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RE: [dsdp-dd-dev] RE: [dsdp-tm-dev] I am working on org.eclipse.tm.terminal

Sure we'll create a feature for the terminal,
and make it available as a separate download
as well as from the TM update site.

Cheers,
--
Martin Oberhuber
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dsdp-dd-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:dsdp-dd-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 6:05 PM
> To: Device Debugging developer discussions
> Subject: RE: [dsdp-dd-dev] RE: [dsdp-tm-dev] I am working on 
> org.eclipse.tm.terminal
> 
> Thanks, Martin. I think at the end of the day, as long as we 
> can build the
> terminal view as a separate feature, and you have your 
> committer access
> organized as you need, it doesn't really matter where it resides.
> 
> Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
> Eclipse CDT Project Lead, Tools PMC Member
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dsdp-dd-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dsdp-dd-dev-
> > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Oberhuber, Martin
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:20 AM
> > To: Target Management developer discussions; Device 
> Debugging developer
> > discussions
> > Cc: DSDP PMC list
> > Subject: [dsdp-dd-dev] RE: [dsdp-tm-dev] I am working on
> > org.eclipse.tm.terminal
> > 
> > Hi Michael,
> > 
> > first of all thanks for all your great work. Looking at how
> > many people CCed on your bugzilla items, I got an impression
> > of how hot the terminal is with the community!
> > 
> > > I'm also not sure if TM is the right place for the terminal.
> > > I think is should be independent of TM. Instead TM should use
> > > is (see also bug 165177). In any case, it should be possible
> > > to use the terminal without any other TM plugins.
> > 
> > There seems to be still some misunderstanding between what TM
> > and RSE is [1]. Target Management is a Project, a plain 
> organizational
> > entity. As such, it produces multiple components, some of which
> > have no dependencies to anything except the Platform.
> > 
> > Currently, the TM project provides of the tm.core and tm.rse
> > components.
> > 
> > The tm.core component is meant for base components that can be
> > used independently of RSE, and each other. Right now, tm.core
> > contains
> >   - the terminal
> >   - the discovery core component
> > There will be no problem providing a separate ZIP download
> > for the terminal alone, without any dependencies to RSE.
> > 
> > With this background, my feeling is that tm.core is the
> > right place for the terminal.
> > 
> > Regarding checkin:
> > When you are planning to create multiple plugins, the
> > new terminal won't interfere with the old one anyways,
> > since the plugin Ids (and thus project Ids) will be
> > different. For example:
> >    org.eclipse.tm.terminal.core
> >    org.eclipse.tm.terminal.view
> >    org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.serial
> >    org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.debug
> >    org.eclipse.tm.terminal.connector.rse
> > 
> > These are just random examples. Let's discuss the plugin
> > structure on Bugzilla, and check in the code as soon as
> > there is sufficient agreement regarding the component
> > and plugin split-up.
> > 
> > References:
> > [1] The TM and RSE FAQ also has an item on the differences
> >     between TM and RSE:
> > 
> > 
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/TM_and_RSE_FAQ#So_what_is_th
> e_differen
> > ce_between_TM_and_RSE.3F
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Martin Oberhuber
> > Wind River Systems, Inc.
> > Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
> > http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
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