Re: [wtp-incubator-dev] More on XSL Graduation ...

[Doug Satchwell <doug.satchwell@xxxxxxxxx>]

As you probably guessed I'm no authority on Eclipse process!

I was mainly alluding to the fact that to have an XML project we would need all of the XML code in it, and that means getting the current maintainers of the XML related plugins (*.xml, *.xsd and *.dtd) to agree that they will (eventually) move their code into that project. There is also the question of who leads the project, as with all that code it ought to have someone full-time. Its not my day job to lead the XSL Tools project (though I would enjoy that - so I'm open to offers ;-), and I don't think Dave spends 100% of his day on it either (thats right Dave?). These things may take some time sort out, but I appreciate we don't need to do them immediately.

Now, the first part of Konstantin's plan towards creating a new XML project is to make XSL Tools a proper WTP sub-project. I'm fine with that as long as it does not jeopardise the adoption of the code into the Eclipse 3.5 packages. If it does jeopardise that, then I'd much rather carry on as we are and just graduate into Source Editing. We can then move the XSL Tools code into the XML project at the same time as all the XML related plugins are moved.

My main aim is to ensure that XSL Tools gets into this year's packages, otherwise its going to be another whole year before XSL Tools sees the light of day, and that would be a real shame because we've all worked hard to get to where we are now.

Doug




----- Original Message ----
> From: Oisin Hurley <oisin.hurley@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: WTP Incubator Dev list <wtp-incubator-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, 20 February, 2009 10:51:47
> Subject: Re: [wtp-incubator-dev] More on XSL Graduation ...
> 
> > I too think that having an XML Tools project is a good idea. However, it would 
> be really quite a massive >undertaking - it would need to be discussed as some 
> sort of high-level strategic review for Eclipse. I'm not >saying it can't be 
> done, its just going to take a lot of time and careful consideration. Its not 
> going to happen any >time soon.
> 
> A strategic review of Eclipse is a big ticket item that could not
> be started with the creation of a project that is limited to the
> creation of XML Tools.
> 
> It's usually the other way around - Eclipse made a stratagic
> decision to go after runtimes, ergo it constructed the the
> RT project.
> 
> I'm strongly in favo[u]r of an XML Tools project as a separate
> item. I don't particularly care where it is hosted, but I would like
> it to be consumable in a fine-grained manner, and for it to
> have it's own delivery lifecycle.
> 
>   --oh
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