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Problems with the Components Page
Revision as of 12:34, 10 December 2008 by Unnamed Poltroon (Talk)
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Contents
- 1 Current Problems
- 1.1 Lack of adherence to definition of component as a service description (analogous to a Java interface)
- 1.2 Broken links to download pages (need to suppress display of the link)
- 1.3 Lack of consistency in names of wiki pages at "component" level vs. "project" level
- 1.4 Lack of adherence to one row = one project (e.g. tcpserver)
- 1.5 Broken links in "Owner" column (Tie Li, Paula, Andy)
- 1.6 Lack of LED build indicators
- 1.7 Many missing "First check=in" values (SVN tags)
- 2 Implemented Fixes
Current Problems
Lack of adherence to definition of component as a service description (analogous to a Java interface)
Some tables comprise N>1 component --this should no longer be allowed
- PROGRESSING: most tables have been split up as of 12/2008
Projects (rows) within a component should be marked as either being (a) alternate implementations of the component contract for different runtime environments/languages, etc. or (b) separate constituent projects that taken together implement the component contract
- DONE: for all current tables on the page
Some tables/sections use the same component name for different services (e.g. HBX4FF is a different service than Firefox Embedded HBX)
- DONE
Broken links to download pages (need to suppress display of the link)
Lack of consistency in names of wiki pages at "component" level vs. "project" level
- DONE
Lack of adherence to one row = one project (e.g. tcpserver)
- WORK-AROUND: we allow a "(shared)" indicator to indicate that one project supports multiple Components
- NEED TO: Break some projects into separate projects (e.g. tcpserver)
Broken links in "Owner" column (Tie Li, Paula, Andy)
Lack of LED build indicators
Many missing "First check=in" values (SVN tags)
Implemented Fixes
- Create (precise) definitions of "Component" and "Project" terms. Add definitions to Components page
- DONE
- For projects/rows: where possible, enforce name of project (all lowercase) = [org.eclipse.higgins.[name]] = name of wiki page
- DONE
- Comb through the Components page tables and
- create new table macro to enforce latest rules (allow downloads link suppression, enforce wiki page name == project name)
- edit the tables to conform to the latest rules
- break up tables in some cases
- DONE: all the above
- Change structure of the table to allow multiple language (e.g. C++ and Java) implementations of the Component service.
- DONE
- Add a link http://wiki.eclipse.org/Higgins_SVN_Branch_Structure
- DONE
- Disallow nesting/combination of components in a single table
- DONE