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                     Project Plan For
                         <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=rt.ecf">Eclipse Communication Framework</a>, version 3.6</h1><div id="toc"><p><a name="toc"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></a></p><ul><li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#release_deliverables">
                        Release Deliverables
                     </a></li><li><a href="#release_milestones">
                        Release Milestones
                     </a></li><li><a href="#target_environments">
                         Target Environments
                     </a></li><li><a href="#compatibility">
                         Compatibility with Previous Releases
                     </a></li><li><a href="#themes_and_priorities">
                         Themes and Priorities
                     </a></li></ul></div><h2><a name="introduction">Introduction</a></h2><div>
 			<p>
 				Previously, ECF has had three major releases:
 				ECF 1.0.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Europa_Simultaneous_Release">Europa Simultaneous Release</a>,
 				ECF 2.0.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Ganymede_Simultaneous_Release">Ganymede Simultaneous Release</a>,
 				ECF 3.0.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Galileo_Simultaneous_Release">Galileo Simultaneous Release</a>,
 				and ECF 3.3.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Helios_Simultaneous_Release">Helios Simultaneous Release</a>.
 				This plan describes the work for ECF 3.6, which will occur in June, 2011 as part of the
 				<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Indigo_Simultaneous_Release">Indigo Simultaneous Release</a>.
 			</p>
 		</div><h2><a name="release_deliverables">Release Deliverables</a></h2><div>
 			<p>
 				The major ECF 3.6 release deliverables are as follows:
 				<ol>
 					<li>Fully implement OSGi 4.2 Remote Services Admin standard (chapter 122 in OSGi enterprise specification)</li>
 					<li>Use (and extend) Google Wave provider to implement a multiplayer game</li>
 					<li>Extend DNSSD discovery provider</li>
 					<li>Introduce XML-RPC-based remote services provider</li>
 					<li>Introduce SIP provider and improve/update/extend the ECF call API (VOIP/telephony)</li>
 					<li>Improve and Extend the ECF Example Applications, with
 						special emphasis on OSGi remote services and remote service admin examples
 					</li>
 					<li>Enable easier creation and use of Equinox+ECF remote services-based Server
 						Runtimes</li>
 				</ol>

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 		</div><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="release_milestones">Release Milestones</a></h2><div>
 				ECF plans on delivering milestone on the same general schedule as
 				the
 				<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Helios_Simultaneous_Release">Helios Simultaneous Release</a>
 				schedule, starting with M4. ECF has both +0 and +1 components. The
 				+0 components will be
 				on same release schedule as the Platform, and the +1 components will
 				be as specified below.
 			</div><table border="1" align="center"><tr><td><b>M4</b></td><td>12/17/2010</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>M5</b></td><td>2/4/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>M6</b></td><td>3/18/2011</td><td><div>ECF 3.6 API Freeze</div></td></tr><tr><td><b>M7</b></td><td>5/6/2011</td><td><div>ECF 3.6 Feature Freeze</div></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC1</b></td><td>5/20/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC2</b></td><td>5/27/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC3</b></td><td>6/3/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC4</b></td><td>6/10/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>3.6</b></td><td>6/22/2011</td><td><div>Indigo GA/ECF 3.6</div></td></tr></table><div/><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="target_environments">Target Environments</a></h2><div>
 			ECF's target environments are:
 			<ul>
 				<li>Eclipse</li>
 				<li>Eclipse-based Applications</li>
 				<li>Eclipse RCP</li>
 				<li>Other Equinox-Based Runtimes (e.g. Equinox servers and
 					CDC1.1/Foundation 1.1 environments)</li>
 			</ul>
 		</div><h3>Internationalization</h3>
 			<div>ECF doesn't perform internationalization directly, although
 				we develop our plugins following
 				common rules about string externalization to make the automation possible
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 		<p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="compatibility">Compatibility with Previous Releases</a></h2><div>
 			<p>
 				ECF has a policy of maintaining API backward compatibility with
 				minor and service releases. API is considered all
 				exported packages (i.e. packages that do not have
 				<pre>x-internal:=true</pre>
 				in their Export-Package declaration. As an example,
 				with the following declaration in the org.eclipse.ecf MANIFEST.MF
 			</p>
 			<pre>Export-Package: org.eclipse.ecf.core,
 				org.eclipse.ecf.internal.core;x-internal:=true
        </pre>
 			<p>The org.eclipse.ecf.core package is API, and the
 				org.eclipse.ecf.internal.core package is not</p>
 			<p>Only with major releases (e.g. 2.0.0, 3.0.0) are incompatible
 				API changes to be introduced (e.g. refactorings, renames), and even
 				then only after discussion
 				among multiple committers. For the parts of ECF used by the Platform
 				(e.g. the core and file transfer bundles), NO incompatible
 				API changes will be introduced, even for major releases, in order to
 				maintain the platform backward compatibility
 				constraints.</p>
 		</div><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="themes_and_priorities">Themes and Priorities</a></h2><div/><h3>Remote Services Standards</h3><p>Implement Remote Services Admin specification (impl of OSGI
 					Remote Services Admin spec).
 				</p><ul><li><b>Proposed</b><ul><li>[doc] [remoteservices] create test code, example code, documentation [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/207372">207372</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li></ul></li></ul><h3>ECF Providers</h3><p>Add XML-RPC-based provider
     			</p><p>Extend DNSSD provider
     			</p><ul><li><b>Proposed</b><ul><li>[call][provider] Create ECF Call API provider based upon SIP [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/193388">193388</a>] (target milestone: 3.5.0)</li><li>[wave][provider] implement wave protocol as new ECF provider [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/280347">280347</a>] (target milestone: 3.2.0)</li></ul></li></ul><h3>VOIP</h3><p>Add SIP provider
 				</p><ul><li><b>Proposed</b><ul><li>[call][provider] Create ECF Call API provider based upon SIP [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/193388">193388</a>] (target milestone: 3.5.0)</li></ul></li></ul><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p></div>
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	Project Plan For
	<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project_summary.php?projectid=rt.ecf">Eclipse Communication Framework</a>, version 3.6</h1><div id="toc"><p><a name="toc"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></a></p><ul><li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#release_deliverables">
	Release Deliverables
	</a></li><li><a href="#release_milestones">
	Release Milestones
	</a></li><li><a href="#target_environments">
	Target Environments
	</a></li><li><a href="#compatibility">
	Compatibility with Previous Releases
	</a></li><li><a href="#themes_and_priorities">
	Themes and Priorities
	</a></li></ul></div><h2><a name="introduction">Introduction</a></h2><div>
	<p>
	Previously, ECF has had three major releases:
	ECF 1.0.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Europa_Simultaneous_Release">Europa Simultaneous Release</a>,
	ECF 2.0.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Ganymede_Simultaneous_Release">Ganymede Simultaneous Release</a>,
	ECF 3.0.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Galileo_Simultaneous_Release">Galileo Simultaneous Release</a>,
	and ECF 3.3.0 as part of <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Helios_Simultaneous_Release">Helios Simultaneous Release</a>.
	This plan describes the work for ECF 3.6, which will occur in June, 2011 as part of the
	<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Indigo_Simultaneous_Release">Indigo Simultaneous Release</a>.
	</p>
	</div><h2><a name="release_deliverables">Release Deliverables</a></h2><div>
	<p>
	The major ECF 3.6 release deliverables are as follows:
	<ol>
	<li>Fully implement OSGi 4.2 Remote Services Admin standard (chapter 122 in OSGi enterprise specification)</li>
	<li>Use (and extend) Google Wave provider to implement a multiplayer game</li>
	<li>Extend DNSSD discovery provider</li>
	<li>Introduce XML-RPC-based remote services provider</li>
	<li>Introduce SIP provider and improve/update/extend the ECF call API (VOIP/telephony)</li>
	<li>Improve and Extend the ECF Example Applications, with
	special emphasis on OSGi remote services and remote service admin examples
	</li>
	<li>Enable easier creation and use of Equinox+ECF remote services-based Server
	Runtimes</li>
	</ol>

	</p>
	</div><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="release_milestones">Release Milestones</a></h2><div>
	ECF plans on delivering milestone on the same general schedule as
	the
	<a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Helios_Simultaneous_Release">Helios Simultaneous Release</a>
	schedule, starting with M4. ECF has both +0 and +1 components. The
	+0 components will be
	on same release schedule as the Platform, and the +1 components will
	be as specified below.
	</div><table border="1" align="center"><tr><td><b>M4</b></td><td>12/17/2010</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>M5</b></td><td>2/4/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>M6</b></td><td>3/18/2011</td><td><div>ECF 3.6 API Freeze</div></td></tr><tr><td><b>M7</b></td><td>5/6/2011</td><td><div>ECF 3.6 Feature Freeze</div></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC1</b></td><td>5/20/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC2</b></td><td>5/27/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC3</b></td><td>6/3/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>RC4</b></td><td>6/10/2011</td><td><div/></td></tr><tr><td><b>3.6</b></td><td>6/22/2011</td><td><div>Indigo GA/ECF 3.6</div></td></tr></table><div/><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="target_environments">Target Environments</a></h2><div>
	ECF's target environments are:
	<ul>
	<li>Eclipse</li>
	<li>Eclipse-based Applications</li>
	<li>Eclipse RCP</li>
	<li>Other Equinox-Based Runtimes (e.g. Equinox servers and
	CDC1.1/Foundation 1.1 environments)</li>
	</ul>
	</div><h3>Internationalization</h3>
	<div>ECF doesn't perform internationalization directly, although
	we develop our plugins following
	common rules about string externalization to make the automation possible
	</div>
	<p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="compatibility">Compatibility with Previous Releases</a></h2><div>
	<p>
	ECF has a policy of maintaining API backward compatibility with
	minor and service releases. API is considered all
	exported packages (i.e. packages that do not have
	<pre>x-internal:=true</pre>
	in their Export-Package declaration. As an example,
	with the following declaration in the org.eclipse.ecf MANIFEST.MF
	</p>
	<pre>Export-Package: org.eclipse.ecf.core,
	org.eclipse.ecf.internal.core;x-internal:=true
	</pre>
	<p>The org.eclipse.ecf.core package is API, and the
	org.eclipse.ecf.internal.core package is not</p>
	<p>Only with major releases (e.g. 2.0.0, 3.0.0) are incompatible
	API changes to be introduced (e.g. refactorings, renames), and even
	then only after discussion
	among multiple committers. For the parts of ECF used by the Platform
	(e.g. the core and file transfer bundles), NO incompatible
	API changes will be introduced, even for major releases, in order to
	maintain the platform backward compatibility
	constraints.</p>
	</div><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p><h2><a name="themes_and_priorities">Themes and Priorities</a></h2><div/><h3>Remote Services Standards</h3><p>Implement Remote Services Admin specification (impl of OSGI
	Remote Services Admin spec).
	</p><ul><li><b>Proposed</b><ul><li>[doc] [remoteservices] create test code, example code, documentation [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/207372">207372</a>] (target milestone: ---)</li></ul></li></ul><h3>ECF Providers</h3><p>Add XML-RPC-based provider
	</p><p>Extend DNSSD provider
	</p><ul><li><b>Proposed</b><ul><li>[call][provider] Create ECF Call API provider based upon SIP [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/193388">193388</a>] (target milestone: 3.5.0)</li><li>[wave][provider] implement wave protocol as new ECF provider [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/280347">280347</a>] (target milestone: 3.2.0)</li></ul></li></ul><h3>VOIP</h3><p>Add SIP provider
	</p><ul><li><b>Proposed</b><ul><li>[call][provider] Create ECF Call API provider based upon SIP [<a href="http://bugs.eclipse.org/193388">193388</a>] (target milestone: 3.5.0)</li></ul></li></ul><p><a href="#toc">Table of Contents</a></p></div>
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