Re: [epp-dev] Status of Galileo M5 builds

[Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay. I'm on it.

The changes should be live in the next minute or so. Comments welcomed.

Wayne

Markus Knauer wrote:
> Hmm, let's remove this button (temporarily).
>
> Currently it does not make sense to have it on this page, but it will
> make sense as soon as we will have Galileo Milestone packages on the
> packaging site (yes, this packaging site is able to distinct between
> past=Ganymede / present=GanymedeSR2 / future=GalileoMx versions).
>
> Markus
>
> 2009/3/2 Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>   
> > The middle button on http://local.eclipse.org/epp/, labeled "Milestones",
> > points to /downloads/packages. I'm not sure that I understand the
> > connection. I expect this button to lead me to the milestones for the latest
> > build.
> >
> > Should we temporarily remove the button, or is it supposed to point
> > somewhere else?
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> > Wayne Beaton wrote:
> >     
> > > Okay. I'll put something together based on your words below and push it
> > > out.
> > >
> > > Wayne
> > >
> > > Markus Knauer wrote:
> > >       
> > > > I like it if you have your committer hat on... yes, I would be very
> > > > thankful if you could do this. I already added a few words to
> > > > http://www.eclipse.org/epp/download.php, but this is probably not the
> > > > place where everybody expects the milestone status.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Markus
> > > >
> > > > 2009/3/2 Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > > > It'd still be nice to see a note on the website that indicates this to
> > > > > the
> > > > > average consumer.
> > > > >
> > > > > FWIW, one of the reasons why Eric was invited to join the Technology PMC
> > > > > is
> > > > > because he primarily looks at the projects from the outside-in. If Eric
> > > > > is
> > > > > having troubles or concerns about this, then there's a good chance that
> > > > > a
> > > > > significant part of our community is also having trouble with this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Putting my project committer hat on... would you like me to try and add
> > > > > a
> > > > > few words to the site describing the issue?
> > > > >
> > > > > Wayne
> > > > >
> > > > > Markus Knauer wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >           
> > > > > > Hi Eric,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > the communication is not that bad... ;-) Maybe you missed an important
> > > > > > email from January 7th that I sent to different mailing lists, such as
> > > > > > cross-projects, planning-council, etc. ("EPP planning update for
> > > > > > Galileo"):
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >             
> > > > > > > This year we are going to change to use p2 to build the packages.
> > > > > > > We will also be changing how the packages are defined to use the
> > > > > > > PDE product file format. The plan is to have both these changes
> > > > > > > done and an initial build completed by EPP M5.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >               
> > > > > > Unfortunately this took longer than I expected and after going a step
> > > > > > into the wrong direction, I think we found a p2 way to build the
> > > > > > packages that is easier for us (and the package maintainers). There
> > > > > > are still some things to work out, but I hope to have packages
> > > > > > available until the end of this week.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Markus
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2009/3/2 Eric Rizzo <erizzo-eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >             
> > > > > > > Two questions about Galileo M5 builds:
> > > > > > > 1) what is the status? The Galileo wiki page
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Galileo_Simultaneous_Release#Milestones_and_Release_Candidates)
> > > > > > > says they were supposed to be available more than 2 weeks ago.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2) WHY is there no information available on the EPP home page or the
> > > > > > > wiki
> > > > > > > about the status? That is unacceptable, especially since the EPP page
> > > > > > > has a
> > > > > > > link to download "milestones" but it points to the Ganymede SR2
> > > > > > > release.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > More generally, the EPP team is doing a very poor job of communicating
> > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > the user community. Putting my Technology PMC hat on, this is
> > > > > > > something that
> > > > > > > must be corrected.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Eric
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