| [eclipse.org-members-committers] Eclipse Projects Update, January 12/2012 |
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Greetings folks. We have a new proposal this week, NatTable [1], which proposes the creation of a new Nebula subproject. NatTable aims to provide a powerful and flexible data grid implementation for applications with complex data grid requirements. The goal is to provide a rich set of useful grid functionality, and also to provide a framework that allows these features to be created and composed to meet users’ specific needs. Another key goal for NatTable is to provide a performant grid implementation even when displaying very large data sets and rapidly changing data.A lot of work is going on in the Nebula Project [2] to reorganize and restructure (note that the project is not using NatTable as a template; the widgets contained within Nebula will remain part of the single project). A particular focus of the restructuring is the creation of a consistent build strategy. You can follow the conversation on the Nebula project's mailing list [3]. We have three reviews wrapping up next Wednesday. First up is the Xtext Restructuring Review [4]. With this restructuring, Xtend--currently in development under Xtext [5]--will become a separate project. The scope of Xtend is to offer a modern and concise alternative to Java implementations. The project contains anything from the definition and implementation of the language to all kinds of libraries and tools supporting development with Xtend, including powerful Eclipse-based IDE-support.Next up is Smila [6]with their 1.0 release and graduation review [7]. SMILA is an extensible framework for building search solutions to access foremost unstructured information in enterprise settings. Besides providing essential infrastructure components and services, SMILA also delivers ready-to-use add-on components, like connectors to most relevant data sources.Finally, the Linux Tools [8] project is moving the Autotools code to CDT [9] in a Restructuring Review [A]. Thanks, Wayne [1] http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/technology.nebula.nattable/ [2] http://www.eclipse.org/nebula/ [3] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/nebula-dev [4] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/attachment.cgi?id=209227 [5] http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext [6] http://www.eclipse.org/smila [7] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/attachment.cgi?id=209230 [8] http://www.eclipse.org/linuxtools [9] http://www.eclipse.org/cdt [A] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=366993#c1 --
Wayne Beaton The Eclipse Foundation Twitter: @waynebeaton   |