Eclipse CDO Model Repository 4.4.0 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.

Release

4.4.0

Description

The CDO 4.4 release focuses on a new and consistent way to expose core functionality in the user interface. Screencasts of this new user interface are available.

API Certification

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

Architectural Issues

CDO is from the beginning designed to very modular in terms of both plugins and features. UI code is carefully separated from core/headless code. Wherever applicable implementations are separate from their APIs.

There are no architectural issues known.

Security Issues

No vulnerabilities known.

Non-Code Aspects

Oomph supports:

  • An automated build and promotion system with signing.
  • Modular help center plugins that are also promoted statically.

 

Oomph does not yet support:

  • Localization/externalization.
Usability Details

CDO has a strong focus on usability.

End of Life

No features (APIs or any significant user features) are being end-of-life'd in this release.

Standards

CDO is heavily based on EMF.

Communities

CDO is used and adopted broadly. The project team is diverse and not dominated by a single company.

This release is part of Mars