WTP PMC Minutes for May 3, 2005 Conference Call

PMC Conference Call - May 3, 2005

Attending: Tim Wagner [TW], David Williams [DW], Arthur Ryman [AR], Dominique De Vito [DD], Naci Dai [ND]

No procedural matters

Just over 8K downloads of M4 to date
Working with Ian Skerrett (EMO) and Pieter Humphrey (BEA) on WTP 1.0 press release
Articles in technical journals need to be written to build awareness of WTP; see Lawrence or Ian to participate
Arthur, Jochen writing for JDJ

All APIs met exit criteria except the (EMF-generated) J2EE model; dynamic tracing coverage of that is now over 50%, but we will still likely have a testing shortfall. Mitigation: Early in M5, close on 100% coverage for this component.
API violations: Our API violates its own requirements (e.g., return types that are not in the API). Need to address this, including defining exactly what constitutes a violation (subclassing non-API classes/interfaces?).
[AR] Suggest starting shutdown sequence a week early to increase M5 ship date reliability. Need to limit destabilizing changes in shutdown sequence; a lightweight approval process may need to be in place for M5, which will serve as a rehearsal for GA convergence.
[ND] I-builds not getting to sufficient quality; creates drag on M-builds. May have a better chance with M5 since APIs are in place. Some tutorials/examples out of date with respect to M4 codeline. (Lawrence Mandel is organizing the effort to correct them.)

M5 moved to 7/1 to enable sufficient time for development and convergence.
PMC approved requirements group provision of a Dec. 15, 2005 hardening release plan (to be numbered 1.1)

TW: work with Paul Meijer on Dr. Dobbs or other WTP article
AR: additional detail around performance testing infrastructure requests
AR: conversation with Roel Stalman regarding Oracle's EJB 3.0 plans and future integration with WTP
TW: conversation with Steve Todd regarding Borland's use of WTP and possible seat on WTP requirements group

Minutes taken by Tim Wagner, May 3, 2005