Re: [orion-dev] Webtools Roadmap Questions

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

1) The Eclipse foundation does IP due
diligence on 3rd party libraries. I.,e check for license compatibility,
code scan, provenance check, etc. This can take a few weeks, depending
on the library and where it comes from. If the maintainers of the 3rd party
library are responsive to questions it is usually not a problem. We are
happy to use 3rd party libraries when needed, but don't adopt them casually
for minor conveniences because it does add some overhead work and also
carries risks when those libraries stop being maintained. Either me or
another Orion committer can help guide you through this.

2) I would usually recommend starting
with small contributions if possible, just to get your feet wet with the
contribution process. If there is any way to split up your work into multiple
discrete contributions that will make it easier to consume, unless the
changes are intertwined. The best way to submit contributions is via Gerrit,
although they can also be pulled from other sources such as GitHub if needed.
Here is a guide to the contribution process:

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Orion/Contributing_Code

Looking forward to your contributions!

John




From:      
 David Zuckerman <davidz@xxxxxxx>
To:      
 orion-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx,

Date:      
 08/17/2014 07:47 AM
Subject:    
   Re: [orion-dev]
Webtools Roadmap Questions
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Hi Curtis-

Thanks for your response! Tentatively, we're interested
in contributing back to the Webtools module. However, I have a few questions
not covered in the contribution guide on your Wiki

1.) You mentioned IP issues around third party libraries:
reading between the lines, that means no third party libraries? We're using
underscore for basic data processing, but it's not vital.

2.) The size of the contributions are also not trivial,
and introduce a few concepts (typedef-style definitions for HTML, ASTManager-like
structure for HTML for example) that I worry may complicate things. Are
there best practices for this kind of thing?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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