[kepler-dev] planned kepler-1.0.0alpha5 release

[Bertram Ludaescher]

Chad Berkley writes:
 > Hi Bertram,
 > 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.

OK, I think as per some earlier suggestions they should be still in
the tree (even if in a remote corner ;-)

In particular, since the actor library supports dynamic views now
(sort of -- maybe we should work on that also ;-) it should be easy to
tag them appropriately, so they show up only when asked for...

A related question (for Shawn also I guess): how does a user see what
concepts are available for querying (and registration of course)?
That's something where we need a UI for it seems

 > > 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.

great

cheers

Bertram

 > 
 > 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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