[mylar-dev] mylar 0.3.10 is now available

["Mik Kersten" <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

Mylar 0.3.10 is now available (apologies for the delay, there was a network outage on this end).  The most notable feature in this release is the Open Type integration.  Another key improvement is increased laziness and view update.  If you notice Mylar get in the way of Eclipse performance in any significant way please report this as a bug.  Note that there is still some slowness with the time that it takes to load large task contexts, but improving that is a focus for 0.3.11.  Adding support for collapsing task contexts should reduce their size by an order of magnitude (collapsing is analogous to compression, but for interaction histories).

 

Acknowledgements

Thanks go out to Wes Coelho for contributing making the previous/next task navigation buttons visible below.

 

New & Noteworthy

Open Type integration

If a task context is active, the Open Type dialog will first types that are in the task context, and then place those matches on top of the list as you type.  When no task is active the Open Type dialog reverts to its standard behavior of showing types that you have selected from within the dialog.

 

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Qualified names in Active Search

A toolbar button controls whether element names are qualified in the Active Search view.

 

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Task history

The task list now has a back/forward navigation history with drop-downs of previously activated tasks.

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Increased laziness

When no task is active, Mylar is inactive and Eclipse should behave as if Mylar were not installed.  Also, when the Active Search view is closed, no background searches will be run.

 

Tasks completed (21 total)

 

111020	cri	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	ed.burnette@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Freeze editing Java file with outline view up
111226	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	suppress active search running if view is not active
110688	maj	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	active search causes workbench freeze
110957	nor	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	ed.burnette@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Crashes, slowness in XML outline
111375	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	improve laziness of managed viewer refresh
110993	maj	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	ed.burnette@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Super-flashy folding in Java editor
110508	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Allow drag-n-drop to Active Search to create landmark
104259	enh	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	mylar open type dialog integration
108487	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	add object contributions to active views
110236	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	guard against concurrent modification of context
109810	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Active Search / Hierarchy should display class names for ...
110747	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	automatically open the task list when Mylar first runs
109692	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Mylar glasses are difficult to see on tasklist view
110731	nor	P2	Oth	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	bugzilla task in category fails to activate on startup
110506	enh	P2	Oth	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	provide context for previous/next task actions
110510	nor	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	RESO	DUPL	Active search does not have standard pop-up menu for elem...
110991	enh	P3	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	ed.burnette@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Shouldn't have to activate a task before choosing a highl...
111167	enh	P3	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	DUPL	[Discussion] Re-activate last task when Eclipse starts
110992	enh	P3	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	ed.burnette@xxxxxxx	RESO	DUPL	Use a checkbox to show current task
109791	nor	P3	PC	irbull@xxxxxxxxxx	irbull@xxxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Investigate performance problems on new layout algorithm

 

 Tasks planned (23 total)

 

102674	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		reduce size of taskscapes
103283	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		fix marker listening on resources
106678	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	REOP		hierarchical layout in package explorer shows uninteresti...
106933	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	NEW		incorporate working sets into the Java interest model
107457	nor	P2	All	beatmik@xxxxxxx	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Make tasklist saves more eager
107645	nor	P2	All	beatmik@xxxxxxx	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		content assist not available on initial startup
107675	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		newly created resources should become interesting
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
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
108309	maj	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	NEW		Improve usability of "make less interesting" action
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
109317	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		inconsistent coloring in when Mylar filter is off
109693	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Tasklist's filter-completed doesn't work
109928	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		make documentation available online
110472	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Text CVS label decorator interferes with landmark bolding
110711	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		add support for eclipse 3.2 problem filters
110892	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		repeated searches should not induce landmark interest
111023	enh	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		create one-to-one association tasks hyperlinks
108305	cri	P2	PC	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	NEW		Commenting from Mylar's Bugzilla UI doesn't update CC
109460	nor	P2	Oth	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		wrong incoming status on submitted reports/comments