[mylar-dev] this week's plan (v0.3.9)

["Mik Kersten" <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

Mylar 0.3.8 is now available and provides the first cut at predicted interest facilities such as Active Search (new & noteworthy snippets are below).  These features are available for those users who update and are in Phase 2 of the user study (under Preferences -> Mylar -> User Study must have over 25000 events).  If you should be in Phase 2 but don’t see the Phase 2 update site email mylar@xxxxxxxxx.  The focus for this week is refactoring awareness and continuing to de-couple the UBC study.  Special thanks goes out to Brian de Alwis for identifying some important Linux/GTK issues. 

 

Active Search

Only available in Phase 2 of the user study.  As you work and elements become landmarks (bold decoration), Active Search eagerly finds related elements.  To force an element to populate the Active Search view manually make it a landmark by right-clicking or hitting Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow.  Use the pull-downs on the toolbar to alter the degree-of-separation scope of the search.  Note that elements with predicted interest are gray.

 

Active Hierarchy	Only available in Phase 2 of the user study.  Similar to Active Search, this view actively finds and presents the type hierarchy of the current set of landmarks.

 

Predicted interest of errors	Only available in Phase 2 of the user study.  Java elements that have errors get a predicted interest, which means that they show up in views such as a the package explorer.  Once the errors are fixed the predicted interest goes away.
Archived reports	All bug reports are archived in a special category that is invisible by default.  But if a you do a search, and the matches don't show in another category (e.g. because no query matches that report), the archive category, highlighted in blue below, gives access to that report.

 

Tasks completed last week (20 total)

109459	maj	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	during bugzilla refresh focus is repeatedly lost..
109538	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	make active search disable when view is not active
108408	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	don't allow non-existing elements to be landmarks
108409	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	make usage summary limit results to accepted users
109232	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	package explorer refreshes too much on marker change
109456	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	problems list blinks in save in filtered mode
109642	maj	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	mylar can block workspace on startup
107384	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	active hierarchy can contain duplicate elements
109815	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	add phase 2 upgarde popup
108294	nor	P1	PC	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	improve active search laziness
109315	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	package explorer fails to unlink with editor when Mylar i...
109348	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	streamline date chooser
106690	enh	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	add "edit highlighters" button to "choose highlighter" menu
109534	enh	P2	Oth	ksueda@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	add "remove from this category" action
109462	nor	P2	Oth	ksueda@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	can't change category name
106938	maj	P2	All	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Implement "new" marker for Bugzilla query
106931	nor	P2	Oth	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Improve icons for bugzilla tasks
109262	nor	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	problems list filter does not retain state on startup
109313	nor	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	outline view refreshes too often

 

 

Tasks for this week (23 total)

109693	nor	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Tasklist's filter-completed doesn't work
103283	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		fix marker listening on resources
104259	enh	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		mylar open type dialog integration
106257	enh	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	zazam@xxxxxxx	NEW		Proposed enhancement: Decouple UBC study
106933	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	NEW		incorporate working sets into the Java interest model
107810	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		toggle of folding can cause file modification when using ...
107865	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		decrement interest fails to refresh label when not in fil...
107948	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		propagated interest sticks for error packages
107949	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		active hierarchy should update based on model changes
108011	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		prevent automatic package explorer collapse
108063	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		create policy for re-running active searches
109214	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		create active serach UI test harness
109235	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		interest should be maintained across a refactoring
109259	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		working set filter interacts badly with mylar filter
109311	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		folding provider throws InvalidInputException
109317	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		inconsistent coloring in when Mylar filter is off
109692	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Mylar glasses are difficult to see on tasklist view
109770	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		create future plan elements in summary
109803	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Tooltips on task list cause loss of focus
109804	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Differentiating task categories is difficult with Mylar a...
109810	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Active Search / Hierarchy should display class names for ...
109816	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		active search labels blink on every selection
109460	nor	P2	Oth	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		wrong incoming status on submitted reports/comments