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Re: [eclipse.org-planning-council] DRAFT - SimRel Improvements
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On 12.10.2021 16:34, Jonah Graham
wrote:
Hello Planning Council, Below is a draft of what I want to
send to the IDE WG Steering Committee. Please respond with
a +1 if you believe this accurately captures our discussion,
or let me know if you think I have missed something important.
I want to get these off to the Steering Committee as soon as
possible so the Steering Committee can discuss at an upcoming
meeting.
Thanks,
Jonah
Hello IDE WG Steering Committee,
The Planning Council has, as requested, put together the
list of priorities for SimRel[1]. The full details, including
vote totals/etc are in the spreadsheet, but this email aims to
highlight the top three items. I have focused on the problem
definition rather than proposed solutions at this time. The
planning council can expand on them as needed and look forward
to working with the steering committee and community towards
solving these issues.
Bus Factor
Too many of our releng processes have a low bus
factor[2]. There are 4 main releng roles to produce the IDE,
in addition to the individual projects releng roles:
- Platform
- SimRel
- EPP
- Oomph (aka Installer)
We have not measured the actual bus factor for these roles,
but probably (apart from Platform) the number is 1.
Identify Project Risks
Projects will come and go and we need to be prepared for
projects to leave or not be maintained anymore. There is a
large overlap here with discussions that have already started
in the steering committee and captured in the Project Plan and
tracked in the Epics[3]. To expand on the project risks we
need to produce a list of projects involved and an evaluation
of their importance and criticality to the overall mission.
Graphical layer lacking behind operating system changes
Graphical
layer lacks behind operating systems and exposes
multiple issues which render a lot of other work
invisible for users e.g.:
- No reliable Edge integration on Windows and IE
being actively replaced by MS and practically
useless
- Dark themes on most OS are inconsistent despite
huge user interest in them
- System integration (desktop launcher and etc.)
lacking on Linux.
This is just the tip of the iceberg but these
things make a lot of features and plugins look
unprofessional and/or unfinished due to such
issues ruining the overall pleasant experience.
Conclusion
I look forward to discussing these items at the
Steering Committee and making some tangible progress
on resolving them.
Thank you,
Jonah
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