Greetings folks.
Just a friendly reminder that the Kepler dates are coming up.
May 24/2013 - Deadline to submit IP Logs for Kepler releases
June 5/2013 - PMC-approved Review materials submitted to EMO
I've already received a bunch of IP Logs, but nowhere near the 71
that I'm expecting. Please make this happen.
You should also have started your review documentation. Feel free to
enter this information into the corresponding release record in the
PMI, or use any of the traditional formats.
Please do take a moment to minimally specify a description for your
release in your project's release record. A short paragraph with a
few sentences describing your release is all I need. I intend to
build a page that includes this information as a handy means for
somebody to quickly scan the release contents to find things of
interest. In this regard a description that states something to the
effect of "The project's Kepler release" isn't all that useful.
I've been updating/fixing project descriptions here and there in the
PMI. Unfortunately, I am restricted in what I can provide as I am
not the best authority regarding what your project does or your
release provides. This information is used in a few pages today to
drive attention to your project. Making good descriptions will help
drive more eyeballs and hopefully solicit additional contribution.
Make sure that you review the release review checklist before you
submit your documentation to
emo@xxxxxxxxxxx. I've noticed a lot of
incorrect "Bundle-Vendor" entries and missing about and license
files, for example. Please take the time to get this stuff right.
For PMC approval, all I need is a link to the thread in PMC mailing
list that starts with your project's review documentation and ends
with at least one +1 from a PMC member.
Please assume that the June 5th deadline is firm. I'm looking at you
EGit.
I am tracking each project's Kepler participation and a blocker bug
on 406441 [1].
One final note for Modeling projects: per Bug 393682, the Modeling
project has been restructured and mid-level "container" projects
(e.g. modeling.emf, modeling.emft, etc.) have been marked for
termination. Modeling projects that are nested inside a container
project will have to be moved into the top level project before your
Kepler release can be approved.
As always, let me know if you have any questions.
Wayne
[1]
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=406441
[2]
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Release_Reviews#Checklist