Re: [pde-dev] Plug-in Dependency Visualization Tool

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian, 
Turns out that using 0.1 and saying
it is a "release" is counter to the Eclipse development process.
 The implication is that the code has been legally reviewed and gone
through a release review etc.  This is not hte case for this tool
nor is it, I assume, your intention.  You need to give some external
indication that the code is still in development and has not gone through
the various reviews to be considered a "release".  Typically
projects end up talking about Milestones.  It is widely understood
and accepted that milestones have not been reviewed in a deep way.  


So, in your case you need to recast
the recent event as "making the first milestone of the visualization
work available".  This should not impact the code or features
as they have whatever version number they have according to the plugin/feature
version numbering scheme.  You should update your web site to call
this M1, change "release" to "available" and perhaps
follow up your blog with something saying that this is not an official
release but rather the first milestone... 

Sorry for the hassle but it is important
that Eclipse consumers have a consistent experience wrt legal and quality
when getting things from Eclipse.  That is why we have the development
process. 

Jeff

Ian Bull <irbull@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject	[pde-dev] Plug-in Dependency Visualization Tool

As part of my time at the IBM Centre for Advanced
Studies and my work on 
Google Summer of Code, I have developed a Plug-in Dependency 
Visualization tool as part of the PDE Incubator project.  I was first
recruited by Wassim and I have been working closely with Chris Aniszczyk
(my SoC mentor).   The project's website is at [1].

[1]http://www.eclipse.org/pde/incubator/dependency-visualization/

I have made an initial version available on an update site at 
eclipse.org [2] (Thanks Chris!).  It works with Eclipse 3.3 or greater
(I tested it on 3.4 M2 and it seems to work fine).  I have also put
together a New and Noteworthy to highlight some of the features [3].

[2]*http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/pde/incubator/visualization/site
*[3]http://www.eclipse.org/pde/incubator/dependency-visualization/new/index.php

It is pretty easy to use.  Simply load the view (Visualizations->Graph
Plug-in Dependencies), and right click on the canvas.  Then select
the 
bundle whose dependencies you wish you see.

If anyone has thoughts, suggestions, ideas, please feel free to open a
bug report.  There is already a good suggestion to show extension
point 
use. 

Cheers,
Ian

-- 
R. Ian Bull
PhD Candidate, University of Victoria
http://www.ianbull.com
http://irbull.blogspot.com/


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