Wayne,
I'll be happy to act as a mentor.
Note that VIATRA2 was on my list I sent to you of the 22 projects I
expect to terminate based on inactivity; that count doesn't the
"active" container projects, which I also plan to terminate. I sent
many direct notes to team leads a few weeks back and am giving folks
time to respond during this vacation season. I'll reconsider the
axe for any projects that I believe I can truly expect to see
active. I'll compile a wiki with the full reorganization details
for PMC and community review before the end of the month.
Regards,
Ed
On 02/08/2012 8:03 PM, Wayne Beaton
wrote:
Greetings GMT project and Modeling PMC.
Daniel, if you have not already joined the GMT dev mailing list,
please do so.
I am concerned that the VIATRA2 project is not operating as an
Eclipse open source project
CQ 6703 was submitted today. That CQ is for a code contribution.
This appears to be a significant contribution of code. It is the
first contribution in more than two years to the project. In
comments on that CQ, the project lead indicates that the
contribution is "the newest combined release of the VIATRA2 model
transformation framework" and that "In each iteration, we compile
the contributions from the developers and push the code to
Eclipse.org."
This runs counter the open source rules of engagement set out in
the Eclipse Development Process [1]. Specifically, the project is
not operating in an open and transparent manner leaving little
opportunity for others to join the project. The project has been
established for some time, and should be operating fully at
eclipse.org.
There are several developers listed in the contribution. Based on
the amount of contribution, I believe that each of these
developers should become committers and do all future work
directly in the eclipse.org code repository.
The project website [2] indicates that there have been numerous
releases of the project, including statements like "The VIATRA2
Release 3.1 has been approved by Eclipse.org!". AFAICT, the
project has not undergone a single release review as required by
the Eclipse Development Process. The project must plan to undergo
a formal release as soon as possible.
Further, the 3.2 release indicates a third-party update site only
on the downloads page [3]. It is okay to provide alternative
download sites, but they must be *alternatives* to eclipse.org;
the downloads for the project must be obtainable from eclipse.org.
A third party site cannot be the "official" site.
The project is--according to my records--in incubation. Incubation
branding must be provided on the download page and in downloads. I
have marked the project as "incubation-non-conforming"; the
project cannot benefit from parallel IP until the incubation
branding issues is resolved.
I believe that the project would benefit greatly from Architecture
Council mentorship (I'm not sure why mentors weren't assigned in
the first place). Can the modeling project suggest somebody who
might be appropriate in this role?
Thanks,
Wayne
[1] http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/development_process.php
[2] http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/VIATRA2/
[3] http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/VIATRA2/download/
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