Planning Council/May 06 2015

Logistics

Meeting Title:	Planning Council Conference Call
Date & Time:	Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at 1200 Noon Eastern
Dial in:	(See Asterisk service for complete details on SIP, potential new numbers, phone mute commands, etc.) Phone Numbers: (Check Asterisk/Numbers for more or current phone numbers.) For all phone lines: Participant conference extension: 710 then enter pin 35498 Ottawa (local call in Ottawa) 1-613-454-1403 North America (toll free) 1-866-569-4992 Germany (local call anywhere in Germany) +49-692-2224-6059 France (local call anywhere in France) +33-17-070-8535 UK (toll free) 0800-033-7806 Switzerland (local call anywhere in Switzerland) +41-44-580-2115 SIP clients: call 710@asterisk.eclipse.org, then enter pin 35498.

Members and Attendees

PMC (and Strategic) Reps Chris Aniszczyk Technology (PMC) Dani Megert Eclipse (PMC) Steffen Pingel Mylyn (ALM) PMC Brian Payton Datatools (PMC) Doug Schaefer Tools (PMC) Adrian Mos (Marc Dutoo ) SOA (PMC) Ed Merks Modeling (PMC) Ian Bull Rt (PMC) Chuck Bridgham WTP (PMC) Wayne Beaton Eclipse Foundation (appointed) David Williams (appointed Chair)	Strategic Reps Cedric Brun OBEO (Strategic Developer) Neil Hauge Oracle (Strategic Developer) Stephan Merker SAP AG (Strategic Developer) Markus Knauer Innoopract (Strategic Developer) Rajeev Dayal Google (Strategic Developer) (PMC rep) Actuate (Strategic Developer) X (PMC rep) IBM (Strategic Developer) X
Inactive [no name] CA Inc. (Strategic Consumer) X [no name] Birt (PMC) X

Note: "Inactive" refers to Strategic Members or PMCs we have not heard from for a while, and have been unable to convince to participate. Those members can become active again at any time. Contact David Williams if questions.

Note: feel free to correct any errors/omissions in above attendance record.
Y = Yes, attended
N = No, did not
R = regrets sent ahead of time
D = delegated
X = not expected

Announcements

• Neon is Mars+1 name!

Previous meeting minutes

• Review previous meeting minutes if you'd like.

Mars Planning

• Any issues?

Progress on Action Items

• Improving user experience in finding right function to install. For latest ideas, see

bug 459905 - Create a Marketplace for the simultaneous release.

Overall, would be "driven" by Eclipse Foundation, but they would need help from top level projects, and the Planning Council.

New Business

• Do we need to improve wording in Policy of new projects joining in SR's

- Its original intent was to say "Yes, new projects and features can join SRs" -- without requiring Planning Council exception, if they meet the requirements set out in that policy.

- But, as we clarified some wording/sections, especially the one about "no major releases", intended to avoid breaking API changes (for train, and adopters), that seems to be oriented towards only "new features", but, in a way, rules out "new projects" (since, by technical definition, would be a "major" version change from "nothing" to "1.0.0"?) But, I do not believe was the intent. After all, if it is completely new API, it would hardly have the ability to break anyone (at least, at API level ... "fitting in" and not breaking anyone, was the purpose of "getting into SR early".

- Is this confusing? Should it be clarified?

Next Meeting

• June 10, 2015 - Regular First Wednesday Meeting -- last meeting before release!

Reference

2013 EclipseCon face-to-face follow-through action items. For original meeting notes, see Planning_Council/March_24_2013 and for discussion leading to action items, see Planning_Council/April_10_2013. For last status update, see Planning_Council/May_8_2013.

Mars Wiki page

Planning Council Members

Simultaneous Release Roles and Simultaneous Release Roles/EMO