Eclipse Kitalpha 6.0.0

6.0.0

Description

What's new

  • Move to Eclipse 2021-06
  • Upgrade BREE and minimal Java requirement to Java 11
  • runtimecore update site has been merged into runtime.
  • Improve ResourceReuse ModelBasedReader performances
  • Add support for rotative SVG images
API Certification

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

Architectural Issues

Kitalpha is the component which contains the CTK and the environments for development and execution of MBE (model-based engineering) workbenches. Kitalpha depends on modeling components (e.g., EMF, Sirius, Xtext, EMF Diff/Merge, EGF).

Security Issues

No security issue identified

Non-Code Aspects

All communication links regarding Kitalpha solution are up-to-date:

  • Wiki
  • Website with different sections:
    • Installation instructions on Getting Started page
    • Community links
    • Download page for Kitalpha solution and Documentation
    • Events around Kitalpha solution (conferences, talks, etc.)
    • Links to YouTube dedicated channel for Kitalpha
  • Forum
  • Issues
  • Code is managed under GitHub Eclipse/Kitalpha

Kitalpha is built with Jenkins and Maven.

The Kitalpha documentation is available on the Kitalpha Wiki page:

Conforms To UI/UX Guidelines
Not verified
End of Life

No Kitalpha component is deprecated so far.

Standards

Kitalpha intents to implement the ISO/IEC-42010 standard.

Communities

Kitalpha was created in the context of the collaborative Sys2Soft and Crystal projects, and improved in the context of Clarity, a collaborative project dedicated to Capella.

The vector of development of the Kitalpha community is essentially the Capella ecosystem. Capella Studio, based on Kitalpha, is the environment to develop and execute viewpoints for Capella.