[Ns-developers] ns-3 attributes proposed for merge

[Tom Henderson]

Tom Henderson wrote:
> I would like to propose that the API changes in ns-3-param be merged
> into ns-3-dev for this month's release.
> 
> Repository:
> http://code.nsnam.org/mathieu/ns-3-param.
> 
> In summary, this repository implements (nearly completely now) an
> attribute system for ns-3.  In the course of preparing for the ns-3
> tutorial next week, we are preparing some example scripts that show how
> the system is used, but for now, the below description is an
> introduction to the changes proposed.

We haven't had any comments on this repository lately.  We did a demo of 
this at the Simutools tutorial and went through it in some detail, and 
there was positive feedback, so I'd like to propose that we merge the 
low-level API aspects of mathieu/ns-3-param into ns-3-dev next week, 
unless anyone objects now.

There is a related issue of defining helper classes; ns-3-param has a 
few of these.  There are some issues to resolve regarding the naming of 
these classes, what the usage syntax looks like, and whether they tend 
to be specific to objects (e.g., "WifiNetDeviceHelper") or generic and 
configurable ("NetDeviceManager").

In order to get everything cut over properly before doing another 
release (with documentation done), and also resolve the helper class 
issue, I'd like to suggest moving the next development release date to 
31 March.

Tom