On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 7:52 PM Jonah Graham <jo...@kichwacoders.com> wrote:
> Hello folks, > > I am reaching out to you because I *may* need to take this on. But before > I do I want to confirm a couple of things: > > - Can the CVS features be released as needed and live in their own p2 site > going forward and that p2 site contribute to SimRel? > I can't think of a reason this does not work out. > - Can the Platform team still "host" the features/git repo/p2 site for > them? (As opposed to having to spin up a new project?) > I don't see an issue with having a separate git repo owned by the platform. > > I think my options are to: > 1) either split CVS features out of the repo[1] and fixup the build/etc so > that it can build independently > That is the best long term solution. > 2) create a mirror of the CVS features of the last release and host that > somewhere internal > 3) simply tell users to point at old release p2 sites to install CVS into > their newer Eclipse. > > The advantage of (1) is that, if needed, future fixes can actually be done > - and done in the open source easily, but that would require a Yes to my > two questions. > (1) is the best option IMHO too. We can have a call or whatever else chanel you would like to chat about the future changes. > > Thanks > Jonah > > [1] > https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/platform/eclipse.platform.team/ > > ~~~ > Jonah Graham > Kichwa Coders > www.kichwacoders.com > > > On Fri, 17 Sept 2021 at 10:04, Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurt...@redhat.com> > wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> CVS is dead technology but we still lose precious releng time in making >> sure versions are changed so it's updated clean from previous release, >> useless bits are still built on every patch review, tests are not run and >> so on. All that for nothing as we don't know whether there is any user left >> and whether the plugin is even still functional. >> >> With all that said, Eclipse TLP PMC is planning to have 4.22/2021-12 >> release be the last one containing CVS support . It's a standalone feature >> not included in Eclipse SDK nor in any EPP (AFAIK) thus it shouldn't >> affect many people (if anyone!). Being standalone, building it separately >> should be easy in case anyone is willing to preserve it. >> If you're still using CVS and depend on this plugin availability please >> raise your voice now and contact us on platform-dev@eclipse.org to plan >> and organize the split of CVS feature and you taking over release duties >> for it. >> -- >> Aleksandar Kurtakov >> Red Hat Eclipse Team >> _______________________________________________ >> cross-project-issues-dev mailing list >> cross-project-issues-...@eclipse.org >> To unsubscribe from this list, visit >> https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > -- Aleksandar Kurtakov Red Hat Eclipse Team
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