WTP 2017-09-28

WTP Development Status Meeting

Remember, any committer can add an agenda item. Typically, short announcements or news items go in the "Announcements" section at the beginning. Longer items or issues requiring discussion should go in the "Other business" section at end.

Announcements And Special Reports

• Congratulations to Nick Boldt, our latest WTP Releng committer!
• WTP 3.9.1 (Oxygen.1) is released!

WTP Calendar

WTP Calendar Sync

For overall Oxygen dates, see the Simultaneous Release Calendar

Main Agenda Items

• Gerrit adoption - this is no longer optional! See bug 452549 for details
  • Primer for using Gerrit enabled repo's
  • Projects that need to migrate:
    • Incubator
    • Dali

Release news/planning

• Follow-on releases no longer called "Service Release" - now indicated by number (Oxygen.1)
  • More flexibility for new features in these releases.
  • WTP has been flexible for new enhancements in SR releases, but announced and PMC voted as appropriate

• Oxygen release planning

WTP 3.9.1a: Oxygen.1a

• Only Java 9, Junit 5, and Eclipse PMC approved bugs are allowed
• Oxygen Schedule
• Some components still need to tag R3_9_1

3.9.1a Schedule

9/28 WTP Oxygen.1a RC2 (PMC +3 begins, 10/5 - need Eclipse PMC approval, too)

3.9.1a Builds

• Smoke Test

WTP 3.10.0: Schedule

• Once your git repository is tagged for Oxygen, you can start to contribute content for Photon to master

• Photon Schedule

9/28 3.10.0 Integration build

10/12 3.10.0 Integration build

10/26 3.10.0 M3 build

3.10.0 Builds

• Smoke Test

WTP 3.10.0: Repo Re-org And Releng Redux

• Overall issue: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=525342

• Current repos:
  • https://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_Gerrit_Access#Clone_a_repository_for_development (authenticated clone for use with Gerrit)
  • https://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_Git_Workflows#Commandline_git_.28anonymous_read-only.29 (anon read-only clone)
  • https://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_Git_Workflows#Clone_a_repo (online browsing)

common

• Steps done: merge complete, build created (tests are run, jars are signed)
• Build / update site: https://hudson.eclipse.org/webtools/job/webtools-common_R3_10/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/site/target/repository/
• Blocked? YES: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=519716 - move org.eclipse.jst.common.ui from common to javaee (requires webmaster or someone with push rights to both javaee and common)
• BZ(s): https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=518083: DONE
• TODO:
  • cleanup sourceTemplate folders ( https://git.eclipse.org/r/105965 )
  • migrate to Tycho 1.0

servertools

• Steps done: merge scripted but not yet applied
• Build / update site: TBD
• Blocked? No, just awaiting webmaster to run script to merge 3 repos
• BZ(s): https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=519780
• TODO:
  • verify tests run
  • cleanup sourceTemplate folders
  • migrate to Tycho 1.0

sourcediting

• Steps done: circular dependency to/from sourceediting resolved; merge scripted but not yet applied
• Build / update site: TBD
• Blocked? No, just awaiting webmaster to run script to merge 5 repos
• BZ(s): https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=520044 ,
  • https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=519774: circular dependency resolved
• TODO:
  • verify tests run
  • cleanup sourceTemplate folders
  • migrate to Tycho 1.0

javaee/ejb

• Steps done: merge planned but blocked. Patch suggested but solution is incomplete.
• Build / update site: TBD
• Blocked? YES: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=519793
• BZ(s): https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=519793
• TODO:
  • complete merge plan / decouple circular deps
  • script merge, apply merge
  • verify tests run
  • cleanup sourceTemplate folders
  • migrate to Tycho 1.0

webservices, jsf, dali

• Blocked by above merges/builds
• TODO:
  • complete merge plan / decouple circular deps
  • script merge, apply merge
  • verify tests run
  • cleanup sourceTemplate folders
  • migrate to Tycho 1.0

Bug and Feature Highlights

Focus on Quality

• Improve:

• Major or higher severity bugs by project (This week - 182)

• Targeted to Future (candidates for severity downgrade?) (Total - 73)

• Triage:

• Untargeted bugs and enhancements with patches attached over 7 days old (This week - 70)
• Untargeted severity "Major" and higher bugs opened over 7 days ago (This week - 105)
• Options:

• Target to a specific release or "future" if planning to fix but not in the next release
• Adjust severity as appropriate

Release Bug Review

Oxygen.1 targeted bugs

Blockers, Hot-Bugs, Hot-Features

Blocker and Critical

Hotbugs

Hotfeatures

Hotfeatures - triaged with helpwanted

Project scrum section

• Each project answers
  • What are you working on?
  • What are you planning for next week?

WTP Common Tools

• Oxygen.1a: Bug 522750

WTP EJB & Java EE Tools

• Oxygen.1a: Bug 522676

Server Tools

• This week: bug 509760, 459477, 500103, Oxygen 1a bug 507338
• Next week: continue merge repo

Web Services Tools

• Next week: 525337 519793

Other business - Long term tracking items

• Automated Error report logging - Now in JavaEE EPP
  • We need more WTP participation (triaging / fixing / coordinating / watching)
  • Dashboard
  • Incident reports
  • JST Problems Query

• CBI -
  • All open CBI bugs
  • Eclipse Common Build Infrastructure home

References

Also, see

• WTP Git Usage/Discussion page

• New Help for Old Friends

• Provisional API

Luna release retrospective

Standard Format Plans

WTP 3.7.x maintenance release plan

how/when to branch code?

IP Logs selector

See also the WTP Meeting Archive-Reference Page.