[platform-ui-dev] resource navigator

[Francis Upton <francisu@xxxxxxxx>]

I am proud to be the new component owner for the resource navigator (RN 
- org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator) and want to use the position to bring 
it to an orderly death.

At this point, I think the common navigator (CNF - 
org.eclipse.ui.navigator) does pretty much everything done by the RN 
(one of the last major pieces was the just completed go into).  There 
might be a couple more odds and ends, and I will check on all of the 
functionality, but certainly by M6 the CNF will be a superset of the RN.

I propose that we deprecate the RN for the 3.5 release.  This means that 
we deprecate the API classes, and that we remove the RN view from the 
Show Views menu (alternatively we can leave the Navigator menu item ni 
the show views but have it just create a Project Explorer).

To gain community support for this, I will make this proposal on my 
blog, cross-platform-dev, and the platform newsgroup to see if people 
have objections or issues with this.

I will also go through all of the existing bugs on the RN and either 
close them as wont fix or move then to the CNF if they make sense there.

When I mentioned this to Eric, he thought of one possible issue was 
getting access to manipulate raw resources with out interference from 
JDT UI for example.  You could use the RN for this purpose.  You can 
also easily do this with the Project Explorer by turning off the Java 
content in that little menu on the top right (anyone know what those 
little menus are called?).

If anyone has any objection to this, or further questions, please let me 
know.

If I don't hear anything in a couple of days, I will begin my evil plan.

Francis

--
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You have feet in your shoes.
- Dr Seuss, Oh the Places You'll Go

Francis Upton IV
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