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 h1. Amalgam 1.1.0 Release Review - Helios Simultaneous Release


 @Author@ Cédric Brun

 Release Review :  *Friday, June 11, 2010*
 Copyright Obeo (c) 2010,  made available under the EPL v1.0


 h2. Project Summary

 h3. Contact

 Communication channel : @eclipse.modeling.amalgam@
 Process Documentation : @http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/development_process.php@
 Project Plan : @http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=modeling.amalgam@

 h3. Focus

 The Amalgam project provides :
 - the Eclipse Modeling Package
 - integration code and tools for the Modeling Projects

 h2.  1.1.0 Release Talking Points

 h3. Features

 *Modeling Discovery User Interface* has been developed and integrated in the Eclipse Modeling Package to ease integration
 of the numerous modeling components while keeping a stable and consistent platform.

 The package has been *slimed down* from more than @400Mb@ to @250Mb@ and is now more consistent.


 h3. Non-Code Aspects

 The discovery UI is integrated in the modeling package through a welcome page contribution and an action near the classical @Install New Software ...@ action.

 h3. APIs

 *The project lead certifies that the requirements for Eclipse Quality APIs have been met for this release*

 Metamodel definitions and corresponding implementations are considered APIs.

 Non-API classes are separated from the exposed API through an @internal@ package in the namespace.


 h3. Architecture

 The discovery UI is leveraging a model describing its contribution and hosted on the Eclipse.org server. This model might be updated after the release to provide new installable components for the package.

 h3. Tool Usability

 Amalgam address the need of a common integrated platform for Eclipse Modeling. This platform is completely focused on the EMF runtime and technologies.  The discovery UI integrated in the package address the need to find its way through the so diverse modeling project and to install the needed technologies.


 h3. End Of Life

 The *Modeling Examples* developed for the _Eclipse Modeling Project: A Domain-Specific Language (DSL) Toolkit_ (@ISBN-13: 978-0321534071@) book have not been maintained since the Ganymede release and have not been updated for Helios yet.


 h3. Bugzilla


 |_.  Severity  |_. NEW |_. 	RESOLVED |_.	 Total |
 |blocker      |	.  | 	1 	| 1  |
 |major 	     | 1  | 	. 	| 1 	|
 |normal       |	6| 	18| 	24|
 |enhancement 	| 1 | 	5|  	6 |
 | Total 	|  8 	| 24 | 	32 |

 h3. Standards

 No standard exists concerning the modeling amalgam project scope..

 h3. UI Usability

 The Amalgam integration code is conforming to the user interface guidelines.

 h3. Schedule

 The Amalgam project follow closely the EMF Core schedule:

 * M1	08/18/2009
 * M2	09/29/2009
 * M3	11/10/2009
 * M4	12/15/2009
 * M5	02/02/2010
 * M6	03/16/2010
 * M7	05/04/2010
 * RC1	05/18/2010
 * RC2	05/25/2010
 * RC3	06/01/2010
 * RC4	06/08/2010
 * Final	06/16/2010
 * 1.1.0	06/23/2010

 h3. Project Plan

 The Helios project plan is available at @http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=modeling.amalgam@


 h3. Communities

 Since the new team has been formed a few actions took place to gather the community :

 * Google Summer of Code 2010 ideas
 * About one update every two months on Planet Eclipse.

 h3. Commiter Changes

 The whole team changed, the former and only commiter @Richard Gronback@ resigned and a new team composed of :
 * @Cédric Brun@ (lead)
 * @Peter Friese@
 * @Artem Tikhomirov@

 has been created in September 2009


 h3. IP Issues

 p.
 The about files and use licenses are in place as per the Guidelines to Legal Documentation.
 All contributions (code, documentation, images, etc) have been committed by individuals who are either Members of the
 Foundation, or have signed the appropriate Committer Agreement.
 In either case, these are individuals who have signed, and are abiding by, the Eclipse IP Policy.
 All significant contributions have been reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
 All non-Committer code contributions, including third-party libraries, have been documented in the release and reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.

 All contribution Questionnaires have been completed

 The "provider" field of each plugin is set to "Eclipse Modeling Project"
 The "copyright" field of each plugin is set to the copyright owner
 Any third-party logos or trademarks included in the distribution (icons, logos, etc) have been licensed under the EPL
 The Amalgam IP log is generated and submited at

 @http://www.eclipse.org/projects/ip_log.php?projectid=modeling.amalgam@

 There was no contributions to this release.

	h1. Amalgam 1.1.0 Release Review - Helios Simultaneous Release


	@Author@ Cédric Brun

	Release Review : Friday, June 11, 2010
	Copyright Obeo (c) 2010, made available under the EPL v1.0


	h2. Project Summary

	h3. Contact

	Communication channel : @eclipse.modeling.amalgam@
	Process Documentation : @http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/development_process.php@
	Project Plan : @http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=modeling.amalgam@

	h3. Focus

	The Amalgam project provides :
	- the Eclipse Modeling Package
	- integration code and tools for the Modeling Projects

	h2. 1.1.0 Release Talking Points

	h3. Features

	Modeling Discovery User Interface has been developed and integrated in the Eclipse Modeling Package to ease integration
	of the numerous modeling components while keeping a stable and consistent platform.

	The package has been slimed down from more than @400Mb@ to @250Mb@ and is now more consistent.


	h3. Non-Code Aspects

	The discovery UI is integrated in the modeling package through a welcome page contribution and an action near the classical @Install New Software ...@ action.

	h3. APIs

	The project lead certifies that the requirements for Eclipse Quality APIs have been met for this release

	Metamodel definitions and corresponding implementations are considered APIs.

	Non-API classes are separated from the exposed API through an @internal@ package in the namespace.


	h3. Architecture

	The discovery UI is leveraging a model describing its contribution and hosted on the Eclipse.org server. This model might be updated after the release to provide new installable components for the package.

	h3. Tool Usability

	Amalgam address the need of a common integrated platform for Eclipse Modeling. This platform is completely focused on the EMF runtime and technologies. The discovery UI integrated in the package address the need to find its way through the so diverse modeling project and to install the needed technologies.


	h3. End Of Life

	The Modeling Examples developed for the _Eclipse Modeling Project: A Domain-Specific Language (DSL) Toolkit_ (@ISBN-13: 978-0321534071@) book have not been maintained since the Ganymede release and have not been updated for Helios yet.


	h3. Bugzilla


	\|_. Severity \|_. NEW \|_. RESOLVED \|_. Total \|
	\|blocker \| . \| 1 \| 1 \|
	\|major \| 1 \| . \| 1 \|
	\|normal \| 6\| 18\| 24\|
	\|enhancement \| 1 \| 5\| 6 \|
	\| Total \| 8 \| 24 \| 32 \|

	h3. Standards

	No standard exists concerning the modeling amalgam project scope..

	h3. UI Usability

	The Amalgam integration code is conforming to the user interface guidelines.

	h3. Schedule

	The Amalgam project follow closely the EMF Core schedule:

	* M1 08/18/2009
	* M2 09/29/2009
	* M3 11/10/2009
	* M4 12/15/2009
	* M5 02/02/2010
	* M6 03/16/2010
	* M7 05/04/2010
	* RC1 05/18/2010
	* RC2 05/25/2010
	* RC3 06/01/2010
	* RC4 06/08/2010
	* Final 06/16/2010
	* 1.1.0 06/23/2010

	h3. Project Plan

	The Helios project plan is available at @http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=modeling.amalgam@


	h3. Communities

	Since the new team has been formed a few actions took place to gather the community :

	* Google Summer of Code 2010 ideas
	* About one update every two months on Planet Eclipse.

	h3. Commiter Changes

	The whole team changed, the former and only commiter @Richard Gronback@ resigned and a new team composed of :
	* @Cédric Brun@ (lead)
	* @Peter Friese@
	* @Artem Tikhomirov@

	has been created in September 2009


	h3. IP Issues

	p.
	The about files and use licenses are in place as per the Guidelines to Legal Documentation.
	All contributions (code, documentation, images, etc) have been committed by individuals who are either Members of the
	Foundation, or have signed the appropriate Committer Agreement.
	In either case, these are individuals who have signed, and are abiding by, the Eclipse IP Policy.
	All significant contributions have been reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
	All non-Committer code contributions, including third-party libraries, have been documented in the release and reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.

	All contribution Questionnaires have been completed

	The "provider" field of each plugin is set to "Eclipse Modeling Project"
	The "copyright" field of each plugin is set to the copyright owner
	Any third-party logos or trademarks included in the distribution (icons, logos, etc) have been licensed under the EPL
	The Amalgam IP log is generated and submited at

	@http://www.eclipse.org/projects/ip_log.php?projectid=modeling.amalgam@

	There was no contributions to this release.