[news.eclipse.technology.eep] Re: Some ideas and some questions

[Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 18:07 +0100, Tom Schindl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 1. Sponsorship for Example Applications
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> What do you think about sponsor ships for Example-Applications.

I'm not against it. I'd have to check the bylaws to see if there is
anything there that prohibits it.

> For sponsors of an "Example Application" there would be e.g. the benefit 
> to be displayed in the Splash-Screen of the application, their logo 
> visible next to the application on the webpage, ... . For devlopers 
> working on those project get they'd get some fund.

I'm not sure that we can get away with companies directly funding the
development. Funding by providing developers is one thing, but I'm
pretty sure that we don't have a mechanism in place for the foundation
to accept money and dole it out to developers. In fact, I believe that
there is something in the bylaws that prohibits this.

> 
> I haven't thought about the details and this was just a crazy idea I had 
> last night. Does the Eclipse Foundation allow this kind of thing?
> 
> If not the projects at all want to do this but it is allowed by the 
> Foundation? I think there should be rules to follow if there's not a 
> general policy. I don't want to see applications all over full with 
> company icons.
> 
> 2. Packagenames
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> What are the packages used? Do they have to belong to the eclipse space 
> (org.eclipse.eep....) or can one use a custom one (e.g. 
> at.bestsolution....)?

I believe that the projects should use the established naming scheme:

org.eclipse.eep.*

> 
> 3. Build-System
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> Does EEP provide the ability to that your Application gets build 
> automatically. I admit the I have never worked with the 
> Eclipse-Buildsystem my own but from what I have heard setting up an 
> pde-headless build isn't very is and with all this submission stuff it 
> would get fairly complex. I listened to the Buckminster-Project and 
> maybe this can be used?

I believe that I included this in the proposal. I believe that the
releng aspects of the examples are themselves useful examples that
should be considered a first class part of the examples.

> 
> 4. Webpage:
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> Does every application get a page where it hosts its screenshot?
> 

This is how I envision it. At least one page for each example that is
maintained by the same people that maintain the example. The main
landing page for the eep project will contain pointers to all the
examples' pages.

> Tom
>