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

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

Why Buckminster ? - high-level introduction to the Buckminster framework, its motivation and the main concepts
Hello XML World Example - a quick demo
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

Buckminster download instructions - browse and get available versions of Buckminster
Buckminster setup and Getting Started - how to install and configure Buckminster
Using Buckminster - typical usage scenarios, including publishing and making virtual distros
Buckminster component meta-data language (Reference) - LATEST - complete reference of the Buckminster XML artifacts and the underlying language

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

Buckminster News - the latest on the Buckminster project
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

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

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

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 *'''[[Introduction to Buckminster|Using Buckminster]]''' - typical usage scenarios,  including publishing and making virtual distros