[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - June 6, 2003

["Mike Wilson" <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Help:
- 2.1.1 status: Help test finished -
no regressions found. One minor issue
  routed to SWT.
- dynamic loading of TOCs feature implemented
and released ("Improve scalability
  for large help books" plan
item)
- added support to display resources
(Javadoc) form jars/zips ("Support HTML
  pages in archives" plan
item)
- will look into allowing dynamic help
content

Update:
- new UI ready for M1.
- document describing the changes in
progress - will be ready when we declare M1.
- another 2.1.1 candidate fixed and
released in time for the Wednesday build
  (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=38335).
The fix verified with
  the product team that originated
the defect.
- Linux/GTK merging investigation ended
with a conclusion that it cannot be done
  without simultaneous Releng changes
and is too risky for 2.1.1.

PDE:
- import wizard redesigned for M1 based
on input from large products' teams.
- new PDE Build code not ready for M1
- several PDE issues found. Both PDE
  Build and PDE UI code related
to these changes rolled back for M1 (will
  continue the work after we declare
a stable build).

Team:
- 2.1.1 PRs have been code reviewed
and verified and test pass completed on Monday.
- CVS workaround for the Sidecar buffer
problem has been removed from 2.1.1 and
  we verified that the VM patch
fixes the original problem.
- work is ongoing for enabling background
synchronization and running of CVS commands.
- started work on defining the Provide
User Settings item in the 3.0 plan. See
  http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-vcm-home/docs/online/team3.0/settings.html.
- talking with the UI team about our
object contribution requirements.

Platform/JDT Text:
- 2.1.1 testing and verification 
- bug fixing 
- integrated Smart typing mode into
Platform Text 
- each typing mode is indicated with
it's own caret shape 
- added double click support to status
line items 
- allow to skip overwrite mode in Java
Editor 
- Java source hover supports syntax
highlighting

UI:
- 2.1.1 status:
  - all 2.1.1 PRs addressed
  - would benefit from another
1-day test pass, since further changes went in since
    Monday's
- R3.0 Milestone 1 status:
  - rich client platform: 
    - will have report on
direction going forward, and findings re: removing
      dependencies on
org.eclipse.core.resources.
  - scalability:
    - met with WSSD team this
week re: common views (i.e. generic Navigator).  
    - will have report on
findings re: common views, and direction going forward.  
    - will have experimental
context management mechanism for Debug team
      shortly post-M1.
  - editor management: 
    - unable to address due
to lack of resources.
  - UI responsiveness: 
    - job manager going in
at Core level, but we're holding off using it
      at UI level for
now.

JDT UI:
- 2.1.1        
  - testing/verification
  - addressed problems uncovered
by the translation verfication testing
- code generation:
  - template support for getter/setter
generation
  - investigate in member sorting
improvements
- progress on code reorganization rewrite
- started to work on improving the comment
handling in AST rewriting