[stp-dev] IRC log 10may06

[Oisin Hurley <ohurley@xxxxxxxx>]

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[17:00] oisin: hi guys
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[17:00] oisin: we'll hang on for a little while for others to join...
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[17:02] oisin: couple more minutes guys...
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[17:05] oisin: ok let's go
[17:06] oisin: I've got 4 things on my list:
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[17:06] oisin:   1.  open bugs (yes we have them
[17:06] oisin:  2. proposal for a semi-regular committer call
[17:07] oisin:  3.  some questions about the SAF contrib
[17:07] oisin:  4.  a question about what is the general approach to  
consume pieces of other eclipse projects
[17:07] oisin: any other items?
[17:08] oisin: ok.
[17:09] oisin: seeing none...
[17:09] oisin: 1. Open bugs
[17:09] oisin: There are 5 open bugs in the 'zilla at the moment -  
all are related to the website
[17:10] oisin: 136552    is about lack of content on the SOAS  
subproject page :  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=136552
[17:11] oisin: I would be happy to help out with this one once some  
content is forthcoming
[17:11] oisin: 136557  is about lack of content for BPMN :  https:// 
bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=136557
[17:12] oisin: We're not sure what the status is with those guys as  
they seem to have disappeared for the moment.
[17:13] oisin: both 136559 and 136561 are skinning jobs, which are  
assigned to me, but I haven't had a chance to get to them yet
[17:13] oisin: 138155 is about updating doco wrt STP core that was  
reported by Michael E : https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi? 
id=138155
[17:14] oisin: I'm not sure if it is still valid or not - he is not  
on the chat
[17:14] dparikh: I will take a look at that.
[17:14] oisin: thanks, devang!
[17:15] oisin: big hint to rob and karl wrt 136552
[17:15] Karlr__: Yep I got that
[17:15] oisin: thank you sir
[17:16] oisin: 2. Proposal for call
[17:16] oisin: ok, some of the other projects in eclipse have been  
known to have a 'committers call'
[17:17] oisin: this is essentially a concall that's held every two  
weeks or so and is intended to supplement the existing communications  
methods
[17:17] oisin: the reasoning behind  this is that there may be issues  
that really need a full-duplex high-bandwidth discussion to be had
[17:17] oisin: and maybe these issues don't get enough of an airing  
when merely applying email and IRC
[17:19] oisin: I'm looking for a set of opinions on having one of  
these calls ourselves - they will be focussed, with an agenda
[17:19] oisin: actually, to make things easier, is there anyone here  
now that would object to such a thing?
[17:20] davidbrpr: what don't we simply  arrange concall if and when  
they are need instead of puuting a schedule for them?
[17:22] davidbrpr: not that i am against it but i just don't really  
see what it brings us
[17:22] oisin: that's a fair point, I'm thinking that if we don't  
have anything to have a call about there is no point in having one
[17:23] oisin: but I will say that if we have lots of things to talk  
about we are better to have one call at a set date and time and talk  
about them all rather than have separate calls for each thing
[17:24] oisin: this allows people to plan the schedule a bit better
[17:25] davidbrpr: and it would mean that we could have to wait up to  
2 weeks  for a talk to fit the schedules
[17:25] oisin:
[17:26] davidbrpr: just curious but how many times have such concall  
been necessary?
[17:26] davidbrpr: aren't they more the exception than the rule?
[17:27] oisin: you mean how many times have such a concall been  
necessary but because there has not been such a facility has those  
concalls not taken place?
[17:27] oisin: i get the impression that we should just table this  
one for the moment and move on
[17:28] oisin: ok to move on to 3?
[17:30] oisin: I'm in the process of looking at the SAF code and doc,  
but I guess the high-level confirmation I'm looking for is that this  
is aimed at the people who are writing visual tools on top of t he  
assembly model?
[17:32] oisin: one for the dev list I guess!
[17:34] dparikh: You are right oisin it is there to help people write  
tools on top of assembly model
[17:34] dparikh: I would not say that it is just for visual tools.
[17:34] oisin: devang - there is a .ui. part in the package names,  
does this imply a visual part to it?
[17:36] dparikh: there is no visual parts but that plugin has ui  
dependancy
[17:40] dparikh: UI contribution allows SCA extension providers to  
define how an instance of their extension is viewed and edited by the  
user
[17:40] oisin: ok I guess I need to study it a bit more -- while the  
doco is all there, is there a chance you could give us a 'big  
picture' summary - meaning sketch out how the core parts and saf all  
hinge together?
[17:41] oisin: maybe not right now, but on the website/dev list
[17:42] dparikh: Sebastian Carbajales will be right person to do so.
[17:42] oisin: great - I'll get in touch with him
[17:43] oisin: finally -- STP has always said that it will take a  
dependency on stuff from other projects when it makes sense to do so.  
We've talked about pieces from WTP, STP, etc.
[17:45] oisin: i had a question about this, but I've answered it  
myself -- we approach these things on a case-by-case basis
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[17:48] oisin: ok, is there anything else to mention now?
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[17:50] oisin: if not, we will leave it there for today, thanks all.