From: Nick Boldt <nboldt(a)redhat.com&gt; Subject: Proposed New Github Component Chunks for JBoss Tools 4.0 Date: 23 Aug 2012 21:00:37 GMT+02:00 To: Max Rydahl Andersen <max.andersen(a)redhat.com&gt;, Denis Golovin <dgolovin(a)exadel.com&gt;, Michael Istria <mistria(a)redhat.com&gt;, As part of the planned migration to git [0] it's been suggested that we combine some of the existing components into larger groups [1] so that it's more manageable in terms of checking out sources and tagging/branching [2]. Because 25 is a large number, and 1 is a small number, and we need some happy compromise. Here's my proposal for how to divide the JBT 4.0 sources into 7 github repos (chunks), comprising 4 tiers of dependency. This is akin to the +0, +1, +2, +3 labels assigned to projects within the annual Eclipse release trains [3], used to define delivery times based on dependencies between projects. == TIER 0: no upstream JBoss.org chunks == Base = tests + common + usage == TIER 1: 1 upstream chunk, Base == AppServer = openshift + as + archives + jmx -> depends on Base Hibernate/Birt/Freemarker = hibernate + birt + freemarker -> depends on Base Visual Editing = vpe + xulrunner + gwt + struts + jsf + jst + cdi -> depends on Base Web Services = WS + Forge -> Depends on Base == TIER 2: 4 upstream chunks == Seam/Runtime = Seam + Runtime -> depends on Hib + Vis + AppServer + Base == TIER 3: 5 upstream chunks == Central/Examples/Maven/Portlet = central + examples + maven + portlet -> depends on Seam/Runtime + Hib + Vis + AppServer + Base I'm not thrilled with the names of the chunks, as something like "Central/Examples/Maven/Portlet" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. If you have better names for the chunks, please suggest them. But regardless of name, I think the above separation of concerns, and the implied build sequence workflow makes a lot of sense. [0] http://tinyurl.com/git-migration-plan [1] http://ether-man.rhcloud.com/p/build.next [2] http://ether-man.rhcloud.com/p/jbosstools-2012-08-23 [3] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Juno/Simultaneous_Release_Plan#Milestones_and_Rel... - "These delivery times are based on the dependencies between projects. They are labeled +0, +1, +2, and +3, with +0 coming first (the Platform) and +3 coming last (EPP). Projects themselves decide if they are +0, +1, +2, or +3." If you have comments or suggestions regarding this migration plan, please post them here or in https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-12475. Thanks! -- Nick Boldt :: JBoss by Red Hat Productization Lead :: JBoss Tools & Dev Studio http://nick.divbyzero.com