| Re: [science-iwg] Brief update on science-iwg related discussion at EclipseCon |
Hi All,
In the mean time when we were discussing contributing swt-xygrpah to Eclipse, the Eclipse Nebula project lead Wim Jongman also contacted me about contributing it to Nebula. I think it is a good idea to contribute swt-xygraph as a sub-project to Nebula, which is similar to the relationship between draw2d and GEF. That is because Nebula is already a well-known project, which will help to give a wider exposure to our project. This will also help to avoid the heavy procedure to create a new Eclipse project. Name of this sub-project might be “Visualization”, which means all visualization related widgets can be put here, for example, 2D and 3D graph, chart, map, gauge, thermo and so on. If you have a better name in mind, please let me know. If no one is object, we will kick off the process soon.
Thanks,
Xihui
From: Wayne Beaton [mailto:wayne@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 10:35 AM
To: Torkild U. Resheim
Cc: Science Industry Working Group; Chen, Xihui
Subject: Re: [science-iwg] Brief update on science-iwg related discussion at EclipseCon
In order to contribute code to Eclipse, we need to have a destination project. Is swt-xy-graph the project, or is there some other home in mind?
The destination project can help with the CQ process. If we do create a new project, then the project mentors (which are identified as part of the project creation process) can help. I am, of course, always around to help.
There is more information regarding project creation here:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Starting_A_New_Project
Let me know if there are any questions.
Torkild is correct, that not all code needs to be in an eclipse.org repository. In general, you should only include code that you intend to develop at Eclipse in an eclipse.org repository. Everything that is distributed from Eclipse.org must go through the full IP due diligence process. The IP process does have provisions that allow third-party code that is not directly distributed from an eclipse.org server to avoid the full due diligence process. This normally takes the form of functionality that extends core functionality (i.e. Eclipse project code has to be otherwise useful without the library).
Let me know how I can be of assistance.
WayneOn 03/31/2013 04:59 PM, Torkild U. Resheim wrote:
Hi all and thanks for the update Jay Jay!I just wanted to chime in on the subject of swt-xy-graph. We (the SIMA team) have discussed this and are willing to share the "compressing data provider" extension we made for this API - if there is any interest of course. This extends the swt-xy-graph by adding code that will take into consideration the available pixels when drawing large data series. We need to get an official OK from MARINTEK which owns this bit, but that is only a formality.However, for the initial contribution plus our bit to be a part of the Science IWG code base we need to put all of it into an Eclipse repository. We must get an OK from Xihui Chen and we will also need his help to establish provenance and get through a CQ[1] along with any tidy-up required. I don't know how this is normally done so I've added emo@xxxxxxxxxxx (Wayne Beaton) to the CC. Anyway, as I'm already an Eclipse committer I'll help out in any way I can.Note that the code does not HAVE to be in an Eclipse repository, which also implies that it's not part of an Eclipse project. It can be an external project, but in my understanding it would still have to be through the CQ process for it to be used. I consider this the less desirable option.I also would like to add that it was great discussing these things. We should definitely continue at the next opportunity. Meanwhile the SIMA team will probably start working on a talk about marine operations, simulations, modeling, 3D and so forth ;-) And it would be great if we also get other talks from the Science IWG community. If we cannot get these into the official program we could still do shorter versions at one or more BoFs. I would certainly love to see what you all are up to.Best regards,Torkild[1] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf (see figure 3)
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