[cosmos-dev] Request for approval for defect 219807

[Sheldon Lee-Loy <sleeloy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to request that the following defect be considered for PMC
approval for COSMOS 1.0 i9

219807 Statistical Report are not generated

We discussed this defect on the architecture call, as noted in these
minutes: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Cosmos_Architecture_Meeting_21-Feb-08 .
The architecture team recommended approval to include these fixes in the
next build.

1. Explain why you believe this is a stop-ship defect. How does the defect
manifest itself, and how will users of COSMOS/ consuming products be
affected if the defect is not fixed?
- In the COSMOS UI the reports are not generated

2. Is there a work-around? If so, why do you believe the work-around is
insufficient?
- No.

3. Is this a regression or API breakage? Explain.
- This is a regresssion.  The reports were working in i9.  The data
collection framework changed architecture.  These data collection runtime
was deployed under BIRT's osgi container.  In i9 the data collection
runtime are deployed as web applications.  The reports should be modified
to load the client class via java class loader rather than through the
BIRT's osg container.

4. Does this require new API?
- No.

5. Is there a test case attached to the bugzilla record?
- No.  This behavior is covered under the e2e report manual test case.

6. What is the risk associated with this fix?
- Low. This touches 6 lines of code in two report template file.  The
COSMOS Report Viewer also has to be repackaged.

7. Is this fix related to any standards that COSMOS adheres to? If so, who
has validated that the fix continues to adhere
No.

Thanks,

Sheldon
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Sheldon Lee-Loy