[dsdp-pmc] The Eclipse Project Dashboard

["Gaff, Doug" <doug.gaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

 

I want to draw your attention to the Eclipse Project Dashboard (http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dashboard/).  This dashboard is under construction, as noted at the top of the page.  The intention is to provide an activity gauge for various Eclipse projects.

 

I would like to provide some feedback to Bjorn on the usefulness of the information and changes you would like to see on this dashboard.  My comments to Bjorn so far are:

 

1.  Don’t apply a “one size fits all” metric for projects; instead allow projects some latitude in defining their own metrics of activity.

 

2.  Don’t treat projects in incubation the same as mature projects containing multiple releases.

 

3.  Be explicit about the formulas used for “liveliness” and green/yellow/red status so that project leads understand the system.

 

For the next PMC meeting, please take a look at this page and the bugzilla entry.  I suspect this will come up in the planning council meeting in Chicago, and I’d like to propose some alternate ideas.

 

Thanks,

Doug