Hi David, I would like to get a new service release for BPMN2 Modeler into Mars RC2. Does this mean there is still time for another RC2 build?
Cheers, Bob On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:22 PM, David M Williams < david_willi...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > I am announcing this a bit early because part of the weather forecast for > central North Carolina on Friday is "freezing rain" which often leads to > power outages. While I do have a few hours of emergency backup power (and a > back up internet connection) I just do not want to have to worry about > getting this announcement out later today. It is, after all, an historic > announcement! (Tangent below.) > > = = = = = = = > > I suspect everyone knows this is considered a "warm-up" RC, not a true > candidate for release. That partially means it has not been tested as much > and partially that there are still "known fixes" to go into some project's > builds. But, from here on (for RC2, 3 and 4) please make each of them as > solid as possible and a true candidate for release. (i.e. don't plan on > waiting until RC4 to put in some big fix ... after all, there might be > another ice storm somewhere by then and we'll have to release RC3! :) > Very unlikely to happen, but that should be our attitude. > > As with past "warm-up" RCs, we do not publish the EPP packages to the > downloads page (on developers-index tab), but if you do want to test one, > you can get it directly from EPP's build archives: > > Downloads of the packages: > > *https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/* > <https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/> > > p2 repositories (for testing "check for updates") > > *https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/repository/* > <https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/repository/>and > *http://download.eclipse.org/releases/maintenance/* > <http://download.eclipse.org/releases/maintenance/> > > Greatest thanks to everyone working on Mars.2. > > = = = = = = = > > What is so historic about this warm-up RC? > > This is our last warm-up RC build -- forever! For Neon update releases we > are not planning to have warm-up RCs but going straight to RCs with only > one week in between. We will still have 4 RCs, though. > > This is partially because we are having 3 update releases during the year, > instead of 2, so the schedule is a little compressed. > > But, even more so, it is because the vast majority of you Eclipse projects > are really getting good at this and there seems to be no need for a warm-up > any longer. We say "go" you put out a release. Job well done! Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > -- ________________________ Robert ("Bob") Brodt Senior Software Engineer JBoss by Red Hat
_______________________________________________ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from this list, visit https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev
