[news.eclipse.technology.alf] Re: Upcoming validation release review

[Jochen Krause <jkrause@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Lewis has asked me add him to the list of signers for this letter, 
- he was not able to reply in time either.

Jochen

Jochen Krause wrote:
> To comply with the Eclipse "open source rules of engagement" I am 
> resending a letter that was sent yesterday to the ALF project leads by 
> email to this newsgroup.
>
>
> Dear ALF project leads,
>
> As electeted Eclipse board members we would like to clarify the status 
> of the ALF project with respect to the criteria of the validation review 
> with you.
>
> Our motivation for this discussion is not to pick on you or to 
> discourage you in any way, but to honour the eclipse development 
> process. We think that sticking to the values defined in the development 
> process (http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/)  is essential for 
> the long term viability of Eclipse as an open source community and for 
> maintaining the Eclipse quality brand. On first sight, it seems that ALF 
> is not meeting all of the criteria set forth by the process 
> (http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/validation-phase.php#Exitin
> g%20Validation), namely:
>
> - no active framework user community as the only public download 
> available does not implement a framework
> - no active tool user community
> - bugzilla is not used (6 bugs, no closed bug, some of these are there 
> for testing purposes, no commented bug)
> - there are no established policies for testing (there is almost no test
> code) or API feedback
>
> There is also a requirement to meet the "Eclipse quality" standards, 
> that we may need to discuss as well.
>
> As there is very little time left before the release review we would 
> like to ask you to postpone the review for a couple of weeks to give us 
> and you the chance to discuss the above topics collaboratively and 
> before the review.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jochen Krause  Jeff McAffer  Mike Taylor  Tim Wagner  Todd Williams