Request For Comment: The End Of SDO?

Four months ago, I started a discussion about simplifying the EMF download experience. Consensus appears to be that we should keep the EMF-SDO-XSD "All-in-one" SDK zip, perhaps more.

Now, a new proposal is in the works: removing SDO from the EMF build, and from this year's coordinated release, Galileo. The source would still be in CVS, but we'd stop providing SDO binaries. This would also mean the much-loved^* EMF-SDO-XSD "All-in-one" SDK zip would be renamed to EMF-XSD "All-in-one" SDK, but would otherwise continue as is.

For more on this topic see:

EMF 2.5 - Simplified Downloads (bug 240223)
Remove SDO from Galileo (bug 251402)
Consider improvements to the termination process (bug 249408)

To voice your opinion, please post your feedback in any or all of the three bugs linked above.

Thanks!

EMF: Dynamic gay erection? Virtually unbelievable!

It's been a while since my last linkdump from the world of EMF, so here's a quick update, brought to you by Google Alerts:

• People start using Apache Tuscany SDO and JSF to build dynamic web forms.
• Gay Ghost of The George Hotel found thanks to EMF.
• Guildwood residents take to the streets to picket the erection of a new Bell cell tower planned for the roof of a local church, citing fears of EMF (well, RF, anyway).
• EMF Touts Second Life Virtual Protest against IBM as a Success -- "[I]f IBM employees stick together, organize and actively challenge IBM [Italia] they can change [...] practices."
• And finally, it seems the band EMF is coming back. Believe it.

EMF: September Release Roundup

A quick list of some recent EMF releases:

• EMF 2.4.0M2 (Eclipse 3.4.0M2 / Ganymede)
• EMF 2.3.1 (Eclipse 3.3.1 / Europa)
• EMF 2.2.4 (Eclipse 3.2.2 / Callisto)
• EMF 2.1.3 (Eclipse 3.1.2)
• EMF 2.0.6 (Eclipse 3.0.2)

Also, here's a few EMF-related releases out last month:

• Apache's Tuscany SDO (SDO 2.1 spec)
• Europa Fall Maintenance (including updates to WTP, TPTP, BIRT, MDT, M2T, EMFT...)

Did I miss anything? Let me know!