[cross-project-issues-dev] A word on "provider names"

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I spent some time improving the "provider
names" report, mostly for bug 400235. So it should be more accurate
now. 

http://build.eclipse.org/simrel/kepler/reporeports/reports/providerNames.html

Besides the appalling number of cases
of "null" or "unknown" given for "Provider name"
(which has always been true) I noticed a number of cases where people were
giving the name of a company for provider name ... this is ok for a bundle
that is a true "third party" bundle, but ... seems a fairly large
number have been introduced for "org.eclipse .... " bundles.
This seems wrong ... sort of against the spirit of Eclipse. The "Provider
Name" should be "Eclipse <project name>". Here's a
few that stood out ... but, could be others. 

org.eclipse.gemini.jpa   1.1.0.RC1   
Oracle Corporation 

org.eclipse.libra.framework.core   0.3.0.201212132137
  
Eteration A.S. 

org.eclipse.ptp.rm.ibm.platform.lsf.ui   1.0.0.201303201633
  
IBM 

org.eclipse.emf.diffmerge.sdk.feature.feature.group
  0.1.0.v20121203-0924   
Thales Global Services S.A.S. 

Please fix as many of these "Provider
Names" as possible ... it'll make Eclipse look much more professional
when people look at the "about box" and similar. 

Thanks, 

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=400235