[kepler-dev] planned kepler-1.0.0alpha5 release

[Chad Berkley]

Hi Bertram,

See below...

Bertram Ludaescher wrote:
> Hi Matt:
> 
> A related question: I remember that at some point some Ptolemy actors
> were hidden (or otherwise disappeared from the Kepler actor tab). I
> assume they are still part of the Kepler distribution though, right?

The actors are still there, just not visible in the tree.

> 
> Also: What are the plans for being able to edit actor annotations?
> (currently they seem to be "pseudo-hardwired", i.e., via some OWL-ishe
> files). As simple text-based form (just like the one for configuring
> ports or in fact one that links into that one) might do.

I'm currently working on this.  I was sick yesterday so didn't get much 
done but I hope to make some good progress today.  Shawn is working on 
the backend annotation/ontology stuff and I'm working on the frontend 
ptolemy/kepler modifications to the interface.

chad
> 
> The ontology itself should be just a config file that can be changed
> via "Preferences" / "Options"..
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Bertram
> 
> Matt Jones writes:
>  > Hi,
>  > 
>  > On our roadmap that we developed at the last Kepler meeting we said we 
>  > would try for an alpha 5 release by Feb 21 (see 
>  > http://kepler-project.org/Wiki.jsp?page=KeplerReleaseRoadmap&version=1). 
>  >   That hasn't happened but is probably still useful.  I talked with Dan 
>  > today, and we thought it would be good to go ahead with a release to try 
>  > to get some of the bug fixes and improvements that we've completed now 
>  > out there in a more accessible format.  So Dan is planning on pulling 
>  > the CVS HEAD on Friday Feb 25 and creating the alpha5 installers then. 
>  > If you have anything you want included in this release, please check it 
>  > into CVS by Thursday the 24th, and please try not to check in any 
>  > experimental code that is likely to break the trunk (use a branch instead).
>  > 
>  > A revised roadmap is here:
>  > 
>  > http://kepler-project.org/Wiki.jsp?page=KeplerReleaseRoadmap
>  > 
>  > The main differences from the previous roadmap version are that: 1) the 
>  > documentation framework isn't complete so has been moved to alpha6, and 
>  > 2) the R improvements are ongoing and so have been extended to alpha6. I 
>  > also added links to the bug lists for each milestone.  The alpha 6 
>  > release is slated for April 15th, 2005 (just prior to the SEEK and GEON 
>  > meetings and the Ptolemy/Kepler miniconference), and I think we should 
>  > try hard to make that deadline.
>  > 
>  > Cheers,
>  > Matt
>  > 
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