributions, including third-party libraries, have been documented in the release and reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
  • All Contribution Questionnaires have been completed.

Project Plan

Link to Scout Project Plan [4]

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