| [eclipse.org-members-committers] Projects update, April 27/2012 |
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Greetings folks. It's an exciting, fun-filled week for reviews. But, before I get into that, I want to direct your attention to the new Project Management Infrastructure that we're working on. We have a test instance available [0] that we're updating regularly with new functionality. I invite you give it a try. Note that you can change any information you'd like, but keep in mind that this is a test instance and we may need to reset it periodically. Note also, that while have bootstrapped this system with data from our existing databases, we do not keep these systems synchronized (so information that you enter in it will not be reflected in the current system, nor will changes in the current system be immediately reflected in the new system). After Juno, the old system will be retired and we'll use this new one as we move forward. I am particularly excited about the support for documenting releases. I think that it already makes capturing and disseminating release information easy and intuitive. This will be a great value for both project members and the community. We're working hard to make the new system as intuitive and easy to use as possible. Now... onto the reviews. I'll start with two graduations. I'm excited to announce the 1.0 release and graduation of BPEL Designer [1] and Gyrex [2]. BPEL Designer provides tools for authoring, editing, deploying, testing and debugging of WS-BPEL 2.0 processes. Gyrex provides a platform on top of the Equinox OSGi framework to allow seamless and pain-free operation of Equinox server clusters. It also provides frameworks and concepts for developing, deploying and scaling applications on top of Gyrex based clouds. With graduation, Gyrex will move from its home in the Technology [3] top-level project to the RT [4] top-level project. Next up, we have releases from three mature projects. Extended Editing Framework (EEF) [5] 1.1.0 provides advanced editing components for the properties of EMF elements and a default generation based on standard metamodels using these components. AspectJ [6] 1.7 is a seamless extension to Java that adds the ability to capture cross-cutting concerns. AspectJ Development Tools [7] 2.2.0 provides Eclipse platform based tool support for aspect-oriented software development with AspectJ. Finally, we have one project termination. The Runtime Analysis Tools (RAT) [8] project never really got started, so there's not very much to say here, unfortunately. Thanks, Wayne P.S. The Git migration [9] is going well. If your project is still using CVS, you need to have a plan in place to migrate well in advance of the December 21/2012 deadline! [0] http://projects.eclipse.org/ [1] http://www.eclipse.org/bpel [2] http://www.eclipse.org/gyrex [3] http://www.eclipse.org/technology [4] http://www.eclipse.org/rt [5] http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emft/?project=eef [6] http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj [7] http://www.eclipse.org/ajdt [8] http://www.eclipse.org/rat [9] http://www.eclipse.org/projects/scmcountdown.php |