[modeling-pmc] Epsilon GMT component

[Dimitrios Kolovos <dskolovos@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear EMO, Modeling PMC,

We are in the process of making the Epsilon GMT component compatible 
with the Eclipse IP process and we could use some advice on the actions 
we need to take. To my understanding we should do the following:

1) File CQs in the IPZilla for any 3^rd party jars we are using

We are currently using jdom.jar which has been approved for other 
projects (https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1587). We also 
use version 3.1b of the ANTLR runtime jar (version 3.0 has been approved 
for other projects e.g. 
https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1359)

We’ve removed the simmetrics jar we were using as it licensed under GPL 
which is incompatible with EPL

2) File a CQ for the pre-Eclipse code (similarly to 
https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1460)

3) Change the namespace from org.epsilon.* to org.eclipse.*

Do we need to set the complete path of Epsilon under Eclipse as the 
namespace? In this case it would need to be org.eclipse.gmt.epsilon.*. 
However, if GMT components are to be relocated soon, this would have to 
change again. If we could set the namespace to just 
org.eclipse.epsilon.* it would be more resistant to future relocations. 
Is that OK?

4) Set version of plugins to <1 as it is a component of an Incubation 
project

5) Add (Incucation) to the name of the plugins/features

6) Set up an IP Log page under the Epsilon website (e.g. such as 
http://www.eclipse.org/stp/development/ip_log.php)

I also have a question about EPL-incompatible libraries. For example, in 
Epsilon (and I believe in other modeling components too) we need to 
provide support for MOF 1.4 models which is realized by MDR (and which 
appears to be incompatible with EPL). We would also like to provide 
support for fuzzy string matching using Simmetrics (which as mentioned 
above is GPL). As we cannot host those plugins on Eclipse, I was 
wondering if we could host them elsewhere (e.g. on Sourceforge) and 
provide a link from the Epsilon GMT site to them.

I’d be grateful if you could confirm, complement or comment on the above 
at your earliest convenience. I suspect that any information you provide 
would also be useful for other GMT components that are in the same process.

Best regards,
Dimitrios Kolovos