[dtp-pmc] Notes on the DTP 1.6M5 1/24 build

[jograham@xxxxxxxxxx]

The DTP 1.6M5 1/24 build is now available on the download site. This build
introduces a substantial change at a fundamental level of DTP -- removal of
EMF-SDO dependencies (see BZ208455*). A few minor fixes had to be
introduced for today's build (see change log at
http://www.eclipse.org/datatools/dtp1.6_changelog.html) but, given the
scope of the effort and the nature of the changes, things have gone very
well. Initial smoke testing looks good, so we should thank Der-Ping and the
Model Base team for a good job!

A couple of issues remain: the update to the SQL model removes a public
method, and hence potentially breaks downstream extenders (as it did in the
Enablement project). The details have been noted in BZ216485** for adopters
who might want to check their code. With these changes, the EMF-SDO
dependency has been removed from the core DTP frameworks and tools, and now
only the Sybase Enablement feature uses it (see BZ216487 for details***).
In a quick check of this code it was not immediately clear to me whether
the usage of EMF-SDO is required by these plug-ins, or whether they can be
refactored out in the same way as was done in Model Base. I have assigned
this bug to Model Base for consultation, and have cc'ed the Sybase
Enablement component lead so we can determine a way forward that makes
sense for all parties.

Please download this latest nightly build and let us know if you find
additional problems.

Regards,
John Graham
Eclipse Data Tools Platform PMC Chair
Staff Software Engineer, Sybase, Inc.
http://osmusings.blogspot.com/
http://dataplat.blogspot.com/

* https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=208455
**https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=216485
***https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=216487