[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - 11 Jan 2012

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JDT UI, JDT Text
- backport remaining 2 fixes to 3.7.2
- added more details when reading a template file fails
- continued work on improving matching bracket support
- continued work on support for attaching a pre-built index to a library
- bug fixing
- vacation

JDT/Core 
   - Backport remaining 4 fixes to 3.7.2
   - Made progress null analysis support for fields.
     https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=247564 
   - Bug fixing, news groups etc.


Platform Search
- reviewed contribution to show last used search page (needs more work by the contributor)
- vacation

Ant
- Improving Ant debug test suite to avoid timing-sensitive failure (https://bugs.eclipse.org/312929)
- one remaining test fix for 3.7.2 (https://bugs.eclipse.org/366493)

Debug
 - completed source changes to migrate JDT debug to 1.5 EE (https://bugs.eclipse.org/352479)
 - began investigation into additional launching connectors (https://bugs.eclipse.org/335896)

SWT
- GTK cairo work continuing
- fix released to 3.7.2 to handle a regression found in recent WebKitGTK versions:
    - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=368290 : [Browser] passing of JS booleans to java is failing
- working on GTK ToolBar fix (overflow menu) for M5
- 3.8-stream bug fixing (Cocoa in particular)

Releng
-testing to make 4.2 build primary https://bugs.eclipse.org/355430
-testing LTS build at foundation, discussions
-new Ant, ECF bundles added to build

p2
- Performance improvements in the p2 UI (related to queries) 
- Work to support the new OSGi Version / Version Range constructs (pre-release versions).


Platform UI
- fixing our misuse of platform:/plugin/...
- adding Trim DND to 4.2
- adopted a "work in master (4.2) and then cherry-pick common changes into R3_development (3.8)" policy, with automated delta reports

Platform Workspace:
- inbox tracking
- one 3.7.2 backport planned - Bug 368085 - Order mismatch when saving/restoring workspace trees, 
- Bug 367735 - Add support for "workspace patches" [in progress]


Performance:
 - Nothing new
 - Reports are not getting generated. Reboot should probably help



-- 
Paul Webster
Hi floor.  Make me a sammich! - GIR