| Re: [science-iwg] Brief update on science-iwg related discussion at EclipseCon |
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In order to contribute code to Eclipse, we need to have a
destination project. Is swt-xy-graph the project, or is there some
other home in mind? The destination project can help with the CQ process. If we do create a new project, then the project mentors (which are identified as part of the project creation process) can help. I am, of course, always around to help. There is more information regarding project creation here: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Starting_A_New_Project Let me know if there are any questions. Torkild is correct, that not all code needs to be in an eclipse.org repository. In general, you should only include code that you intend to develop at Eclipse in an eclipse.org repository. Everything that is distributed from Eclipse.org must go through the full IP due diligence process. The IP process does have provisions that allow third-party code that is not directly distributed from an eclipse.org server to avoid the full due diligence process. This normally takes the form of functionality that extends core functionality (i.e. Eclipse project code has to be otherwise useful without the library). Let me know how I can be of assistance. Wayne On 03/31/2013 04:59 PM, Torkild U.
Resheim wrote:
Hi all and thanks for the update Jay Jay! I just wanted to chime in on the subject of swt-xy-graph. We (the SIMA team) have discussed this and are willing to share the "compressing data provider" extension we made for this API - if there is any interest of course. This extends the swt-xy-graph by adding code that will take into consideration the available pixels when drawing large data series. We need to get an official OK from MARINTEK which owns this bit, but that is only a formality. However, for the initial contribution plus our bit to be a part of the Science IWG code base we need to put all of it into an Eclipse repository. We must get an OK from Xihui Chen and we will also need his help to establish provenance and get through a CQ[1] along with any tidy-up required. I don't know how this is normally done so I've added emo@xxxxxxxxxxx (Wayne Beaton) to the CC. Anyway, as I'm already an Eclipse committer I'll help out in any way I can. Note that the code does not HAVE to be in an Eclipse repository, which also implies that it's not part of an Eclipse project. It can be an external project, but in my understanding it would still have to be through the CQ process for it to be used. I consider this the less desirable option. I also would like to add that it was great discussing these things. We should definitely continue at the next opportunity. Meanwhile the SIMA team will probably start working on a talk about marine operations, simulations, modeling, 3D and so forth ;-) And it would be great if we also get other talks from the Science IWG community. If we cannot get these into the official program we could still do shorter versions at one or more BoFs. I would certainly love to see what you all are up to. Best regards, Torkild [1] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf (see figure 3) |
