Project_Plan.xml

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<plan plan-format="1.0" xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/project/plan" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
      name="Marketplace Client (MPC)">
  <release projectid="technology.packaging.mpc" version="1.0"/>
  <introduction>
    <html:div>Marketplace Client provides a rich client for installing solutions listed on Eclipse Marketplace.  MPC provides a workflow for finding and installing solutions, layering on top of the Eclipse P2 and providing a streamlined and simplified workflow that does not require users to enter and manage update sites.   </html:div>
  </introduction>
  <release_deliverables>
    <html:div>Release 1.0 will provide the basic functionality to navigate the solution catalog and allow a user to install an Eclipse-based solution with a 'single click'.</html:div>
  </release_deliverables>
  <release_milestones>
    <preamble>
      <html:div></html:div>
    </preamble>
    <milestone date="3/17/2010" milestone="M6"><html:div>Feature completion, will be available as part of Helios M6</html:div></milestone>
    <milestone date="5/5/2010" milestone="M7"><html:div>UI streamlining in response to community feedback</html:div></milestone>
    <milestone date="5/19/2010" milestone="RC1"><html:div>Updates to documentation</html:div></milestone>
    <milestone date="5/26/2010" milestone="RC2"><html:div>Release Candidate</html:div></milestone>
    <milestone date="6/2/2010" milestone="RC3"><html:div>Release Candidate</html:div></milestone>
    <milestone date="6/9/2010" milestone="RC4"><html:div>Release Candidate</html:div></milestone>
    <milestone date="6/16/2010" milestone="Final"><html:div>First Release (1.0)</html:div></milestone>
	<postamble>
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			<p><a name="ramp-down"><b>Ramp Down</b></a></p>
			<p>After RC1 is released, builds will be produced weekly until the final 1.0 release. In the RC
			phase only bugs marked P1 or higher or severity major or higher will be fixed. APIs will not
			change except to address critical fixes requiring approval of at least two committers.</p>
		</html:div> 
	</postamble>
  </release_milestones>
  <target_environments>
    <html:div>The plan is to support the operating systems supported by the EPP packages.</html:div>
    <internationalization>
      <html:div>The content from Marketplace is English.  No plans for internationalization in this release.</html:div>
    </internationalization>
  </target_environments>
  <compatibility_with_previous_releases>
    <html:div>This is the first release.</html:div>
  </compatibility_with_previous_releases>
  <themes_and_priorities>
    <preamble>
      <html:div>This is the first release of MPC so the focus is on provide the basic functionality to make it easy to install Eclipse solutions from an Eclipse workspace.</html:div>
    </preamble>
    <theme name="Appealing to the Broader Community">
      <description>The goal is MPC will expose Eclipse based solutions to more developers and create a stronger community.</description>
      <committed bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?priority=P1;priority=P1;keywords=plan;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;product=MPC"/>
      <proposed bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?priority=P1;priority=P2;keywords=plan;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;product=MPC"/>
      <deferred bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?priority=P1;priority=P3;keywords=plan;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;product=MPC"/>
    </theme>
    <theme name="Design for Extensibility">
      <description>Support will be provided for different external sources of solution listing catalogs (ex. Eclipse release train catalog, third party catalog, internal corporate catalog) </description>
      <committed bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?priority=P1;priority=P1;keywords=plan;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;product=MPC"/>
      <proposed bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?priority=P1;priority=P2;keywords=plan;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;product=MPC"/>
      <deferred bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?priority=P1;priority=P3;keywords=plan;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;product=MPC"/>
    </theme>
  </themes_and_priorities>
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</plan>