Fw: [eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Apr 6, 2004

[DJ Houghton <DJ_Houghton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

General
- bug fixing
- bug triage

Runtime
- comprehensive review of all runtime/osgi code
- javadoc
- performance review

PDE-Build
- work with RelEng team

User Settings
- bug fixing
- code review for thread safety

Content Types
- doc available from Platform/Core team page
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-core-home/documents/content_types.html
- runtime temporarily contributing content types in other plug-ins' behalf

Xerces
- Xerces plug-in removed from the SDK builds and will no longer be shipped
with Eclipse
- closed plan item bug report
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=37696)

Sychronization with the file-system
- removed Linux fragment (removed FAM support)
- improved polling support
- closed plan item bug report
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=36962)

----- Forwarded by DJ Houghton/Ottawa/IBM on 04/06/2004 04:30 PM -----

eclipse-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 04/06/2004 03:21:22 PM:

> (Did I miss anybody who sent me status? It seems kind of thin this
> week...)
>
> -------------------
>  Discussion Topics
> -------------------
>
> ----------
>  Outreach
> ----------
>
> --------
>  Status
> --------
>
> Debug:
> - bug fixing & some leak testing
> - produced draft of "How to Write a Debugger" article for Eclipse corner,
>   along with example debugger, with from Bjorn Freeman-Benson
> - Java apps, remote Java apps, and applets migrated to the new platform
>   source lookup support. Will continue to polish the new API for others
>   to use
> - ongoing bug triage to "defer" bugs we do not intend to fix for 3.0
>
> Ant:
> - bug fixing & some leak testing
> - ongoing bug triage to "defer" bugs we do not intend to fix for 3.0
>
> RelEng:
> - builder based on 3.0 M8 now in place.
> - javadoc logs now available on test results page
> - pdf of doc now available for download with each build
> - bug fixing
>
> Dynamic Team for improved background feedback:
> - refinements for New User experience with progress support
> - investigate in improved progress view
>
> Platform UI:
> - RCP polishing
> - new UI polish
> - icon and graphics refreshes
> - performance and size reduction work
> - test writing
>
> JDT/UI:
> - ported NLS and occurrences search to new search
>   infrastructure.
> - removed references to deprecated JDT/Core DOM API.
> - added user interface for build path inclusion filters
> - converted override label indicator to label decorators
> - worked on import rewriter
> - NLS
>   - improved bundle and accessor class guessing if unit
>     is already partly nlsed.
>   - improved insertion strategy for new keys
> - Refactoring:
>   - polished refactoring participant API
>   - worked on refactoring UI API.
>
> Expression Language:
> - removed dependency on runtime.compatibility
> - improved initial construction of the property tester
>   hierarchy.
>
> Compare:
> - working on headless merge
>
> Platform/JDT Text:
> - revisit typing mode changes:
>   - separated smart mode from insert/overwrite mode  (presentation in
>      status bar is unchanged)
>   - smart mode uses normal caret, raw mode get special one (i-beam w/
gap)
>   - support for 2-pixel wide caret
>   - preferences to turn off special or wide carets for accessibility
> - added proposal support for templates:
>   - proposals for loop templates (for, while, do)
>   - proposals are linked, so when you change the proposed array, the
>     proposals for the temporary variable change as well
> - added template for //$NON for code and single line comment content
types
> - added preference for incremental completion to content assist
>   preferences in java editor
> - added preference for text selection foreground and background color
>   (not yet released)
> - continued work on semantic highlighting in Java editor
> - continued infrastructural and UI work for folded documents
> - added override indication in Java editor vertical ruler
> - added selection validator to allow clients to cancel jobs working on
>   the editor's selection
> - bug fixing
>
> Eclipse Forms:
> - In the past, forms toolkit used to assume that native skinned widgets
>   are used on Windows XP. In reality, this is only the case if
>   javaw.exe.manifest file has been dropped near javaw.exe. The new
>   code checks for the presence of this file in
>     System.getProperty("java.home")
>   and reverts to classic flat look if not found.
> - The new style of Section rendering is available when Section.TITLE_BAR
>   style has been used. It looks more in sync with the 3.0 Eclipse look.
>   All PDE editors will use this look in 3.0.
> - Form colors now fully computed from system colors - works better with
>   non-default color schemes.
>
> Intro:
> - We decided to move most of the new Welcome content from plugin.xml into
>   dedicated XML file(s) in order to ensure scalability and reduce
>   extension registry size. The new code operational & in the today's
>   I-build.
> - detailed plan for M9.
>
> PDE:
> - good progress in editor rework
>   - plug-in/bundle manifest editor fully reworked with surgical text
>     modifications when working in GUI pages
>   - all other editors refreshed and ported to the new Eclipse Forms look
> - closing on the work that integrates the new manifest file with JDT
>   wizards to generate new java classes (we are getting out of the Java
>   code generation business).
>   - effect will be seen on:
>     - Overview Page:
>       - The "Class:" hyperlink will open the java file if it exists
>         or will open the New Java Class wizard from JDT.  Superclass
>         will be AbstractUIPlugin or Plugin depending on if the project
>         will make contributions to the UI.
>       - The "Browse" button will allow the user to select a java class
>         from the project.
>     - Extensions Page:
>       - The extension's "Class:" hyperlink open the java file if it
>         exists or will open the New Java Class wizard from JDT.
>       - Superclasses and interfaces will be defined by the schema.
>       - The "Browse" button will allow the user to select a java class
>         from the project.
>
> Help:
> - working on reacting to extensions registry changes:
>   - reacting to org.eclipse.help.contentProducer and
>     org.eclipse.help.context extensions
>     -  changes done.
>   - still working on more complicated than anticipated changes to
>     org.eclipse.help.toc extensions (fixes to org.eclipse.help plug-in
>     are trivial, but things on top of org.eclipse.help plug-in: indexing,
>     search, working sets, browser contents are affected).
>
> Update/Install:
> - bug fixes
> - discussions on to do items for M9
>
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