[wtp-pmc] 4 Agenda items for Tuesday PMC meeting

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's 4 items for 1/9 PMC meeting.


I'm sending these short write-ups in
advance 
so hopefully we can decide
them quickly. 


RDB in WTP 1.5.3 stream

Some adopters (which happen to be from
IBM) have requested the RDB 
components in our 1.5.3 stream be provided
in a separate zip.  This would not be 
much extra work for us (I would tweak
the build to provide this). I propose we do this 
and simply make the zip available on
the download site (but not on the download 
page, since it is not needed widely,
and is simply a tactical, transitioning need). 

If PMC does not object, I will announce
this plan on wtp-dev, in order to be open and transparent, 
but not otherwise advertise it, so as
to not cause any confusion.

JEM transfer (move) from VE/Tools
PMC to JST/WTP PMC

We've discussed this issue as we moved
up to M4, but wanted to get a formal vote on 
the record that WTP PMC agrees with
taking over JEM. I've discussed with other
relevant parties, and they are in agreement,
so, once I get official WTP agreement, 
I'll contact EMO and set up a "move
review". 

Expanded _javascript_ Component

The AFT project has proposed part of
their work to improve 
the _javascript_ editor be conducted as
an incubating component
of WST, since the WST project is scoped
to do _javascript_ development 
tools for the web. This is a WTP 3.0,
2008 release item, but it's such a large
effort the time would be to start now.
So, with PMC approval, we'll 
announce this new _javascript_ work to
EMO and Eclipse community, 
setup a new _javascript_ component page,
etc., ... and perhaps even
a new mailing list and newsgroup, in
anticipation of the interest. 
The hope is, of course, that others
will be interested in joining the effort. 

DocBook Editor

We have had a proposal to add a DocBook
editor to WST. 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=169810

These seems to me to be well within
WST's charter, as the 
Eclipse home of XML and since DocBook
is an OASIS standard.
(http://www.oasis-open.org/)

But, it also seems different enough
from pure "web work" that 
we should explicitly approve it as a
PMC, and announce our 
intent to EMO and Eclipse Community.

Note, this is primarily a WTP 3.0, 2008
issue, but 
we should respond to the contributor
as soon as possible, so 
they know our intent and what they can
plan on.