On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Ian Skerrett <
ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Project Maintainers,
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> We are getting ready to build the EPP packages that will be displayed on the
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eclipse.org download page. Once again this year, we will to rely upon the
> package maintainers to define and test the packages. Below are some steps
> that we want each package maintainer to do for their Galileo package. Our
> short term goal is to make the M7 packages available on a download site by
> May 11.
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> 1. All package maintainers need to reconfirm that they want their package to
> be created for Galileo and they will be responsible for the testing. Please
> respond to this mailing list to confirm your interest in having your package
> built for Galileo. The following are the current package maintainers:
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> Java EE - David Williams
> Java IDE – Mik Kersten
> C/C++ IDE – Doug Schaefer
> Modeling – Richard Gronback (although I think Peter Friese is going to help
> with this one)
> RCP - Markus Knauer
> Reporting - Xiaoying Gu
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> New Packages:
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> · Pulsar – Diego Sandin
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> · PHP – Roy Ganor
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> 2. We are using p2 to build the Galileo EPP packages. Therefore, we have
> converted the existing package configuration file into a .product file and a
> .package configuration file. These files have been added to the EPP cvs
> branch (dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/technology - org.eclipse.epp/packages/).
> Each package maintainer should review their respective .product file and
> .package configuration file. Any changes should be submitted via a patch in
> bugzilla.
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> 3. Each package can be configured by a feature that defines the content and
> dependencies of the package, and by a branding plug-in where a package can
> define its own default perspective in the plugin_customization.ini among
> other things. The plugin contains also the old EPP configuration file
> ('eclipse_XYZ_350.xml) that is used for the meta-data that creates the
> webpages. There are initial features and plugins for every existing package
> in the EPP CVS (see above); changes should be submitted by the package
> maintainers via a patch in Bugzilla.
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> 4. We plan to start building the packages on a regular basis starting next
> week. Markus will be sending out notices to the EPP mailing list once a
> build is complete. Package maintainers are requested to download their
> package and complete the testing. Once the testing is complete please send
> an e-mail to the EPP mailing list indicating if it is ready to be posted on
> the download page.
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> Please let us know if you have any questions.
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> Ian
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> Ian Skerrett
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> Director of Marketing
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> Eclipse Foundation
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> 613-224-9461 ext. 227
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