[cross-project-issues-dev] Proposal for a Callisto RC4a

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We discussed before ... and said "if
reason found" we'd re-consider ... and I think there is now reason
to promote an RC4a, which is just like RC4, except the base platform would

be moved up to its RC7 level. The main
reason, for me, is to pick up the update manager improvements described
in bug 144876 ( https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=144876 ).

Technically speaking, we would not even
*have* to re-issue Callisto, if users simply started with the Eclipse SDK
RC7, but 1) I would not want to publically encourage this, since 
none of the other Callisto projects
have had a chance to test, or voice dissent with that plan, and 2) would
prefer an orderly official "rollout" to practice good process.


So .. any objections to us providing
an RC4a? As detailed below? I think only expectation on projects would
be to do some sanity checking to make sure RC7 didn't accidentally introduce
some 
breaking change ... if it did, of course,
we'd really want to know that anyway! ... so, this note is just to give
some "fair warning" that this is the plan, and see if anyone
objects. 
If I hear no objections, I'll assume
silence is consent, and prepare this RC4a version. Thanks. 

 RC4a (9 -Jun)

    * 7-June - Platform (RC7)
    *  -----  CDT
(RC2), DTP(RC4), EMF (RC6a), GEF (RC4), VE (RC2)
    *  -----  BIRT(RC4),
GMF (RC4), TPTP (i3), WTP (RC4)
    * 9 -June - admin, mirror
propagation