[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Jan 26, 2005

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Discussion Topics
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Rel. Eng.:
- When are we updating copyrights?

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 Outreach 
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 Status
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Debug:
- J2SE5:
  - autoboxing support in debugger evaluations
  - API accessors for Java debug elements for generic types, enums,
    and varargs
- Built to last:
  - released background content support to variables view,
    expressions view and debug hovers
  - backported fixes to 3.0.2 stream
  - bug fixing
- Ease of use:
  - breakpoint group polish: support for copy & paste, drag & drop in
    breakpoint working sets

Ant:
- Built to last/Ease of use
  - bug fixing 

JDT UI:
- bug fixing
- J2SE 5.0:
  - converted Override/Implement Method, AnonymousTypeCompletionProposal
    OverrideCompletionProposal and Generate Delegate to bindings to
    produce correct code for generics. Also enhanced formatting and added
    support to override annotations.
  - all rename refactorings are now J2SE 5.0 aware (including new test
    cases)
  - worked on making quick fix / quick assist 5.0 aware
  - worked on assignment compatibility rules which work accrues compiler
    contexts.
- Simple to Use:
  - polish work on WYSIWYG source page of the new project wizard
  - improved comment generation: 
    - better control over comment generation in new class wizard
    - standard comments are now "empty"
- EclipseCon:
  - tutorial and talk preparation
- Misc:
  - review unified undo/redo implementation in core.commands

Platform Search:
- bug fixing

Platform/JDT Text:
- changed "Show Tooltip Description" (F2) to use the Browser widget
  for showing Javadoc
- committed external contribution: hippie completion for all text
  editors (try ALT+/)
- provided feedback for Core's new resource bundle approach
- tracking down JDT Text performance test problems together with
  Releng (still in progress)
- changed content assist to use JDT Core's new requestor API
- J2SE 5.0:
  - syntax coloring for:
    - annotation elements
    - annotations
    - type variables
  - content assist:
    - support enums
    - support generic types
    - support method proposals for methods of types with bounded type
      parameters
- bug fixing
- bug inbox tracking

Platform UI:
- bug fixing
- 3.0.2 bug fixes
- proposals updated for components framework and commands/contributions
  work
- putting undo/redo code into HEAD, working with JDT members on support
  for it
- add support for Trees with columns and setting fonts and colours per
  cell
- cell editors in Trees
- view settings (minimal support to enable consistent editing from views
  for "preferences" or settings for the view)

Rel. Eng.:
- working with jdt text and swt teams in troubleshooting problems running
  performance tests on linux gtk x86
  - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=75755
- other bugs:  83443, 83454
- 3.x and 2.1.3 download pages now use "find a mirror" script
- monitoring download stats

JDT Core:
- search can find declaration/reference of type parameter
- Java model operations have been ported off the deprecated JDOM. They
  now use AST rewrite. This enables these operations on local and
  anonymous types, enumerations and annotation types
- added XML logging for batch compiler 
- work in progress on making DOM AST more robust (statement based 
recovery)
- bug fixing (especially on 1.5 front)

Platform Core:
- new persistent property code has been released and will be turned on
  by default for the next build
- new compatibility plug-in (org.eclipse.core.resources.compatibility)
  has been created
- EclipseCon preparation
- resource bundle performance analysis
- resource bundle conversion tool
- Equinox code has been released into this week's build
- launcher branding work in PDE
- renewed focus on performance in runtime (new runtime code and for
  running from JARs)

PDE:
- feature editor rework progresses well - near completion
- changes in the PDE tooling to support OSGi runtime format changes
- work on the RCP editor continues

Update:
- back-ported a fix for 3.0.2
- investigating redesign of the Install wizard based on the user feedback
- bug fixes

UA:
- XHTML now in head; now working on dynamic content support in XHTML
  (to provide the same level of support as in XML)
- federated search work progresses well - will be releasing it into
  the next integration build
- help view work near completion - next integration build as well
- working with the platform UI team to expose information search in the
  UI (via 'Help>Search' and also via search combo box in the tool bar)