Re: [eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Jan 11, 2006

[DJ Houghton <DJ_Houghton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Equinox/PDE-Build/Runtime
- application model review
- final fixes and review for 3.1.2
- performance work
- planning for 2006
- lots of vacation
- bug triage


eclipse-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/10/2006 04:39:47 PM:

>
> -------------------
>  Discussion Topics
> -------------------
>
> Rel Eng.:
> - Should our features be changed to point to a new update site?
>   Currently all features point to the
http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.0
>   which is not useful.  We can't collocate 3.0, 3.1.x and 3.2 updates in
the
>   same site. Update does not provide a mechanism to install new a new
>   startup.jar and eclipse executable.
>   - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=123165
> - On a related note, what is the plan for the Callisto release with
respect
>   to update jars.  Currently, we copy update jars and update the site.xml

>   for other projects that request to be included the platform update
site.
>   Is there going to be a master update site for Callisto or will there be
a
>   more distributed approach?
>   - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=109438
>
> --------
>  Status
> --------
>
> Debug:
> - bug triage and fixing
> - M5 planning
> - work on asynchronous tree viewer to leverage SWT.VIRTUAL tree support
> - experimenting with toolbar in launch dialog tree viewer and filter
>   support for launch configs and launch config types
> - EclipseCon prep
>
> JDT UI:
> - refactorings:
>   - working on new 'Introduce indirection' refactoring
>   - made all JDT refactorings except reorg scripting aware; refactoring
>     scripts can now be constructed from the Refactoring project property
>     page and later be applied via Refactor -> Apply refactorings...
>   - minor improvements in the JAR import wizard (new JAR file can be
>     renamed to old name)
>   - cleanup and documentation of refactoring history API
> - JUnit:
>   - worked on model support for JUnit
> - search:
>   - made Java and File search window working set aware
> - bug fixes:
>   - build path wizard
>   - clean up wizard
>   - visibility rewriting in refactoring
>   - JAR Packager
>   - search dialog pages, handling of 'Enclosing project' scope
>
> Platform/JDT Text:
> - 3.1.2 testing
> - revisited document creation and setup
> - enabled rulers for non-workspace files
> - added basic support for @category tag
> - moved content assist extension point entirely to JDT UI plug-in
>   (API clean up)
> - investigated performance impact of StyledText::setRedraw calls in the
>   text viewers (bugs 117507 and 121049)
> - finishing up UI part of the Revision information ruler (in progress,
>   bug 114333)
> - more API clean up in JavaContentAssistInvocationContext
> - bug fixing
> - bugzilla inbox tracking
>
> Workspace:
> - API for comparing URIs (URIUtil#equals)
> - API to get a java.io.File from an IFileStore (IFileStore#toLocalFile)
> - polishing support for linked resources at arbitrary depth
> - support for projects with overlapping file system locations
> - fixing problems with case sensitivity on Windows (43623, 119705,
122825)
> - operation validation framework
> - generic history view improvements
> - CVS operations consult model providers to determine operation scope
> - CVS work-in-progress update support is now enabled by default
>
> Rel. Eng.:
> - 3.1.2 end-game
> - troubleshooting network issues in build lab blocking performance
>   baseline reruns
> - testing mechanism changes for bugs:  121882, 121883, 123111.  Aim to
have
>   in production by end of week
>
> User Assistance:
> - work continues on enhancing cheat sheets: scalability enhancements,
>   saving state into a named file, opening cheat sheets from files
> - command enhancements to support linkability all in HEAD thanks to good
>   people from the UI team
> - focus now on adding concrete commands to various plug-ins that do
useful
>   things
> - adding linkability support in various places (active help, cheat
sheets)
> - work near completion on remote help (being able to point at the
>   documentation installed remotely
> - wrapping up the XHTML capability made available in M4
> - new capabilities added to the Form widget (busy state animation,
>   two-row header, parent background rendering)
> - design work on creating generic Welcome implementation with dynamic
>   positioning abilities and augmenting the intro framework to support
this
> - prototype implementation of the new generic Welcome
>
> PDE:
> - target management work is 90% in Tuesday build:
>   - new target profile wizard to create workspace profiles
>   - new extension point to register profiles
>   - new editor to edit the profiles
>   - profile switching on the target platform preference page
> - XHTML conversion tool almost done and will be available for
documentation
>   work (allows quick conversion from existing Help documents from HTML to

>   XHTML)
> - plug-in export wizard enhanced to expose JNLP and JAR signing options
>
> Platform UI:
> - general:
>   - trim dragging polish
>   - tabbed property view
>   - investigating splash treatments
>   - bug triage
>   - news group reading
>   - prepare and give Eclipse Workbench Tutorial to test group of students

>   - others away on vacation still
> - builds:
>   - testing 3.1.2
> - commands:
>   - bug fixing
> - common navigator:
>   - bug fixing
>   - API cleanup
> - problems view:
>   - performance work
> - RCP:
>   - some investigations and discussions about window types
> - tests:
>   - splitting up performance and UI tests projects
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