Re: [platform-vision] Platform Vision meeting, April 22/2015

[Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Megert" <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "For discussion regarding the future of the platform" <platform-vision@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, 4 May, 2015 10:01:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [platform-vision] Platform Vision meeting, April 22/2015
> 
> Hi Wayne
> 
> > Everybody that is actively participating in this group is either on the AC
> > or should be.
> 
> Wayne, I'm not.

Neither am I, thought lately I fail to join these calls too.


Alexander Kurtakov
Red Hat Eclipse team

> 
> Dani
> 
> 
> 
> From: Wayne Beaton <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: platform-vision@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 01.05.2015 21:29
> Subject: Re: [platform-vision] Platform Vision meeting, April 22/2015
> Sent by: platform-vision-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm thinking that the need for the Platform Vision group to meet on a
> bi-weekly basis has passed.
> 
> I believe that everything that we've been talking about lately is appropriate
> for a more general audience, e.g. the Architecture Council.
> 
> Everybody that is actively participating in this group is either on the AC or
> should be.
> 
> Is there any objection to suspending our biweekly call in favour of adding
> content to the monthly AC call?
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On 21/04/15 11:52 AM, Wayne Beaton wrote:
> We have a call scheduled for tomorrow at 11 AM EDT.
> 
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> The Eclipse Foundation has engaged with UX experts to review the initial user
> experience with Eclipse. This includes the website, download, and
> installation process. Ideally, we'd like to look at the Welcome page as
> well, but I'm pretty sure that we don't have the resources right now to
> actually implement any changes.
> 
> Pascal is working on code changes and tests to various parts of Eclipse (p2,
> launcher, tycho) including changing the Mac layout and packaging as a .dmg
> file. It would be great if Pascal can elaborate on the call.
> 
> We've the UX experts on the Oomph Installer. Eike and--with help from
> Yatta--put some serious UX work into the installer. Eike presented it to the
> UX folks last week. I am concerned that some of the the project descriptions
> (e.g. targets) in the Oomph repository have gotten stale. Keeping these up
> to date is a challenge that we (collectively) need to address.
> 
> The "profiles" work that we've been investigating is an extension to the
> Oomph notion of packages and configurations. A profile is a higher level
> concept that combines the package definition with the workspace
> configuration. The idea is to make it possible for users to snapshot and
> share their profiles. This also includes the ability to capture and share
> preferences. I'm not happy with the term "profile" as it suggests personal
> information (e.g. Facebook profile), but we haven't come up with an
> alternative. We've decided to defer profiles, as there just isn't enough
> time for Mars.
> 
> Buildship (Gradle) CQs have been created and we have code. The Planning
> Council has rejected their inclusion in Mars. We've engaged to Tools PMC to
> attempt an appeal. Any ideas you might have are welcome.
> 
> I'd like to talk a bit about the composition of the "Eclipse Project"
> Marketplace.
> 
> Wayne
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> Wayne Beaton
> @waynebeaton
> The Eclipse Foundation
> 
> 
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> Wayne Beaton
> @waynebeaton
> The Eclipse Foundation
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