DSDP/TM/Committer Phone Meeting 19-Dec-2006

Meeting Title:	TM Committer Phone Meeting
Date & Time:	Tuesday Dec 19, 2006 at 1600 UTC
Dial-in:	International +44 (0)1452 567588 North America +1 (866) 6161738 (toll free) UK National 08712460713 Passcode: 0587322148 #

MartinO to start conference call - please dial in using the numbers above.
Please be available for Skype Chat in parallel to the call. MartinO will start Skype chat just prior to call.
Skype fallback dial-in - only if less than 5 participants: martin.oberhuber, ddykstal (or david_dykstal), david-k-mcknight, kushal.munir, javier.montalvoorus, tedatteddotnet, michael_scharf, and uwe.stieber.

Attendees

• IBM - Dave Dykstal, Dave McKnight, (Kushal Munir n/a)
• Symbian - Javier Montalvo Orús
• Wind River - Martin Oberhuber, Uwe Stieber, (Michael Scharf n/a, Ted Williams n/a)

This is an Open call, so anyone else can join (though we expect the talk to be interesting for committers only).

Notes

• Our top goals
  • Grow the Communities - active users and adopters --> tutorial, docs, mailinglist help: being responsive
  • Get the APIs Right --> enable public API discussion --> ISV docs, Wiki API discussion, [api] bugzilla's
  • Get our Processes in place --> JUnit, nightly builds, infocenter, update site

Recent Download Statistics

RSE 1.0 Download statistics as per 19-Dec-2006

Component	RC3	RC4	1.0	1.0.1	Note
Date	30-Oct	03-Nov	12-Nov	15-Dec
RSE-SDK	113	146	458	40
rseserver-windows	24	63	185	7
rseserver-linux	19	25	133	11
rse.core (Update Site)	72	28	172	52	1.0 src is 156
Total	185	174	630	92
examples		27	85	7
remotecdt		7	66	7	per 1.0.1, remotecdt is no longer in SDK
discovery		13	68	9
efs		12	42	8
terminal		-	-	12

• 1.0: 85 examples -- people do want to code against RSE APIs
• 68 discovery -- some interest
• update site gaining significance with 1.0.1
• For more analysis, see DSDP/TM/Phone Meeting 8-Nov-2006

Latest News

Martin	80%	Packaging Terminal, Releasing 1.0.1, Fixing, Planning 2.0	50%
DaveD	80%		80%
DaveM	80%		80%
Kushal	50%		0%
Javier	50%	compiler warnings	50%
Ted	5%	creating org.eclipse.rse.releng.builder	80%
Uwe	50%	test framework, unit tests	50%
Michael	40%	terminal fixes

Looking back on 1.0.1

• RSE 1.0.1 Testing statistics (links on bottom of page):
  • 63 bugs fixed, 40 verified, 7 reopened, 6 new:
    • 16 not yet verified; more than 11% reopened!
  • We need to improve the quality of our bug fixes, and decrease the time for verification: using unit tests
  • When picking a bug, pick one that's "testable" and start writing a unit test for it. Then, fix it.
    • After jumping over an initial hurdle of unit tests, we'll soon earn the fruit of enhanced quality and less time needed for testing
  • bugs assigned to target 1.0.1 but left open are now assigned to 2.0M4 (currently 46 bugs) - see the bug process page

Upcoming Work

• Top priority this week is a stable 2.0M4 --> Finish off some cleanup, add unit tests
• When to fork off 2.0 API changes?
  • Can start right away (e.g. "anonymous" ftp access), but quality must be high:
  • add unit tests for all new or modified API
  • document API changes (on build notes, tm-dev list or where?)
• Planning 2.0
  • Dates are governed by Europa: M4=Jan 4, M5=Feb 23==EclipseCon, M6=Apr 6==API Freeze, M7=May 18==RC0
  • Start IBM and EMO review process for User Actions and Import/Export (DaveD)
    • Also need a CQ for two Userdoc files for the Internal Comms Daemon? (Kushal, DaveD)
  • RSE 2.0 Planning - Finalize the 2.0 Project Plan, Priorities:
    • 1. Make APIs usable for clients, harden the APIs, improve documentation
      • SystemType improvements; retargetable actions/commands; read-only flags; Streams for IHostShell, IFileService; UI/Non-UI Refactoring; make RSE more service-oriented
    • 2. Make EFS work
    • 3. Play well with the Platform
    • 4. Improve overall quality (unit tests; special characters; long filenames; background jobs; parallel access; ...)
  • Think about limiting the API: Make APIs internal along the way of updating documentation, and making Unit tests, we'll see some API we want "internal".
  • For bugs, see the bug process page (assigned to inbox, status new, hi-priority, API, open with patch)

Communications

• Vacations, Holidays etc.
  • Kushal away from 18th
  • DaveD away 22nd and most of Thu 21st but may work a little 25th to 1st
  • Martin, DaveM away from 25th to 1st
  • Javier away from 25th to 8th
• Free discussion -- feelings, comments, critics

Action Items

• Last Meeting Action Items
• DaveD - Bugs & Unit tests; New bug for moving DTD.
• DaveM - Bugs & Unit tests; Compiler Warnings (dstore);
• Kushal - Compiler Warnings (UI); Talk to DaveD re Comm Server; Bugs & Unit Tests
• Martin - Bugs & Unit Tests; Features for Unittests; Add Jakarta Commons to Orbit; Plan Item Specifications; Personal Interviews via Skype; Work on RSE 2.0 Planning; TM and RSE FAQ, improve Wiki and Website (how to contribute);
• Javier - Bugs & Unit Tests; Specification for "RSE should be more service oriented"
• Ted - Prepare Europa build (in org.eclipse.rse.releng.builder)
• Michael -
• Uwe - RSE Systemview performance unit tests

Next Meeting

• DSDP/TM/Committer Phone Meeting 2-Jan-2007 at 1600 UTC
• Open DSDP/TM/Phone Meeting 10-Jan-2007 at 9am PST