The new IP Log Tool concept gathers information from the Foundation
database for both initial population of the log and maintenance. It
allows for far more customization than the current Automated IP Log tool
which was found to be insufficient for many of the projects that
participated in the Galileo release (which revealed numerous
deficiencies). Fundamentally, the only difference is that you can edit
the log from within Eclipse and you have to explicitly store it somewhere.
We're solving several problems with the new approach:
* Current approach is not customizable enough
* Current approach has no support for snapshots in time
* You can make a copy of the HTML, but then you're on your own if
editing is required
* Current approach takes an exclusion-based approach (i.e. you are
required to exclude what shouldn't there) which allows pretty much
anybody to modify the log by adding new comments/entries in Bugzilla.
Perhaps this is naive, but I assumed that Eclipse developers would be
supportive of Eclipse-based tools. Having said that, in order to use the
tool, a committer will have to actually install it onto their
workstation. I can understand how this might not be palatable. I'll try
to solicit more feedback.
I'm looking at Bug 275529. As I recall, when you first posted the link
to the Google Doc, I couldn't access it. Then a squirrel ran past the
window and I was onto the next thing. Lame excuse. I am posting my
resolution to the bug now.
Wayne
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