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Title: Draft project plan for BIRT 2.2.2
Hello,
Attached is the draft project plan for BIRT 2.2.2 for your review. Please provide feedback on this by end of Monday.
Thank you!
<<Project_plan_R2_2_2_draft_Dec_14_2007.html>>
Krishna Venkatraman | Actuate Corp. | 650.645.3667 | kvenkatraman@xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Eclipse BIRT Project - 2.2.2 Plan
BIRT Project 2.2.2 Plan
Last revised December 14, 2007
Introduction
This document lays out the feature and API set for the next
feature
release of the Eclipse BIRT project after 2.2.1, designated release
2.2.2.
Plans do not materialize out
of nowhere, nor are they entirely
static. To
ensure the planning process is transparent and open to the entire
Eclipse
community, plans are posted in an embryonic form and then revised from
time
to time throughout the release cycle.
The first part of the plan
deals with the important matters of
release
deliverables, release milestones, target operating environments, and
release-to-release compatibility. These are all things that need to be
clear
for any release, even if no features were to change.
The remainder of the plan
consists of plan items for the
projects under
the Eclipse BIRT project. Each plan item covers a feature or API that
is to
be added, or some aspect that is to be improved. Each plan item has its
own
entry in the Eclipse bugzilla database, with a title and a concise
summary
(usually a single paragraph) that explains the work item at a suitably
high
enough level so that everyone can readily understand what the work item
is
without having to understand the nitty-gritty detail.
Please send comments about
this draft plan to the BIRT
Developer
mailing list.
Release
deliverables
This maintenance release of BIRT will focus on providing the
same
downloads as BIRT 2.2.1.
Release
milestones
- Final Release
Candidate - Week of January 7, 2008
For information about new features assigned to each milestone
please refer
to the bugzilla
database. The
bugzilla database will be updated on an ongoing basis as the plan
progresses.
Target Operating
Environments
In order to remain current, each release of an Eclipse project
targets
reasonably current versions of underlying operating environments and
other
Eclipse projects on which it depends.
Most of Eclipse, and all of BIRT, is
“pure” Java™ code and has no direct
dependence on the underlying operating system. For BIRT, the chief
dependence
is on the Eclipse Platform, Graphical Editor Framework (GEF), Modeling
Framework (EMF), and on the Java 2 Platform that runs it.
The Eclipse BIRT 2.2.2 release depends on the following
compatibility
stack:
BIRT 2.2.2 Reference Stack for JDK 1.4.2
- Java 2 platform Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.4.2
- Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.3
- Graphical Editor Framework (GEF) Runtime 3.2
- Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.2
- Data Tools Platform Project 1.5 (DTP)
- Web Tools Project (WTP) 2.0
BIRT 2.2.2 Reference Stack for JDK 1.5
- Java 2 platform Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.5
- Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.3
- Graphical Editor Framework (GEF) Runtime 3.2
- Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.3
- Data Tools Platform Project 1.5 (DTP)
- Web Tools Project (WTP) 2.0
The Eclipse Platform and BIRT run in a variety of operating
environments.
Testing is focused on a handful of popular
For BIRT 2.2.2, the project team plans to tests and validate
the following
reference platforms:
Eclipse
BIRT Report Framework 2.2.2 and Eclipse BIRT RCP Report Designer 2.2.2
Reference Platforms
|
Operating system |
Processor architecture |
Window system |
Java 2 Platform |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Intel x86 |
Win32 |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 5.0 |
Microsoft Windows 2000 |
Intel x86 |
Win32 |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
5.0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Intel x86 |
Win32 |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
5.0 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Intel x86 |
Win32 |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version 5.0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.0
|
Intel x86 |
GTK |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
5.0 |
Eclipse
BIRT Runtime 2.2.2 and Eclipse BIRT Charts 2.2.2 Reference Platforms
|
Operating system |
Processor architecture |
Window system |
Java 2 Platform |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Intel x86 |
Win32* |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
1.4.2, version 5.0 |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Intel x86 |
Win32* |
IBM SDK 1.4.2, 5.0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Intel x86 |
Win32* |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
1.4.2, version 5.0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Intel x86 |
Win32* |
IBM SDK 1.4.2, 5.0 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Intel x86 |
Win32* |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
1.4.2, version 5.0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0 |
Intel x86 |
GTK* |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
1.4.2, version 5.0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0 |
Intel x86 |
GTK* |
BlackDown SDK 1.4.2 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 |
Intel x86 |
YaST* |
Sun Java 2 Standard Edition, version
1.4.2, version 5.0 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 |
Intel x86 |
YaST* |
BlackDown SDK 1.4.2 |
*Window system only required when displaying charts within SWT or SWING
windows.
BIRT
Application Server Reference Platform
|
Apache Tomcat 5.0.x, 5.5.x |
JBoss AS 4.0.2 |
BIRT
JDBC Reference Platforms
|
MySQL Connector/J 3.x JDBC driver |
Derby V10.1.2.1 JDBC driver |
BIRT
Browsers and Viewers Reference Platforms
|
Mozilla Firefox 1.5, 2.0 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 |
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 |
Internationalization
Eclipse is designed as the basis for internationalized
products. The user
interface elements provided by the various Eclipse projects, including
dialogs and error messages, are externalized. The English strings for
BIRT
are provided as the default resource bundles. Translations are provided
with
this release for French (fr_FR), German (de_DE), Spanish (es_ES),
Japanese
(ja_JP), Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), and Korean (ko_KR).
Due to the finite resources available to the BIRT project, we would
like to encourage the BIRT community to contribute to testing BIRT in
operating environments other than those listed as target operating
environments for the 2.2.2 release of BIRT and to share this
information with the rest of the community. If you have been able to
test BIRT in a non-targeted operating environment please take a few
minutes to update this
wiki
page and report this information there. If
you have encountered bugs during your testing, please report these in
bugzilla.
Compatibility
with
Previous Releases
BIRT 2.2.2 will be compatible with earlier versions of BIRT to
the greatest
extent possible. The nature and scope of some of the key plan items for
BIRT 2.2.2 are such that the only feasible solutions might break
compatibility. In
other regards, BIRT 2.2.2 will be compatible with 2.x and 1.x. We also
aim to
minimize the effort required to port an existing plug-in to the 2.2.2
APIs.
Compatibility of Release 2.2.2 with 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1.x, 2.1,
2.0.x and 1.x
BIRT 2.2.2 will be compatible with BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1,
2.1.x, 2.0.x and
1.x unless
noted. The detailed compatibility statement is listed below. In this
statement, "BIRT" refers to all BIRT components: BIRT Report Framework,
BIRT
Runtime, and BIRT Chart SDK.
API Contract Compatibility: BIRT 2.2.2 will
be upwards
contract-compatible with BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x, 2.0.x and
1.x
to the greatest
extent possible. All incompatibility exceptions will be documented.
Downward
contract compatibility is not supported. There is no guarantee that
compliance with BIRT 2.2.2 APIs will ensure compliance with BIRT 2.2.1,
2.2,
2.1,
2.1.x,
2.0.x or 1.x APIs. Refer to general Eclipse document on Evolving
APIs for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that
maintain contract
compatibility.
The BIRT Chart UI API 2.2.2 is compatible with the
2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x, 2.0.x API
but not compatible with the v1.x APIs due to a full redesign of the
Chart UI
in the BIRT 2.0 release.
Binary (plug-in) Compatibility: The BIRT
2.2.2 plug-in framework will
be upwards binary-compatible with BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x,
2.0.x
and 1.x
plug-ins to
the greatest extent possible. Downward plug-in compatibility is not
supported. Plug-ins for BIRT 2.2.2 will not be usable in BIRT 2.2.1,
2.2, 2.1,
2.1.x, 2.0.x
or 1.x. Extension plug-ins for BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x,
2.0.x and
1.x will be
upwards
binary-compatible with BIRT 2.2.2.
Source Compatibility: BIRT 2.2.2 will be
upwards source-compatible
with BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x, 2.0.x and 1.x to the greatest
extent possible.
This
means that source files written to use BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x,
2.0.x or 1.x
APIs
will successfully compile and run against BIRT 2.2.2 APIs. Downward
source
compatibility is not supported. If source files use new BIRT APIs, they
will
not be usable with an earlier version of BIRT.
Report Design Compatibility:BIRT 2.2.2 will
be upwards report design
compatible with BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x, 2.0.x and 1.x
unless
noted. This means
that
reports created with BIRT 2.2.1, 2.2, 2.1, 2.1.x, 2.0.x or 1.x
can be
successfully
opened
by BIRT 2.2.2 and upgraded to a 2.2.2 format.
Non-compliant usage of API's: All non-API
methods and classes, and
certainly everything in a package with "internal" in its name, are
considered
implementation details which may vary between operating environment and
are
subject to change without notice. Client plug-ins that directly depend
on
anything other than what is specified in the BIRT API are inherently
unsupportable and receive no guarantees about compatibility within a
single
release much less with an earlier releases.
BIRT 2.2.2 is the second maintenance release in the BIRT 2.2 release
series and is intended to be narrow in scope. The 2.2.2 release is
focused on addressing critical bugs identified by the community.
No new features are planned for this release.
Defects
BIRT 2.2.2 will address defects reported by project members and the
community. The
list
of defects targeted for resolution in BIRT 2.2.2 can be found
in the bugzilla database on
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs.