timeline/how-things-work.php

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$pageTitle 		= "How The Master Timeline Page Works";
$pageKeywords	= "timeline";
$pageAuthor		= "Bjorn Freeman-Benson Nov 20/05";

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 The <a href="master-timeline.php">master timeline page</a> is generated by a PHP script that reads the ".dates.txt" files in the top-level web directories of the major Eclipse projects. The ".dates.txt" file has the following structure:
      <ul>
        <li>Line 1: project abbreviation/name</li>
        <li>Line 2: project URL</li>
        <li>Lines 3..N: release name &lt;space> month / year &lt;space> kind of release &lt;space> url<br>
      The kind of release and planning document url are optional fields; the defaults are "Planned" and "none".
          <ul>
            <li><code>Completed</code>; the url should point to the release
              download</li>
            <li><code>Planned</code>; the url should point to the planning
              document</li>
            <li><code>Tentative</code>; the optional url should point to the
              planning document</li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
      <p> For example:
 <pre>TPTP
http://www.eclipse.org/tptp
3.3 6/2004 Completed http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/home/downloads/drops/3.3.0.html
4.1 6/2005 Planned http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/home/project_info/...&amp;file=TPTPFeatures_4.1.xml
5.0 6/2006 Tentative</pre>
      With more work on the script, these files could be XML instead of straight
 text.

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