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* (''old'') '''Mik''' to create initial "architectural walkthrough" material for Mylyn -- 1 wiki page not too large, send link to the mailing list  
  
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*Ask e4 team to pitch a migration talk at EclipseCon.
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*Wayne to ask EclipseCon PC/Donald if we can get a room for e4 Hack-a-thon (migration, creating plug-ins, etc.)
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*Wayne to discuss "e4 ready" marketing campaign with Ian.
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===General thoughts===
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*AC should be taking a leadership role in e4.
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*Work with projects we mentor to make sure that they are aware of e4 and that decisions they're making are compatible with the future of Eclipse.
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*Need to spend more time developing mindshare around e4.
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*Consider driving future compatibility into the 3.x stream to assist with migration strategy.
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*Inform Planning Council that we would like them to base the 2011 release train on Eclipse 4.0
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*Communicate that innovation on 3.x stream will slowly drop as 4.0 gains momentum.
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**Might be a little early to do this. Wait until e4 proves itself.
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*Packages require e4 in 2011
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** With or without a compatibility layer
  
 
== Next Meeting ==
 
== Next Meeting ==

Revision as of 12:58, 10 December 2009

Meeting Title: Architecture Council Monthly Meeting
Date & Time: Thursday December 10, 2009 at 1600 UTC / 0800 SFO / 1100 Ottawa / 1600 London / 1700 Berlin
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Attendees

All AC Members are invited.

  • PMC Reps please confirm attendance or list your delegate below. Every PMC is required to name a primary and backup delegate, and to ensure that one delegate attends the meeting.
BIRT: Wenfeng Li Gary Xue
DTP: Brian Payton Linda Chan
DSDP: Doug Gaff Martin Oberhuber
Eclipse: Mike Wilson John Arthorne
Modeling: Ed Merks Cédric Brun Bernd Kolb (unofficial)
RT: Jeff McAffer Jochen Krause<
Tom Watson
STP: -Oisin Hurley -Antoine Toulme
Technology: -Gunnar Wagenknecht Wayne Beaton
Tools: Doug Schaefer
TPTP: Eugene Chan -Oliver Cole
-Joanna Kubasta
WTP: Tim deBoer Dave Carver


Agenda / Notes

  • Feel free to edit, but not during the call!

Review of Last Meeting

  • Architecture Council/Meetings/November 12 2009
  • (old) Tools and Tech PMC's to encourage incubating grandfathered projects find a mentor; mentorless projects due to AC members quitting or falling dormant
  • (old) Martin to add Eclipsecon meeting notes onto the wiki
  • (old) Dave C work with Wayne on a "handbook" for project criteria for becoming a committer (referencing committer guidelines)
  • (old) Dave C come up with a document how to save build resources
  • (old) Dave C to try bugzilla UNCONFIRMED state
  • Martin to file bug for asking Mik hyperlink Wikitext / crowdsourcing Docs handbook on the Architecture Council/Top Ten Project Development Practices page
  • Wayne to ask Sonatype about Nexus test installation
  • Wayne to try doing a 3.6m2 API Report on Helios m2
  • 'Ed to tell Cloudsmith about bug 283745 Maven
  • Still open items moved to #Action Items

New Topics

  • e4 - current state of affairs

We need to reduce our bug backlog, by actually coming to a common resolution on some. Here are the most recent ones:

Items for next meeting

Regular briefing on the status of e4.

Old Topics

  • DaveC would like to discuss New Committer Guidelines; Scrum / Agile techniques
  • bug 285074 - Dave Carver - Hudsonbuilder and write access to the cvs / svn repo
  • bug 288721 - Sonar / Eclemma - Cedric Brun, Dave Carver
  • bug 283745 - Maven Repository at Eclipse
  • bug 288393 - Denis - Bugzilla Best Practices
  • The art of project release naming - no bug yet ?!?

Action Items

  • (old) Martin to follow up on Architecture Diagrams idea
  • (old) Michael to flesh out the Patterns idea and remind the EAC -- started Architecture Council/Top Ten Recommendations#Design Patterns, backed by EclipseCon tutorial proposals
    • While these show how well-known GoF patterns are applied in Eclipse, Michael's idea was more to find and describe new patterns which are specific to Eclipse
  • (old) Michael to draft an E-Mail about the "plugin granularity" idea, searching for people to lead the effort
  • (old) Mik to create initial "architectural walkthrough" material for Mylyn -- 1 wiki page not too large, send link to the mailing list


  • Ask e4 team to pitch a migration talk at EclipseCon.
  • Wayne to ask EclipseCon PC/Donald if we can get a room for e4 Hack-a-thon (migration, creating plug-ins, etc.)
  • Wayne to discuss "e4 ready" marketing campaign with Ian.

General thoughts

  • AC should be taking a leadership role in e4.
  • Work with projects we mentor to make sure that they are aware of e4 and that decisions they're making are compatible with the future of Eclipse.
  • Need to spend more time developing mindshare around e4.
  • Consider driving future compatibility into the 3.x stream to assist with migration strategy.
  • Inform Planning Council that we would like them to base the 2011 release train on Eclipse 4.0
  • Communicate that innovation on 3.x stream will slowly drop as 4.0 gains momentum.
    • Might be a little early to do this. Wait until e4 proves itself.
  • Packages require e4 in 2011
    • With or without a compatibility layer

Next Meeting

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