| [polarsys-iwg] Start a top level project |
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It time that we define a top-level project for PolarSys. We have a charter template document [1] that provides a foundation for the charter. I've also included some links [2,3,4] for a few existing Eclipse top-level projects. Note that this is different from the PolarSys charter. It's more of an operational document for some subset of the projects that will be developed as part of PolarSys. The top level project is the umbrella under which projects (subprojects) operate. Each of the subprojects that fall under a top-level project fit within the scope of the top level. The trick here is to provide a scope with the right breadth. There's no hard and fast advice regarding how to scope a top-level. But it might help to think a bit about a small handful of categories of project that we expect to eventually have at PolarSys. Each of those categories is a potential top-level project. Remember that each top-level project operates with a certain amount of autonomy from other top-level projects. I recommend that we start by brainstorming the categories of project, and select one from that list to push forward with a first top level project charter. We can use the wiki if that works/makes sense. Thoughts? Wayne [1] http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/Eclipse_Standard_TopLevel_Charter_v1.1.php [2] http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/eclipse-charter.php [3] http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/project-charter.html [4] http://www.eclipse.org/datatools/charter.php |