[news.eclipse.rt] Re: Extend the runtime project scope

[Markus Alexander Kuppe <news.eclipse.org.08@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Christian Campo wrote:
> Markus,
>
> are you saying that projects in RT are required to run against other R4 
> implementations. What if projects in RT does not have that requirment. 
> Cant they live in that space anymore ?
>
> I think nothing stops a project to commit to go beyond the requirements 
> of the top level project. But thats not necessarily true for all projects.
>
> What about Extensions that are in the Equinox SDK but probably not in a 
> Felix SDK I assume ? I know they would run there but they are not part 
> of the R4 spec as I recall. So is using Extensions as the Workbench does 
> all over the place a forbidden thing then for a RT project ?
>
> just my 2 cent
>
> christian

Christian,

IMO we should require projects who live in rt to be R4 compatible with a 
"lightweight" process to make an exception on a per bundle basis.
In general I don't want to drive projects out of rt, but to reach the 
consent that interoperability is a major goal of rt.

Markus