Re: [actf-dev] minutes: ACTF monthly call (Nov. 11th)

[Michael A Squillace <masquill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So far as monthly calls, Mondays at 1400 UTC are best for me; are we thinking, say, of the 2nd Monday of each month or something along those lines?
Also, will try to have a proposed abstract for at least part of an EclipseCon proposal. If you look at the exchanges between myself and Wayne earlier this week, you'll note that there's an opportunity to do our long talk in the large hall on the main stage.
The validation componentry will *not* participate in the simultaneous release plan. This is simply too much of a burden given our resources.
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Hi all,

Attached please find the minutes of monthly call. Please correct any 
errors, omissions, etc. of the minutes by replying to this mail.

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Attendees: Simon, Yeliz, Hiro, Kentarou

1: EclipseCon [1]

- From our experience at EclipseCon of this year, we need to create an 
agenda that relates to many attendees of the conference. 

- Introduction about GUI accessibility, how to create accessible Eclipse 
applications, and how ACTF can help will be worth for many plugin 
developers. (Almost identical to Wayne's suggestion. [1])

- Eclipse has a good article about it's accessibility. 
  
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/article.php?file=Article-Accessibility/index.html
  We might be able to create an effective use case and introduction of 
Javaco for that purpose. 

- RAP generates _javascript_ based Web application from Java (SWT and 
similar codes). Keyboard operability is provided in some part, but 
WAI-ARIA implementation will be needed in the future. (We need to talk 
about it with RAP team.)

Action item: Mike Squillace and Kentarou will work for submission. 
Action item: Kentarou will contact with Mike Paciello to confirm the 
submission plan with him.

2: 2009 Simultaneous Release (code name Galileo) [2][3]

Pros:
 - Big chance to improve ACTF's visibility and get more users, community 
members etc.
 - We can learn more about Eclipse process and other major projects.
 - We can develop a relationship with other projects.

Cons:
 - We need an additional workload to follow process. (e.g., introducing 
Releng (build process), preparation of 'new & noteworthy' for each 
milestone, joining conference calls, etc.)
 - We need to align our development schedule with simultaneous release 
plan. (e.g. periodical milestone releases, code freeze on May, etc.)

If component level participation is allowed, at least one of ACTF 
components will join the release process. Current status of each 
components are below.

 Alternative Interface part: Under consideration. Hiro and Kentarou will 
lead decision making. 
 Validation part: Mike Squillace will lead decision making.
 Visualization part: Agreed to join the release. Kentarou will lead 
release engineering, etc. 

Action item: Kentarou will check if component level participation is 
allowed or not.

3: Regular call schedule

1st candidate: Tuesday 14:00 UTC
2nd candidate: Monday 14:00 UTC

Action item: Kentarou will check other members' schedule.


[1] http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/actf-dev/msg00203.html
[2] http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/actf-dev/msg00209.html
[3] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Galileo_Simultaneous_Release

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Best regards,
Kentarou
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Kentarou Fukuda, Ph.D.
Tokyo Research Laboratory, IBM Japan
Tel: +81-46-215-4659
E-mail: kentarou@xxxxxxxxxx
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