[ptp-dev] A word on "provider names" - Eclipse.org vs. Eclipse PTP

[Beth Tibbitts <tibbitts@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For PTP our "Provider" column in the About dialog says "Eclipse.org"
Besides fixing the LSF one (see below)
I think ours should say "Eclipse PTP" (preferred) or even "Eclipse Parallel Tools Platform"
instead of Eclipse.org
If we are in agreement, I volunteer to do the mass change.


...Beth

Beth Tibbitts
Eclipse Parallel Tools Platform  http://eclipse.org/ptp
IBM STG - High Performance Computing Tools
Mailing Address:  IBM Corp., 745 West New Circle Road, Lexington, KY 40511
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From:	David M Williams/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
To:	Cross project issues (cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx) <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	04/08/2013 10:23 AM
Subject:	[cross-project-issues-dev] A word on "provider names"
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I spent some time improving the "provider names" report, mostly for bug 400235. So it should be more accurate now. 

http://build.eclipse.org/simrel/kepler/reporeports/reports/providerNames.html 

Besides the appalling number of cases of "null" or "unknown" given for "Provider name" (which has always been true) I noticed a number of cases where people were giving the name of a company for provider name ... this is ok for a bundle that is a true "third party" bundle, but ... seems a fairly large number have been introduced for "org.eclipse .... " bundles. This seems wrong ... sort of against the spirit of Eclipse. The "Provider Name" should be "Eclipse <project name>". Here's a few that stood out ... but, could be others. 

org.eclipse.gemini.jpa   1.1.0.RC1   
Oracle Corporation 

org.eclipse.libra.framework.core   0.3.0.201212132137   
Eteration A.S. 

org.eclipse.ptp.rm.ibm.platform.lsf.ui   1.0.0.201303201633   
IBM 

org.eclipse.emf.diffmerge.sdk.feature.feature.group   0.1.0.v20121203-0924   
Thales Global Services S.A.S. 

Please fix as many of these "Provider Names" as possible ... it'll make Eclipse look much more professional when people look at the "about box" and similar. 

Thanks, 

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=400235 
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