[wtp-dev] Proposed schedule for integrating project facet, server, J2EE

[Kathy Chan <kathy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

With M9 less than 9 weeks away, folks
from the project facet, server, J2EE and Web services team got together
to put together a schedule for integrating project facet into server, J2EE
and Web services tooling for WTP M9.

We plan to keep our existing API/code
functional and work on the new API/code in parallel.  We are striving
to make non-breaking incremental changes and still maintain functional
integration driver each week.  

The following is a proposed schedule
across the project facet, server, J2EE and Web Service tool components
for achieving M9:

09/23        Project
facet API defined and functional (including any changes based on the feedback
received to date) 
09/26        Project
facet in a WTP build 
09/30        Server
tools API defined taking into account the new project facet and any changes
in flexible project
10/07        J2EE
tools API defined taking into account the new project facet and any changes
in flexible project 
10/07        Server
tools code functional according to new API
10/14        J2EE
tools code functional according to new API 
10/14        Web
services API defined based on project facet, server  and J2EE tooling
API 
10/28        Web
Services tooling functional according to new API 
11/07        Project
facet, server, J2EE and Web Services tooling all stabilized for M9.  Only
critical bugs will be fixed from this point on. 
11/11        M9
FVT entry integration driver.   
11/18        Declare
M9 

Note:  We take functional to mean
code and unit test complete (DCUT) for the commands/operations. This
would be the first date consumer of the API can expect the code to be functional.
 The code would still need to be stabilized and there will be bugs
that need to be worked out.  We
would still need to add dates for integrating the UI representation.

We will be having regular weekly meeting
to discuss integration issues and track to the above dates.

Please let us know if you have any concern
on the above proposed schedule.

Regards,

Kathy Chan
Rational Java Web Services, IBM Toronto Lab
D3-354, D3/R8V/8200/MKM, 8200 Warden Avenue, Markham, Ontario, Canada,
L6G 1C7
kathy@xxxxxxxxxx, (905) 413-3022, tieline: 969-6038, fax: (905) 413-4920