Re: [tools-pmc] PTP 1.1 release review

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I just want to be really clear on the
API points.  Adding API can cause breakage (e.g., adding a method
to an interface that others are exepected to implement).  In the release
review context it is interesting to know a) that the API has evolved with
new function and b) that the old and new API are binary compatible.  That
says that existing clients continue to work and new/updated clients have
improvements available.  Of course, this also impacts the package/bundle
version numbering.  I'll send you some pointers to a new API comparison
tool we are working on that should help clarify what is going on here.

BTW, what is going to be your story
for the 1.x -> 2.0 migration?  Are you going to keep the 1.x API
alive or toss it and have everyone migrate to 2.0?

Jeff

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Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the input. Responses below. I'll clarify these
in the slides before the review.

Greg

On Jan 3, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Jeff McAffer wrote:


Thanks Greg.  Overall the deck looks good.  One of the things
that caught my eye was slide 7 (API).  There are a couple of points
that give me pause. 
- Runtime and debugger APIs are still evolving 
        - What is the status of this API for this release
then? 

The runtime API for the 1.0 and 1.1 releases are stable.
However, the 2.0 release will have significant, breaking, changes, since
we're currently implementing considerable new functionality. The debug
API will also be relatively stable, though there were some minor changes
between 1.0 and 1.1.

- APIs have been kept as stable
as possible in this release 
        - Not sure how to read that.  did you
break API from last release?   

There were some additions to the debug API, but the existing
1.0 API has been preserved. I wouldn't consider that these break the API.

        - What was
the last release number?   

1.0

        - Have the
plugin version numbers been incremented appropriately?


The plugin version will change from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0.

        - How much
API was broken? 
        - Who will be affected by this?  (e.g.,
how many people, what kind of people, ...) 

No one that I'm aware of. Integrators and contributors
are working with the 2.0 (head) branch rather than the 1.x branch. There
are a small number of users who will benefit from the enhancements/bug
fixes in the 1.1 release.


Jeff

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Here are the slides.

Thanks,

Greg
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Doug Schaefer wrote:

> I think all you would need are completed release review slides.  
> We'll do a
> quick review to make sure you have everything, then you can  
> schedule the
> review with Anne Jacko.
>
> Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
> Eclipse CDT Project Lead, Tools PMC Member
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tools-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tools-pmc-
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>> On Behalf Of Greg Watson
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 3:00 PM
>> To: tools-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tools-pmc] PTP 1.1 release review
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'd like to schedule a review for the 1.1 release of PTP. Now
that
>> we're part of Tools, I'd like to conform to your development process.
>> Is there anything in particular that I need to do before scheduling
>> the review?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Greg
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