On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 10:11 AM Ed Merks <ed.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > Aleksandar, > > Thanks again for the constructive suggestion. I experimented with > reducing BIRT's contribution to just the chart feature: > > https://git.eclipse.org/r/154052 > > That build passes and that also solves the "who will do this problem". :-P >
Hey Ed, Thanks for stepping up yet again! I'm glad to be of little help as I can. > In addition, I fixed all the broken links in simrel.aggr. Many people are > editing textually; removing a feature from your *.aggrcon breaks the links > from the custom categories to those features, or shifts them to a different > feature. It's hard ensure one doesn't introduce errors when there are > errors to begin with. :-( > > Note that I'm not 100% sure if this change to BIRT's contribution also > avoids all the unsigned content, but I believe it does. I.e., installing > this feature in an IDE does not appear to install the two unsigned bundles > older Orbit bundles. > > Of course I'm not so comfortable changing someone else's *.aggrcon, so if > there is someone from the BIRT team paying attention, please speak up. > > Failing that, what do we, the active participants, think of this > approach/change? > RC2 is next week so I would vote for removing it now and if there is BIRT team member active they do the needed reenablement. IMHO we are past the state where we can wait for people to show up and broken things should be removed (where possible without breaking the house of cards) and if there is interested party they will step up, otherwise it's just luggage we carry needlessly. > Regards, > Ed > > > On 06.12.2019 20:51, Aleksandar Kurtakov wrote: > > Yes the feature is still there > https://github.com/eclipse/birt/blob/master/features/org.eclipse.birt.chart.feature/feature.xml > . If that's enough for MAT it should work. > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 9:47 PM Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurt...@redhat.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 9:03 PM Andrew Johnson <andrew_john...@uk.ibm.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 18:38:24 +0100 >>> From: Ed Merks >>> To: cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org >>> Subject: >>> >>> Fred, >>> >>> We're definitely on the path to greatness again.? Many teams have taken >>> action so the RC1 report is much improved: >>> >>> >>> https://download.eclipse.org/oomph/archive/reports/download.eclipse.org/releases/2019-12/http___download.eclipse.org_releases_2019-12_201912061000.html >>> >>> Special thanks to the Eclipse Collections team who I know invested >>> significant time. >>> >>> There are unfortunately some hold-outs that continue to reflect poorly >>> on our group's results: >>> >>> These outstanding bugs are open for each of the bad license problems >>> because it appears that these contributors are not reading >>> cross-projects: >>> >>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=553879 >>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=553523 >>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=553880 >>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=553881 >>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=553882 >>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=553883 >>> >>> *Please pay attention t4me, uml2, m2e, m2e-wtp, mylyn docs, and xwt >>> teams.* >>> >>> Also, given that the Reporting package has been removed I would >>> recommend removing BIRT itself from SimRel.?? This content is more than >>> two years old with bad licenses and with the only remaining unsigned >>> content. ? I don't hold out hope that there will be a new build so I've >>> *not *opened a Bugzilla. * >>> * >>> * >>> * >>> *Does BIRT removal affect anyone?* >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ed >>> >>> Yes, Eclipse Memory Analyzer uses BIRT for graphing of memory usage. We >>> would not have any pie charts if BIRT was removed, both dynamic charts in >>> the overview pane and HTML charts in reports. The pie charts shown on our >>> home page https://www.eclipse.org/mat/ and here >>> https://www.eclipse.org/mat/about/overview.png and here >>> https://help.eclipse.org/2019-09/topic/org.eclipse.mat.ui.help/tasks/listbiggestobjects.html >>> is generated by BIRT. >>> >>> Fortunately the graphing is in a separate feature, so it would not break >>> the rest of the tool, but it is useful for us. We only have a small team >>> and don't have the time or expertise to use a new graphing package. If it >>> has to be removed then we need plenty of notice, and ideally some help in >>> writing code to use a replacement. Please keep BIRT. >> >> >> Is it a possibility BIRT contribution to be shrinked to charting feature >> only? IIRC chart was separate feature in birt . We moved to swtchart from >> BIRT chart in Linux Tools and never looked back. >> >> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Andrew Johnson >>> Committer, Eclipse Memory Analyzer project >>> >>> >>> >>> Unless stated otherwise above: >>> IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number >>> 741598. >>> Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 >>> 3AU >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev >> >> >> >> -- >> Alexander Kurtakov >> Red Hat Eclipse Team >> > > > -- > Alexander Kurtakov > Red Hat Eclipse Team > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing listcross-project-issues-...@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from > this list, > visithttps://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > > _______________________________________________ > 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://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev -- Alexander Kurtakov Red Hat Eclipse Team
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