HI
David,
We’ve
updated feature-birt.xml in Callisto for BIRT2.1.0RC2
Thanks,
Xiaoying
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Looks great to me too.
I'd suggest making it even more conversational ....
something like
But it is also important to understand what Callisto is not. -->
Is Callisto a new integrated IDE project?
Special Note on Release Candidates (RC's) --> What is a Callisto
Release Candidate (RC)? Is it the same as an Eclipse RC?
You can Help Make Callisto a Better Place! --> How can I, as an early user of Callisto, make it
better?
And then transition to current "update info"
section with something like
Ok, I'm
convinced. How can I get started using Callisto Release Candidates?
Feel free to open a Callisto
Bugzilla, and attach contribution(s) to web pages, preferably as a normal
"diff patch" to org.eclipse.callisto.updatesite
(the index.html file). Once the
bug is open, people can continue to make comments or suggestions or even other
improvements to web pages via
Callisto "bugs".
I suggest we start
"staging" it as soon as possible at
http://download.eclipse.org/callisto/staging/
and then with RC2 we'll "roll it up" with the rest
of RC2.
(I'll handle the mechanics of that staging, if patches,
supplied in bugzilla).
Thanks much.
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Here is some draft text
to introduce people to Callisto and to hopefully help set realistic
expectations. The idea is to put this at the top of http://download.eclipse.org/callisto/releases/
In case anyone is wondering, the choice of
a conversational tone was very much on purpose. See http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/your_users_brai.html
Comments appreciated.
What is this?
This page is to help users discover and download the
projects and features which are part of the Eclipse Callisto simulantaneous
release. The idea behind Callisto is to
help Eclipse adopters by making ten Eclipse projects available at the same
time. We hope that for those building products and applications using Eclipse
frameworks and tools having all of these projects available simultaneously will
simplify their development.
But it is also important to understand what Callisto is not.
- Callisto is not a single product. We're
co-ordinating the timing of releases, but little or no effort has gone
into enabling end-to-end scenarios or ensuring a seamless user experience.
It's not that we don't think those are good ideas, but we didn't get to it
this time around. Maybe in a future simultaneous release we will have the
opportunity to do more along those lines.
- Downloading Callisto is still going to take some
knowledge and effort. Doing what we can to simplify the experience is what
this page is about (see below)[1].
In previous Eclipse releases, adopters would typically download the
Eclipse SDK or Runtime Binary and then use the UpdateManager to download
the other Eclipse projects they needed as they became available. We're making
all ten projects available on the same day, but the download experience
remains fundamentally the same. Again, this is an area where we may look
at improving in the future.
Special Note on
Release Candidates (RC's)
As we are entering the end-game for Callisto, it is
important that you recognize that each of the projects are still at varying
degrees of completion and stability. So, for example, as of the end of April,
the Java Development Tools are at RC1 level, which for them means they're pretty
solid. Other projects such as CDT are at RC0, which is their first feature
freeze release. So don't be surprised by varying degrees of completion and
polish. But regardless, we are hoping that you will take the time to try out as
many of the Callisto projects as possible and give us your feedback.
You can Help Make Callisto a Better Place!
Shipping ten projects at the same time is a big job.
Everyone in the Eclipse community can help - and that includes you. We're
asking everyone who downloads any part of Callisto to help us with finding and reporting bugs.
No matter how big or small, we are asking that if you notice anything that's
not quite right that you report a bug to us. Everyone who reports a bug has an
opportunity of having their bug nominated to participate in the Callisto Bug
Finding Contest. The author of every
nominated bug gets a cool Eclipse Callisto t-shirt, and there are draws for
iPods and a grand prize of an Eclipse mountain bike.
When you're reporting your bug, we ask that you please make
an effort to determine which project is the source of the bug. But if all else
fails, we have defined a Callisto component, so you can report your bug via the
Eclipse Foundation. Just go here,
select "Callisto" from the Component list and enter your bug. If you
need any help with figuring out Eclipse's bug reporting system, you can find
some here
.
[1] note that this
assumes that this text is the preamble to http://download.eclipse.org/callisto/releases/, and that the update instructions will be below._______________________________________________
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