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

[Benjamin Muskalla <bmuskalla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom,

Tom Schindl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 1. Sponsorship for Example Applications
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> What do you think about sponsor ships for Example-Applications.
>
> 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 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.
On the one side I like the idea. But I don't like the idea of paying the 
developers as this could be a possible problem inside the community. 
Maybe the EEP project could share offers (say: Example App A costs 100$) 
which is paid to the foundation like a donation but without really 
paying the developers in case. One disadvantage I see is that company A 
pays for an example which is implemented by a developer of company B 
under the name of A.

> 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 really think we should be consistent by having "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'd really like to see an automated build for the examples - also for 
running tests, etc.

> 4. Webpage:
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> Does every application get a page where it hosts its screenshot?
as Wayne mentioned. one page per example is a good way.

> Tom

  Benny