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* Which version of ECF for M6a? https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=225656 | * Which version of ECF for M6a? https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=225656 | ||
| − | == Attendees == | + | ==Attendees== |
| − | == Minutes == | + | * Andrew Niefer |
| + | * Darin Wright | ||
| + | * Dave Stevenson | ||
| + | * DJ Houghton | ||
| + | * James Miles | ||
| + | * Jed Anderson | ||
| + | * Jeff McAffer | ||
| + | * Pascal Rapicault | ||
| + | * Simon Kaegi | ||
| + | * Susan Franklin | ||
| + | * Tim Mok | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Minutes== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===NLS=== | ||
| + | * need to have strings ready for translation by the end of this week | ||
| + | ** error messages need to be translated | ||
| + | ** don't have to translate things going directly to the log | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===M6a=== | ||
| + | * including a new version of ECF | ||
| + | * had problems including in 3.4 M6 due to mirror replication issues | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Bugs=== | ||
| + | * Jed and Tim are contributing code in the update site space | ||
| + | * have contributed patches on bugs | ||
| + | * how do we handle these incoming bug reports? | ||
| + | * Pascal to triage and assign to person most appropriate to to review | ||
| + | * mark target as 3.4 M7 to draw attention to it | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Metadata Generator changes=== | ||
| + | * Jeff has been working on refactoring the metadata generator | ||
| + | * has been integrating incoming changes from generator and update site projects | ||
| + | * hopes to merge changes soon | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Iinitializing the target platform=== | ||
| + | * download and extract Eclipse | ||
| + | * unzip something over top | ||
| + | * when pointing to that as a target, only the plug-ins in the bundle.info are in the target | ||
| + | * Andrew has come across a similar use-case where people have the delta pack in their target | ||
| + | * Chris has contributed a patch in this area but Darin would like to review it more and make some changes | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Touchpoint Commands=== | ||
| + | * Andrew has a case where people would like to chmod files inside there bundles | ||
| + | * problem is that bundles are an Eclipse touchpoint thing and chmod is a Native touchpoint action | ||
| + | * had originally thought about havng actions which could be called across touchpoints | ||
| + | * not sure if we have enough time to be able to do this | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===UI=== | ||
| + | * has a feature list and working through it | ||
| + | * working on filtering | ||
| + | * problems with tree viewer and deferred contents | ||
| + | * working on work-flows: able to add sites through less clicks | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Director Application=== | ||
| + | * update manager had the headless application which would allow people to install from the command-line | ||
| + | * this would be our director application | ||
| + | * need to make sure that we support the same functionality that update manager did | ||
| + | * need to make sure that it works! | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Repository Mirroring=== | ||
| + | * in the build we do a lot of magic copying of index files around | ||
| + | * would like to merge site | ||
| + | * had talked in the past about multiple files | ||
| + | * need someone to own this problem | ||
Latest revision as of 11:43, 7 April 2008
Contents
Agenda
- User-readable string to be ready by the end of this week
- Which version of ECF for M6a? https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=225656
Attendees
- Andrew Niefer
- Darin Wright
- Dave Stevenson
- DJ Houghton
- James Miles
- Jed Anderson
- Jeff McAffer
- Pascal Rapicault
- Simon Kaegi
- Susan Franklin
- Tim Mok
Minutes
NLS
- need to have strings ready for translation by the end of this week
- error messages need to be translated
- don't have to translate things going directly to the log
M6a
- including a new version of ECF
- had problems including in 3.4 M6 due to mirror replication issues
Bugs
- Jed and Tim are contributing code in the update site space
- have contributed patches on bugs
- how do we handle these incoming bug reports?
- Pascal to triage and assign to person most appropriate to to review
- mark target as 3.4 M7 to draw attention to it
Metadata Generator changes
- Jeff has been working on refactoring the metadata generator
- has been integrating incoming changes from generator and update site projects
- hopes to merge changes soon
Iinitializing the target platform
- download and extract Eclipse
- unzip something over top
- when pointing to that as a target, only the plug-ins in the bundle.info are in the target
- Andrew has come across a similar use-case where people have the delta pack in their target
- Chris has contributed a patch in this area but Darin would like to review it more and make some changes
Touchpoint Commands
- Andrew has a case where people would like to chmod files inside there bundles
- problem is that bundles are an Eclipse touchpoint thing and chmod is a Native touchpoint action
- had originally thought about havng actions which could be called across touchpoints
- not sure if we have enough time to be able to do this
UI
- has a feature list and working through it
- working on filtering
- problems with tree viewer and deferred contents
- working on work-flows: able to add sites through less clicks
Director Application
- update manager had the headless application which would allow people to install from the command-line
- this would be our director application
- need to make sure that we support the same functionality that update manager did
- need to make sure that it works!
Repository Mirroring
- in the build we do a lot of magic copying of index files around
- would like to merge site
- had talked in the past about multiple files
- need someone to own this problem