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    <p:release projectid="birt" version="4.2.2"/>
    <p:introduction><html:div><html:p>This document lays out the feature and API set for the first release of the Eclipse BIRT project after 4.2.1, designated as BIRT 4.2 Service Release 2 (abbreviated as BIRT 4.2 SR2).</html:p>

 <html:p>Plans do not materialize out of nowhere, nor are they entirely static. To ensure the planning process is transparent and open to the entire
 Eclipse community, plans are posted in an embryonic form and then revised from time to time throughout the release cycle.</html:p>
 <html:p>The first part of the plan deals with the important matters of release deliverables, release milestones, target operating environments, and
 release-to-release compatibility. These are all things that need to be clear for any release, even if no features were to change.</html:p>
 <html:p>The remainder of the plan consists of plan items for the projects under the Eclipse BIRT project. Each plan item covers a feature or API that
 is to be added, or some aspect that is to be improved. Each plan item has its own entry in the Eclipse bugzilla database, with a title and a concise
 summary(usually a single paragraph) that explains the work item at a suitably high enough level so that everyone can readily understand what the work item
 is without having to understand the nitty-gritty detail.</html:p><html:p>Please send comments about this draft plan to the <html:a href="mailto:birt-dev@eclipse.org">BIRT Developer</html:a> mailing list.</html:p></html:div></p:introduction>
    <p:release_deliverables>
 	<html:p>This release of BIRT will focus on providing the same downloads as BIRT 4.2.1</html:p>
    </p:release_deliverables>
    <p:release_milestones>
       <p:preamble>
          <html:div>	<html:p>For information about new features assigned to each milestone please refer to the <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs">bugzilla
 			database</html:a>. The bugzilla database will be updated on an ongoing basis as the plan progresses.</html:p>
 		</html:div>
       </p:preamble>
       <p:milestone date="01/15/2013" milestone="RC1"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC1</html:div></p:milestone>
       <p:milestone date="01/29/2013" milestone="RC2"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC2</html:div></p:milestone>
       <p:milestone date="02/05/2013" milestone="RC3"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC3</html:div></p:milestone>
       <p:milestone date="02/12/2013" milestone="RC4"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC4/ Final</html:div></p:milestone>
       <p:milestone date="02/22/2013" milestone="GA"><html:div>Juno SR2 GA</html:div></p:milestone>


    </p:release_milestones>

  <p:target_environments>
      	<html:p>In order to remain current, each release of an Eclipse project targets reasonably current versions of underlying operating environments and
 		other Eclipse projects on which it depends.</html:p>
 		<html:p>Most of Eclipse, and all of BIRT, is "pure" Java code and has no direct dependence on the underlying operating system. For BIRT, the chief
 		dependence is on the Eclipse Platform, Graphical Editor Framework (GEF), Modeling Framework (EMF), and on the Java 2 Platform that runs it. </html:p>
 		<html:p>The Eclipse BIRT 4.2 SR2 release depends on the following compatibility stacks:</html:p>

 		<html:p><html:b>BIRT 4.2 SR2 Reference Stack for Java SE 7</html:b></html:p>
 		<html:ul>
   		<html:li>Java SE 7</html:li>
   		<html:li>Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.7, 3.8, 4.2</html:li>
   		<html:li>Graphical Editor Framework (GEF) Runtime 3.7</html:li>
   		<html:li>Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.7</html:li>
   		<html:li>Data Tools Platform Project (DTP) 1.10 </html:li>
   		<html:li>Web Tools Project (WTP) 3.3</html:li>
 		</html:ul>

 		<html:p><html:b>BIRT 4.2 SR2 Reference Stack for Java SE 6</html:b> </html:p>

 		<html:ul>
   		<html:li>Java SE 6 </html:li>
   		<html:li>Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.7, 3.8, 4.2 </html:li>
   		<html:li>Graphical Editor Framework (GEF) Runtime 3.7 </html:li>
   		<html:li>Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.7 </html:li>
   		<html:li>Data Tools Platform Project (DTP) 1.10 </html:li>
   		<html:li>Web Tools Project (WTP) 3.3</html:li>
 		</html:ul>


 		<html:p>The Eclipse Platform and BIRT run in a variety of operating environments. Testing is focused on a handful of popular combinations
 		of operating system and Java 2 Platform; these are our reference platforms. Eclipse BIRT undoubtedly runs fine in many
 		operating environments beyond the reference platforms we test. However, since we do not systematically test them we cannot vouch for them. Problems encountered
 		when running Eclipse BIRT on non-reference platforms that cannot be recreated on any reference platform will be given lower priority than problems with
 		running Eclipse BIRT on a reference platform.</html:p>

 		<html:p>For BIRT 4.2 SR2, the project team plans to tests and validate the following reference platforms:</html:p>
 		<html:table style="width: 825px; height: 188px;" border="1">
 		  <html:tbody>
 		    <html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
 		      <html:th colspan="4">
         	    <html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">Eclipse BIRT Report Framework 4.2 SR2 and Eclipse BIRT RCP Report Designer 4.2 SR2 Reference Platforms</html:font></html:b></html:div>
 		      </html:th>
 		    </html:tr>
 			<html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205"><html:b>Operating system</html:b></html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76"><html:b>Processor architecture</html:b></html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59"><html:b>Window system</html:b></html:td>
 		      <html:td width="453"><html:b>Java SE</html:b></html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows 7, 7 SP1</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59">Win32</html:td>
 		      <html:td>Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows XP</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59">Win32</html:td>
 		      <html:td>Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205">
 	         	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, 6.1<html:br />
       		  Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 </html:td>


 		      <html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59">GTK</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		  </html:tbody>
 		</html:table>

 		<html:br />
 		<html:table border="1">
 		  <html:tbody>
 		    <html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
 		      <html:th colspan="4">
       	      <html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">Eclipse BIRT Runtime 4.2 SR2 and Eclipse BIRT Charts 4.2 SR2 Reference Platforms</html:font></html:b></html:div>
 		      </html:th>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205"><html:b>Operating system</html:b></html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76"><html:b>Processor architecture</html:b></html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59"><html:b>Window system</html:b></html:td>
 		      <html:td width="453"><html:b>Java SE</html:b></html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows 7</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59">Win32*</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows XP</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59">Win32*</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205">
 			Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0<html:br />
       		  Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 <html:br /> Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.0 </html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59">GTK*</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="205">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="59">YaST*</html:td>
 		      <html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		  </html:tbody>
 		</html:table>
 		<html:div>*Window system only required when displaying charts within SWT or SWING windows.</html:div><html:br />
 		<html:br />
 		<html:table border="1">
 		  <html:tbody>
 		    <html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
 		      <html:th colspan="1">
       		     <html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">BIRT Application Server Reference Platform</html:font></html:b></html:div>
 		      </html:th>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="405">Apache Tomcat 5.5.x, 6.0.16, 7.0.20</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 			  <html:td width="405">JBoss AS 5.0, 7.0.1 </html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 			  <html:td width="405">Oracle Weblogic Application Server 9.2, 10.3</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 			  <html:td width="405">IBM Websphere Application Server 6.1, 7.0, 8.0</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		  </html:tbody>
 		</html:table>

 		<html:br />

 		<html:table border="1">
 		  <html:tbody>
 		    <html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
 		      <html:th colspan="1">
       		      <html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">BIRT JDBC Reference Platforms</html:font></html:b></html:div>
 		      </html:th>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="405">MySQL Connector/J 3.x JDBC driver</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="405">Derby V10.5.1.1 JDBC driver</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>
 		    <html:tr>
 		      <html:td width="405">Actuate DataDirect JDBC drivers</html:td>
 		    </html:tr>

 		  </html:tbody>
 		</html:table>


 		<html:br />
 		<html:span style="font-weight: bold;"><html:a name="CommunityOperatingEnvironments" id="CommunityOperatingEnvironments">Community
 		Tested Operating Environments</html:a></html:span>
 		<html:p>Due to the finite resources available to the BIRT project, we would like to encourage the BIRT community to contribute to testing BIRT in
 		operating environments other than those listed as target operating environments for the 4.2 SR2 release of BIRT and to share this
 		information with the rest of the community. If you have been able to test BIRT in a non-targeted operating environment please take a few
 		minutes to update this <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Community_Tested_Operating_Environments_for_4.2">wiki
 		page</html:a> and report this information there. If you have encountered bugs during your testing, please report these in
 		bugzilla.</html:p>
 	<p:internationalization>
           <html:div>
           	<html:p>Eclipse is designed as the basis for internationalized products. The user interface elements provided by the various Eclipse projects, including
 			dialogs and error messages, are externalized. The English strings for BIRT are provided as the default resource bundles. Translations are provided
 			with this release for French (fr_FR), German (de_DE), Spanish (es_ES), Japanese (ja_JP), Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), and Korean (ko_KR).</html:p>
 		</html:div>
      </p:internationalization>
    </p:target_environments>

    <p:compatibility_with_previous_releases>
        <html:div>
        	<html:p>BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be compatible with earlier versions of BIRT to the greatest extent possible. The nature and scope of some of the key plan items for
 		BIRT 4.2 SR2 are such that the only feasible solutions might break compatibility. In other regards, BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be compatible with 4.x, 3.x, 2.x and 1.x. We also
 		aim to minimize the effort required to port an existing plug-in to the 4.2 SR2 APIs.</html:p>
 		<html:b>Compatibility of Release 4.2 SR2 with Prior Releases</html:b>

 		<html:p>BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be compatible with prior releases of BIRT unless noted otherwise. The detailed compatibility statement is listed below.
 		In this statement, "BIRT" refers to all BIRT components: BIRT Report Framework, BIRT Runtime, and BIRT Chart SDK.</html:p>
 		<html:p><html:b>API Contract Compatibility:</html:b> BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be upwards contract-compatible with BIRT prior releases except in those areas noted in the
 <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. Downward contract compatibility is not supported. In other words there is no guarantee that
 		compliance with BIRT 4.2 SR2 APIs will ensure compliance with prior BIRT release APIs.
 Refer to general Eclipse document on <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs">Evolving
 		APIs</html:a> for a discussion on the kinds of API changes that maintain contract compatibility.</html:p>

 		<html:p><html:b>Binary (plug-in) Compatibility:</html:b> The BIRT 4.2 SR2 plug-in framework will be upwards binary-compatible with prior BIRT release plug-ins except in those
 areas noted in the <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. This means that plug-ins (including extension plug-ins) for prior
 BIRT releases will be upwards binary-compatible with BIRT 4.2 SR2 unless noted otherwise. Downward plug-in compatibility is not supported. In other words plug-ins for BIRT 4.2 SR2 will not be usable
 in prior BIRT releases. </html:p>

 		<html:p><html:b>Source Compatibility:</html:b> BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be upwards source-compatible with prior BIRT releases except in those areas noted in the <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. This means that source files written to use prior BIRT release APIs will successfully compile and run against BIRT 4.2 SR2 APIs. Downward
 		source compatibility is not supported. If source files use new BIRT APIs, they will not be usable with an earlier version of BIRT.</html:p>

 		<html:p><html:b>Report Design Compatibility:</html:b> BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be upwards report design compatible with prior BIRT releases except in those areas noted in the
 <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. This means that reports created with prior BIRT releases can be successfully opened by BIRT 4.2 SR2
 and upgraded to the 4.2 SR2 format.</html:p>

 		<html:p><html:b>Non-compliant usage of API's: </html:b> All non-API methods and classes, and certainly everything in a package with "internal" in its name, are
 		considered implementation details which may vary between operating environment and are subject to change without notice. Client plug-ins that directly depend
 		on anything other than what is specified in the BIRT API are inherently unsupportable and receive no guarantees about compatibility within a
 		single release much less with an earlier releases.</html:p>
 	</html:div>
    </p:compatibility_with_previous_releases>


     <p:themes_and_priorities>
      <p:preamble>
          <html:div>
          	<html:p>BIRT 4.2 SR2 is the second maintenance release in the BIRT 4.2 release series and is intended to be narrow in scope.
 			The 4.2 SR2 release is primarily focused on addressing critical bugs identified by the community.
 			The <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?classification=BIRT&amp;product=BIRT&amp;target_milestone=4.2.2">list of defects</html:a>
            	targeted for resolution in BIRT 4.2 SR2	can be found in the bugzilla database at <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs">https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs</html:a>.</html:p>


          </html:div>
      </p:preamble>
    </p:themes_and_priorities>

    <p:appendix name=": Help Wanted">
      <html:div>We welcome any contributions from the community towards the BIRT project. This help can be in the form of adding new functionality to BIRT,
      submitting bug fixes/enhancements to the current BIRT code and testing BIRT on new platforms.
      <html:br />Please refer to <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?keywords=helpwanted;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;bug_status=NEW;classification=BIRT;product=BIRT">this bugzilla query</html:a> for
      the list of enhancements that we need help on.
      For more information on how you can contribute to the BIRT project, refer to <html:a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/contribute.php">How to Contribute to the BIRT Project</html:a>
      </html:div>
    </p:appendix>

 </p:plan>
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	<p:plan plan-format="1.0" xmlns:p="http://www.eclipse.org/project/plan" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT)">
	<p:release projectid="birt" version="4.2.2"/>
	<p:introduction><html:div><html:p>This document lays out the feature and API set for the first release of the Eclipse BIRT project after 4.2.1, designated as BIRT 4.2 Service Release 2 (abbreviated as BIRT 4.2 SR2).</html:p>

	<html:p>Plans do not materialize out of nowhere, nor are they entirely static. To ensure the planning process is transparent and open to the entire
	Eclipse community, plans are posted in an embryonic form and then revised from time to time throughout the release cycle.</html:p>
	<html:p>The first part of the plan deals with the important matters of release deliverables, release milestones, target operating environments, and
	release-to-release compatibility. These are all things that need to be clear for any release, even if no features were to change.</html:p>
	<html:p>The remainder of the plan consists of plan items for the projects under the Eclipse BIRT project. Each plan item covers a feature or API that
	is to be added, or some aspect that is to be improved. Each plan item has its own entry in the Eclipse bugzilla database, with a title and a concise
	summary(usually a single paragraph) that explains the work item at a suitably high enough level so that everyone can readily understand what the work item
	is without having to understand the nitty-gritty detail.</html:p><html:p>Please send comments about this draft plan to the <html:a href="mailto:birt-dev@eclipse.org">BIRT Developer</html:a> mailing list.</html:p></html:div></p:introduction>
	<p:release_deliverables>
	<html:p>This release of BIRT will focus on providing the same downloads as BIRT 4.2.1</html:p>
	</p:release_deliverables>
	<p:release_milestones>
	<p:preamble>
	<html:div> <html:p>For information about new features assigned to each milestone please refer to the <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs">bugzilla
	database</html:a>. The bugzilla database will be updated on an ongoing basis as the plan progresses.</html:p>
	</html:div>
	</p:preamble>
	<p:milestone date="01/15/2013" milestone="RC1"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC1</html:div></p:milestone>
	<p:milestone date="01/29/2013" milestone="RC2"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC2</html:div></p:milestone>
	<p:milestone date="02/05/2013" milestone="RC3"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC3</html:div></p:milestone>
	<p:milestone date="02/12/2013" milestone="RC4"><html:div>4.2 SR2 RC4/ Final</html:div></p:milestone>
	<p:milestone date="02/22/2013" milestone="GA"><html:div>Juno SR2 GA</html:div></p:milestone>


	</p:release_milestones>

	<p:target_environments>
	<html:p>In order to remain current, each release of an Eclipse project targets reasonably current versions of underlying operating environments and
	other Eclipse projects on which it depends.</html:p>
	<html:p>Most of Eclipse, and all of BIRT, is "pure" Java code and has no direct dependence on the underlying operating system. For BIRT, the chief
	dependence is on the Eclipse Platform, Graphical Editor Framework (GEF), Modeling Framework (EMF), and on the Java 2 Platform that runs it. </html:p>
	<html:p>The Eclipse BIRT 4.2 SR2 release depends on the following compatibility stacks:</html:p>

	<html:p><html:b>BIRT 4.2 SR2 Reference Stack for Java SE 7</html:b></html:p>
	<html:ul>
	<html:li>Java SE 7</html:li>
	<html:li>Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.7, 3.8, 4.2</html:li>
	<html:li>Graphical Editor Framework (GEF) Runtime 3.7</html:li>
	<html:li>Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.7</html:li>
	<html:li>Data Tools Platform Project (DTP) 1.10 </html:li>
	<html:li>Web Tools Project (WTP) 3.3</html:li>
	</html:ul>

	<html:p><html:b>BIRT 4.2 SR2 Reference Stack for Java SE 6</html:b> </html:p>

	<html:ul>
	<html:li>Java SE 6 </html:li>
	<html:li>Eclipse Platform Runtime Binary 3.7, 3.8, 4.2 </html:li>
	<html:li>Graphical Editor Framework (GEF) Runtime 3.7 </html:li>
	<html:li>Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) 2.7 </html:li>
	<html:li>Data Tools Platform Project (DTP) 1.10 </html:li>
	<html:li>Web Tools Project (WTP) 3.3</html:li>
	</html:ul>


	<html:p>The Eclipse Platform and BIRT run in a variety of operating environments. Testing is focused on a handful of popular combinations
	of operating system and Java 2 Platform; these are our reference platforms. Eclipse BIRT undoubtedly runs fine in many
	operating environments beyond the reference platforms we test. However, since we do not systematically test them we cannot vouch for them. Problems encountered
	when running Eclipse BIRT on non-reference platforms that cannot be recreated on any reference platform will be given lower priority than problems with
	running Eclipse BIRT on a reference platform.</html:p>

	<html:p>For BIRT 4.2 SR2, the project team plans to tests and validate the following reference platforms:</html:p>
	<html:table style="width: 825px; height: 188px;" border="1">
	<html:tbody>
	<html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
	<html:th colspan="4">
	<html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">Eclipse BIRT Report Framework 4.2 SR2 and Eclipse BIRT RCP Report Designer 4.2 SR2 Reference Platforms</html:font></html:b></html:div>
	</html:th>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205"><html:b>Operating system</html:b></html:td>
	<html:td width="76"><html:b>Processor architecture</html:b></html:td>
	<html:td width="59"><html:b>Window system</html:b></html:td>
	<html:td width="453"><html:b>Java SE</html:b></html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows 7, 7 SP1</html:td>
	<html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
	<html:td width="59">Win32</html:td>
	<html:td>Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows XP</html:td>
	<html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
	<html:td width="59">Win32</html:td>
	<html:td>Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205">
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, 6.1<html:br />
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 </html:td>


	<html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
	<html:td width="59">GTK</html:td>
	<html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	</html:tbody>
	</html:table>

	<html:br />
	<html:table border="1">
	<html:tbody>
	<html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
	<html:th colspan="4">
	<html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">Eclipse BIRT Runtime 4.2 SR2 and Eclipse BIRT Charts 4.2 SR2 Reference Platforms</html:font></html:b></html:div>
	</html:th>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205"><html:b>Operating system</html:b></html:td>
	<html:td width="76"><html:b>Processor architecture</html:b></html:td>
	<html:td width="59"><html:b>Window system</html:b></html:td>
	<html:td width="453"><html:b>Java SE</html:b></html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows 7</html:td>
	<html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
	<html:td width="59">Win32*</html:td>
	<html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205">Microsoft Windows XP</html:td>
	<html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
	<html:td width="59">Win32*</html:td>
	<html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205">
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0<html:br />
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 <html:br /> Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5.0 </html:td>
	<html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
	<html:td width="59">GTK*</html:td>
	<html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="205">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9</html:td>
	<html:td width="76">Intel x86</html:td>
	<html:td width="59">YaST*</html:td>
	<html:td width="453">Oracle Java SE 6, 7</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	</html:tbody>
	</html:table>
	<html:div>*Window system only required when displaying charts within SWT or SWING windows.</html:div><html:br />
	<html:br />
	<html:table border="1">
	<html:tbody>
	<html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
	<html:th colspan="1">
	<html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">BIRT Application Server Reference Platform</html:font></html:b></html:div>
	</html:th>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="405">Apache Tomcat 5.5.x, 6.0.16, 7.0.20</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="405">JBoss AS 5.0, 7.0.1 </html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="405">Oracle Weblogic Application Server 9.2, 10.3</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="405">IBM Websphere Application Server 6.1, 7.0, 8.0</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	</html:tbody>
	</html:table>

	<html:br />

	<html:table border="1">
	<html:tbody>
	<html:tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
	<html:th colspan="1">
	<html:div align="center"> <html:b><html:font size="+1">BIRT JDBC Reference Platforms</html:font></html:b></html:div>
	</html:th>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="405">MySQL Connector/J 3.x JDBC driver</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="405">Derby V10.5.1.1 JDBC driver</html:td>
	</html:tr>
	<html:tr>
	<html:td width="405">Actuate DataDirect JDBC drivers</html:td>
	</html:tr>

	</html:tbody>
	</html:table>


	<html:br />
	<html:span style="font-weight: bold;"><html:a name="CommunityOperatingEnvironments" id="CommunityOperatingEnvironments">Community
	Tested Operating Environments</html:a></html:span>
	<html:p>Due to the finite resources available to the BIRT project, we would like to encourage the BIRT community to contribute to testing BIRT in
	operating environments other than those listed as target operating environments for the 4.2 SR2 release of BIRT and to share this
	information with the rest of the community. If you have been able to test BIRT in a non-targeted operating environment please take a few
	minutes to update this <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Community_Tested_Operating_Environments_for_4.2">wiki
	page</html:a> and report this information there. If you have encountered bugs during your testing, please report these in
	bugzilla.</html:p>
	<p:internationalization>
	<html:div>
	<html:p>Eclipse is designed as the basis for internationalized products. The user interface elements provided by the various Eclipse projects, including
	dialogs and error messages, are externalized. The English strings for BIRT are provided as the default resource bundles. Translations are provided
	with this release for French (fr_FR), German (de_DE), Spanish (es_ES), Japanese (ja_JP), Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), and Korean (ko_KR).</html:p>
	</html:div>
	</p:internationalization>
	</p:target_environments>

	<p:compatibility_with_previous_releases>
	<html:div>
	<html:p>BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be compatible with earlier versions of BIRT to the greatest extent possible. The nature and scope of some of the key plan items for
	BIRT 4.2 SR2 are such that the only feasible solutions might break compatibility. In other regards, BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be compatible with 4.x, 3.x, 2.x and 1.x. We also
	aim to minimize the effort required to port an existing plug-in to the 4.2 SR2 APIs.</html:p>
	<html:b>Compatibility of Release 4.2 SR2 with Prior Releases</html:b>

	<html:p>BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be compatible with prior releases of BIRT unless noted otherwise. The detailed compatibility statement is listed below.
	In this statement, "BIRT" refers to all BIRT components: BIRT Report Framework, BIRT Runtime, and BIRT Chart SDK.</html:p>
	<html:p><html:b>API Contract Compatibility:</html:b> BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be upwards contract-compatible with BIRT prior releases except in those areas noted in the
	<html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. Downward contract compatibility is not supported. In other words there is no guarantee that
	compliance with BIRT 4.2 SR2 APIs will ensure compliance with prior BIRT release APIs.
	Refer to general Eclipse document on <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs">Evolving
	APIs</html:a> for a discussion on the kinds of API changes that maintain contract compatibility.</html:p>

	<html:p><html:b>Binary (plug-in) Compatibility:</html:b> The BIRT 4.2 SR2 plug-in framework will be upwards binary-compatible with prior BIRT release plug-ins except in those
	areas noted in the <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. This means that plug-ins (including extension plug-ins) for prior
	BIRT releases will be upwards binary-compatible with BIRT 4.2 SR2 unless noted otherwise. Downward plug-in compatibility is not supported. In other words plug-ins for BIRT 4.2 SR2 will not be usable
	in prior BIRT releases. </html:p>

	<html:p><html:b>Source Compatibility:</html:b> BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be upwards source-compatible with prior BIRT releases except in those areas noted in the <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. This means that source files written to use prior BIRT release APIs will successfully compile and run against BIRT 4.2 SR2 APIs. Downward
	source compatibility is not supported. If source files use new BIRT APIs, they will not be usable with an earlier version of BIRT.</html:p>

	<html:p><html:b>Report Design Compatibility:</html:b> BIRT 4.2 SR2 will be upwards report design compatible with prior BIRT releases except in those areas noted in the
	<html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT_Migration_Guide">Eclipse BIRT Migration Guide</html:a>. This means that reports created with prior BIRT releases can be successfully opened by BIRT 4.2 SR2
	and upgraded to the 4.2 SR2 format.</html:p>

	<html:p><html:b>Non-compliant usage of API's: </html:b> All non-API methods and classes, and certainly everything in a package with "internal" in its name, are
	considered implementation details which may vary between operating environment and are subject to change without notice. Client plug-ins that directly depend
	on anything other than what is specified in the BIRT API are inherently unsupportable and receive no guarantees about compatibility within a
	single release much less with an earlier releases.</html:p>
	</html:div>
	</p:compatibility_with_previous_releases>


	<p:themes_and_priorities>
	<p:preamble>
	<html:div>
	<html:p>BIRT 4.2 SR2 is the second maintenance release in the BIRT 4.2 release series and is intended to be narrow in scope.
	The 4.2 SR2 release is primarily focused on addressing critical bugs identified by the community.
	The <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?classification=BIRT&product=BIRT&target_milestone=4.2.2">list of defects</html:a>
	targeted for resolution in BIRT 4.2 SR2 can be found in the bugzilla database at <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs">https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs</html:a>.</html:p>




	</html:div>
	</p:preamble>
	</p:themes_and_priorities>

	<p:appendix name=": Help Wanted">
	<html:div>We welcome any contributions from the community towards the BIRT project. This help can be in the form of adding new functionality to BIRT,
	submitting bug fixes/enhancements to the current BIRT code and testing BIRT on new platforms.
	<html:br />Please refer to <html:a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?keywords=helpwanted;query_format=advanced;keywords_type=allwords;bug_status=NEW;classification=BIRT;product=BIRT">this bugzilla query</html:a> for
	the list of enhancements that we need help on.
	For more information on how you can contribute to the BIRT project, refer to <html:a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/contribute.php">How to Contribute to the BIRT Project</html:a>
	</html:div>
	</p:appendix>

	</p:plan>