Eclipse SWTBot 2.3.0 Release Review

Type
Release
State
Successful
End Date of the Review Period

Reviews run for a minimum of one week. The outcome of the review is decided on this date. This is the last day to make comments or ask questions about this review.

Project
Release

2.3.0

Description

SWTBot is a minor release of SWTBot, with some improverments and bugfixes. It also adds some support for pure-e4 applications and Nebula widgets.

API Certification

The project leadership certifies that the APIs in this release are "Eclipse Quality".

Architectural Issues

No major architectural issue was raised nor solved as part of the 2.3.0 release.

Security Issues

None.

Non-Code Aspects

By default, build and tests now run against Luna.

Usability Details

No UI change.

End of Life

Nothing was deprecated nor removed.

Communities

SWTBot will be integrated in Mars simultaneous release and common p2 repository.

Several other projects at Eclipse.org (eg. Parlsey, EGit) and out of Eclipse.org (eg. JBoss Tools, Bonita BPM) have reported extensive usage of SWTBot.

12 different contributors working for various organizations have contributed code for SWTBot 2.3.0.

SWTBot user forum has ~5 new discussions monthly, StackOverflow shows about the same numbers of questions monthly.

Since latest release, SWTBot (recorder and generator) was showcased at EclipseCon US and received strong interest from audience.

SWTBot has been featured in the Eclipse Members newsletter: https://www.eclipse.org/community/eclipse_newsletter/2014/september/article4.php