[ecf-dev] New stuff

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks,

A quick update about ECF 'goings on':

1) In response to this bug:  
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=176322, completed the 
removal of references to org.eclipse.core.runtime plugin (changed over 
to using org.eclipse.equinox.common) for all the non-ui ECF plugins.  
This means that all those plugins will run on most Equinox 
runtimes...i.e. Equinox-based servers, RCP apps, and Eclipse.  The 
dependencies for ECF are:

a) Extension registry:  offered as OSGi service on Equinox runtimes
b) Adapter manager:  as of 3.3m6 (this week) offered as OSGi service on 
Equinox runtimes
c) Jobs API:  available as equinox bundle
d) EE/CDC 1.0, JDK 1.4+

Note that if a, b, c bundles are run on other OSGi server 
implementations (e.g. felix) then ECF can/would as well.

2) In response to this bug:  
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=177014, added history API 
to the presence API (in org.eclipse.ecf.presence.im package).  If you 
can, please review and comment on the API on the bug.  I've also added 
non-functional implementations for the xmpp, msn, yahoo, and jxta 
providers (implementers of presence API).  But I would like to get the 
APIs reviewed and changed before working on full implementations (for 
xmpp first, then others).

3) This friday (23) is platform M6, and so ECF has M6 next Friday (30).  
If people have API additions or changes that they want to get into place 
please raise their thoughts on this mailing list, and file a 
bug/enhancement request to track.

4) The equinox team has started a 'provisioning incubator':  
http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/incubator/provisioning/.  A nice 
thing...Pascal Rapicault has/is using the ECF file transfer API to 
implement the prototype work he has done so far, and ECF could be used 
for the pluggable transports for the provisioning/install/update story 
for the post 3.3 platform.

5) Some small simplifications to the discovery API in 
org.eclipse.ecf.discovery to make the API easier to use.

6) Much more test code in test bundles:  org.eclipse.ecf.tests.presence, 
org.eclipse.ecf.tests.discovery, org.eclipse.ecf.tests.remoteservice.

7) Refactored, simplified, and formatted the applications in 
org.eclipse.ecf.example.clients.  Also added a trivial IM bot, along 
with the xmpp chat room bot.

Thanks,

Scott