[jbosstools-dev] JBoss Tools and JBDS Candidate releases

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

Hi,

If I don't hear anything else JBDS 2 CR1 is ready and we got ready with 
JBoss Tools just a few days short of what we expected (22/12 instead of 
19/12)
so it turned out to be Christmas after all this year - Thanks Team! ;)

We learned a lot (again) this time around and big kudos to both Nick 
Boldt and Denis Golovin for pushing the builds through - Thanks!
Special thanks for Nick Boldt on improving the release process with 
several magnitudes by simply utilizing the wonders of rsync and direct 
copies to
our updatesites and sf.net - I feel much less bad for those doing the 
future releases now :) It's those little improvements that makes a huge
difference - Nick, thanks again!

In the short and long term it is important that we all watch out on the 
forums and follow up on anything we can so users feel helped and hopefully
also get helped. It is crucial for any opensource project to keep the 
community alive.

The next phase is about fixing bugs and making the ui look and feel 
smooth! GA should not add any features unless they are
critical/blockers - if in doubt speak up on this or jbosstools list.
For now I would like everyone to try and use our software and report the 
bugs/issues you find - and then start help fixing bug.
Also remember that the documentation is also part of our feature set - 
so if you find issues in the docs, report them or even better
fix them.

And most important of all, remember to enjoy the upcoming holiday season 
no matter where you are - all of the above is not relevant during 
vacation :)

Merry Christmas and See you next year!
Max

p.s. This is my last day before my vacation - I won't be reliably online 
until 4th January; I will though check emails once in a while so if 
something is urgent I'll reply.