Project Plan For SCA Tools, version 2.1.0
Introduction
This document describes the features and the API set for the 2.1.0 release of the SCA Tools project.
Release Deliverables
The release deliverables have the same form as is found in most Eclipse projects:
- SCA Tools SDK, which includes runtime, sources, examples, and documentation, and is available as a download or on the update site.
- SCA Tools, binary distribution, available as a download or on the update site.
Release Milestones
Release milestones occur at roughly 6 week intervals
and follow the Platform release milestone by the Helios-established +3 delta interval.
The final SCA Tools 2.1.0 release will available simultaneously
with the 3.6 release of the Platform and all the other Helios projects.
M2 | 09/30/2009 | |
M3 | 11/11/2009 | |
M4 | 12/16/2009 | |
M5 | 02/03/2010 | |
M6 | 03/17/2010 | API freeze |
M7 | 05/05/2010 | Feature Freeze |
RC1 | 05/19/2010 | |
RC2 | 05/26/2010 | |
RC3 | 06/02/2010 | |
RC4 | 06/09/2010 | |
Final | 06/16/2010 | |
2.1.0 | 06/23/2010 |
SCA Tools will produce maintenance releases to align with the Galileo Service Releases
which includes the Eclipse Platform's 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 releases.
SCA Tools may produce additional interim maintenance releases.
Maintenance releases will only be published if they contain new fixes.
- Friday, September 25, 2009 - SCA Tools 2.0.1 maintenance release for Galileo Service Release 1.
- Friday, February 26, 2009 - SCA Tools 2.0.2 maintenance release for Galileo Service Release 2.
- Version numbers are subject to change should there be be any additional maintenance releases. A list of the issues addressed for the 2.0.x maintenance stream are available in the Release notes : 2.0.x release notes.
Target Environments
In order to remain current, each Eclipse release targets reasonably current versions of the underlying operating environments.
The SCA Tools project depends upon on the Platform, which is mostly "pure" Java™. The 3.6 release of the Eclipse Platform Project
is written and compiled against version 1.5 of the Java Platform APIs, and targeted to run on version 1.5 of the Java Runtime Environment, Standard Edition.
SCA Tools rely on EMF Core which is written and compiled against version 1.5 of the Java Platform APIs.,
SCA Tools relies on Java 5.
Eclipse Platform SDK 3.6 will be tested and validated on a number of reference platforms.
SCA Tools will be tested and validated against a subset of those listed for the platform.
Given that there is no operating system dependent code in SCA Tools, it's expected that SCA Tools will work anywhere the Eclipse Platform does.
Internationalization
The Eclipse Platform is designed as the basis for internationalized products.
The user interface elements provided by the Eclipse SDK components, including dialogs and error messages, are externalized.
The English strings are provided as the default resource bundles.
Similarly, the SCA Tools project will externalize all its user interface elements, provide English strings for them in its default bundles,
and localize a subset of the locales offered by the Platform.
The download page will provide the details as the become available.
Compatibility with Previous Releases
Compatibility of Release 2.1.0:
The SCA Tools project will be developed in parallel, and released simultaneously, with the following project.
- Eclipse Platform SDK version 3.6
- EMF 2.5
- GMF 2.2
Themes and Priorities
A list of project goals and agreed upon implementation time frames is found in this document.
For the milestones listed in this document,
a set of overall themes is used to indicate what major set of functionalities is expected to be the focus of each.
These themes are presented below,
while the goals of the associated Bugzilla entries are available for more detailed information.
Utilities
SCA nature, wizard for the creation of new SCA assembly files, preference pages...
- Committed
- No items.
- Proposed
- Export SCA applications to deploy them into OW2 Petals [289096] (target milestone: Helios)
- Ease the definition of WS references [289104] (target milestone: Helios)
- SCA Business Framework [289106] (target milestone: Helios)
- Use Eclipse Acceleo to generate the skeletons [290873] (target milestone: Helios)
- Resolve line numbers in the SCA builder [289097] (target milestone: Helios)
- Deferred
SCA Domain Model
Items related to the SCA Domain Model component are found in this section:
- Committed
- Add additional validation constraints on binding.jbi [289101]
(target milestone: Helios)
- Add additional validation constraints on binding.jbi [289101]
- Proposed
- Deferred
SCA Composite Designer
Items related to the SCA Composite Designer component are found in this section:
- Committed
- No items.
- Proposed
- Deferred
SCA Editors
Items related to the SCA Editors (Tree, XML, and Form) are found in this section:
- Committed
- Refactor the SCA XML editor [289099]
(target milestone: Helios)
- Refactor the SCA XML editor [289099]
- Proposed
- Deferred
Deployment
Items related to the deployment are found in this section:
- Committed
- No items.
- Proposed
- Deferred
Introspection
Items related to introspection are found in this section:
- Committed
- No items.
- Proposed
- @Reference annotations not resolved with java introspection [289615] (target milestone: Helios)
- Deferred
Appendix Help Wanted
Bugzillas with a 'helpwanted' keyword are in need of contribution from the community. For the most current list of these items, see the following link: All Open
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