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RE: [eclipse-dev] Eclipse Project 4.0 Release
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I tend to agree with Brian:
To end users, the visible benefits of the 4.0 release that we have
in mind right now, are not really sufficient to call it 4.0.
I'm not sure whether it's too late already to pull the brakes
of our marketing machinery. But in my mind, what we're having
this year is really
1.) An "e4 1.0" release, providing a new and exciting base for
RCP's, which is at an 1.0 maturity level.
2.) An "Eclipse SDK 3.6 Newbase" that is Eclipse 3.6 on top of
the new base, providing same functionality as 3.6 with
improved visual appearance but also reduced performance
and lack of 3rd party / addon integration.
Native English speaking marketing champions should replace "Newbase"
with a suitable qualifier that implies predicates such as "new,
revamped, reloaded, cool, developer, exciting, ..."
This message also explains why "3.6" and "3.6 Newbase" are
released just 1 month after each other. In the end, no matter
what we call it, it is what it is...
Thanks,
--
Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
direct +43.662.457915.85 fax +43.662.457915.6
-----Original Message-----
From: eclipse-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:eclipse-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian de Alwis
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:54 PM
To: General development mailing list of the Eclipse project.
Subject: Re: [eclipse-dev] Re: [e4-dev] Eclipse Project 4.0 Release
On 28-Apr-2010, at 1:59 PM, Mike Wilson wrote:
> Let's be absolutely clear about this: It is *not* a "preview" nor is
it a "beta". This is a real release, which should satisfy the needs of
anyone who was previously running Eclipse "classic".
I'm confused. To me, that implies that this release will be *the* 4.0
SDK, and that the July 2011 release train be shipping with 4.0.1 or
something later. If so, then see my comments below. If this isn't
going to be *the* 4.0 SDK, or rather if the real 4.0 will be released
later, then I think this *should* be marked as a preview.
On 28-Apr-2010, at 2:18 PM, Jeff McAffer wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the problems with "beta". [...]
Me neither. The Microsoft's Windows 7 beta was very popularly received.
Apple seeds several rounds of iPhoneOS betas to its developers. It
means that developers release their apps simultaneously, and it becomes
a bigger deal. Look at how Apple is handling iPhoneOS 4.0 - they're
releasing betas now so that developers can be 4.0 ready and show off the
new whizzy features.
My $0.02: I think we should be maximizing the opportunity of "Eclipse
4.0". It shouldn't be used for a developers-only please-test-your-tools
release. e4 is very cool, especially for RCP apps; SFS looks nifty too.
But let's be honest, most of the other components in Eclipse 4.0 will be
the same in Helios.
To my mind, "Eclipse 4.0" should be a thunderous release with tons of
improvements, and should be revealed in July 2011. The other projects
will have digested the new release and will demonstrate the stunning
features of Eclipse 4.0. "4.0" should merit a big ecosystem-wide party.
We should be looking to release e4 1.0. The messaging should be: plugin
developers, move onto e4 R1.0 as this will be the foundation of the
Eclipse 4.0 SDK. If "e4 R1.0" isn't good enough, then this release
should definitely be "Eclipse 4.0 Preview" or "Early Adopters".
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