Architecture Council/Meetings/June 8 2017

Meeting Title:	Architecture Council Monthly Meeting
Date & Time:	Thursday June 8, 2017 at 1100 Ottawa HTML | iCal
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Attendees

• In attendance: Carl Anderson, Mikael Barbero, Wayne Beaton, Dani Megert, Gunnar Wagenknecht, Mickael Istria, Jonas, Torkild, Tracy Miranda, Doug Schaefer,
• Regrets:

#PMC_Rep_Attendees see also below.

Agenda / Notes

• Feel free to edit, but not during the call!
• Last meeting: Architecture Council/Meetings/May 11 2017 -- open actions see #Action_Items

Conf.Call Quality

• Took Martin 5 attempts to dial in via Skype (the conf system wouldn't ask for the extension to use)
• Landline failed for Michael Scharf (Skype worked)
• Took 2 tries for Jem and one other attendee
• Wayne: Conf.system is on the list to be addressed - stay tuned

Dani: Java 9 Update

• Jigsaw: Initial JSR was rejected, new specs were submitted and release was postponed from July to Sep.29
• Planning Council discussed the situation yesterday
• A new switch is likely going to be introduced for enabling modules
  • Because of the new switch, the Equinox Launcher couldn't keep its 4.7M7 hacks to deal with Java9 specific switches
  • As per bug 517507, the Launcher is not going to do any magic any more (like in M7)
    • Users of Java 9 will have to specify Java 9 options for enabling the proper expected modules
    • A N&N Entry for the Oxygen Release links to a Wiki page that explains what needs to be done for Java 9
• Wayne: Should Java9 specific switches be added to packages?
  • Dani: Switches are not yet known. Also, package maintainers would net to find out which modules are actually needed.
  • Martin: Also, if a package should run on either Java9 or Java8, the Launcher would need to add (or not) such switches - this functionality has been removed from the Launcher
    • bug 517452 discusses a new, more generic way switching between Java9 witches or not

Wayne: Generalize Legal Docs

• About files (about.html, SUA in features, ...)
• Ideas moving forward: Root of the repo to contain obvious files named LICENSE , NOTICE with respective contents (copyright owners, cryptography status, ...)
  • Want to adopt the SPDX framework for tracking license per projects in a machine-readable manner
  • Want to avoid unnecessary changes in existing plugins - the current way doing things becomes an implementation detail in the new framework
• Intent having a draft doc of the guidelines by end June, then work with the IP Advisory Committee over the summer until Sept

PMC Rep 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:	Gary Xue
DTP:	Brian Payton	Linda Chan
Eclipse:	Dani Megert	Mike Wilson
Modeling:	Ed Merks	Cédric Brun Eike Stepper
Mylyn:	Steffen Pingel	Mik Kersten
RT:	Christian Campo	Tom Watson
SOA:	Adrian Mos	Marc Dutoo
Technology:	Gunnar Wagenknecht	Wayne Beaton
Tools:	Doug Schaefer	Alex Kurtakov
WTP:	Carl Anderson	Neil Hauge
LocationTech:	Jim Hughes
IoT:	Julien Vermillard

Next Meeting

• Architecture Council/Meetings/July 13 2017 (tentative, might be canceled due to summer vacation)