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Re: [tycho-dev] [technology-pmc] Release Reviews
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Wayne,
These are builds we publish for community testing and I am trying to
call them as such -- "tycho builds" [1]. We do sometime call these
builds "release builds", but this is a reference to terminology used in
Maven versioning scheme and has nothing to do with "releases" in Eclipse
sense of the word. These builds serve the same purpose as S builds of
other Eclipse projects and I believe we actually do what everybody else
does.
As for releasing Tycho with Kepler, I see at least two problems
First, and foremost, Tycho is not quite ready for "1.0" just yet. We are
still evolving Tycho-specific pom.xml configuration format, which and
Tycho extensions API is simply not there. We may or may not have this
ready for Kepler, but I am not comfortable committing to this.
Second, I honestly don't see any advantages for Tycho to "join the
train". Tycho can't be part of the release repository and I don't want
to link Tycho release schedule with 200 or so other projects just for
the sake of it.
[1] http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/tycho-user/msg02558.html
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Regards,
Igor
On 12-06-18 3:57 PM, Wayne Beaton wrote:
Resending after subscribing to tycho-dev.
Eclipse projects are required to engage in community reviews before
making a release.
AFAICT, there are six releases of Tycho that should have been
accompanied by release reviews. Any time the major or minor version
numbers change, a review is required (changes in the service number,
i.e. a service release) do not require a review.
I do recall prior conversation in which the nature of releasing in the
context of Tycho was discussed. I understand that a new version number
is required for each milestone due to the nature of dissemination
through Maven. This isn't what I'm concerned about.
Tycho appears to be putting out a minor release about every four months.
Each of these releases must be accompanied by a release review. There's
nothing that we can do about the past. Moving forward, however, Tycho
will have to engage in release reviews like everybody else.
If you need assistance with this, please work with the project mentors.
I would very much like to see Tycho graduate and join Kepler.
Wayne
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