[dsdp-pmc] Galileo Feature Freeze question for MTJ

[Christian Kurzke <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Doug / PMC

I have 2 questions surrounding the current deadline of Galileo train cycle.

There is 2 major milestones coming up: 
May 4:  "Feature Freeze" and May 18: Release Candidate 1 Build


First:

Assuming that no other component in the Galileo Build depends on MTJ, 
and - because there is currently a VERY productive and active discussion 
about finalizing the API for an extension point, my question:

IS it possible to make changes to the code between May 4th and May 18th.

The changes would only introduce a new Extension Point, and not modify 
an existing, public API.
My hope is that the team can finalize the code by May 11th, and still 
has an entire week of testing before the May 18 RC1 build.



Second:

There is a high probability that Nokia can deliver some code as part of 
the Pulsar project, which should go into the RC1 build.
The expectation is that the code will be contributed by May 11, and then 
integrated for RC1.
The code has no dependencies/interaction with existing MTJ code, and is 
only a "pretty UI wrapper" for calling existing P2 APIs.

Currently (with the help of Ian) we are trying to get this through the 
IP review, see: https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3273


What is your point of view on this?

-Christian