[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Dec 13, 2006

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Status 
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Platform UI:
- search dialogs:
  - resource dialog finished
  - type dialog changes under review
  - abstract dialog changes under review
- status handling:
  - the facility is hooked up into jobs, jface,
the logging facility
  - integration of the faciity with the rest
of the workbench in progress
  - bug fixing
  - dialog fixes/polish
- EFS:
  - bug fixing
- saving settings:
  - bug fixing
  - added support for help
- editors:
  - initial implementation of background save
- wiewers:
  - AbstractTableViewer (widget-independent table
viewer)
  - fixes to DecoratingLabelProvider
- quick Access (Ctrl E):
  - bug fixing 
  - general polish
- graphics:
  - updated 3.3 splash
- commands:
  - work on menu API
  - implemented initial menu support
- trim:
  - design work

JDT APT:
 - APT type generation now works during reconcile,
as well as during
   build
 - Walter is in Ottawa this week to work on JSR269
with Olivier

Runtime:
- provided patches to reorganize the features to react
to launcher changes
- identification and work on bugs for 3.2.2
- released new app model
- preparing for new launcher (released OSGi support)
- API tooling work
- Configuration Manipulator work
- bug triage and fixing
- vacation

JDT UI:
- finished Undo support for Delete refactorings (in
Java views)
- new API in jdt.junit: TestRunListener and ITestElement
hierarchy
  (ITestCaseElement, ...)
- bug fixing
- inbox tracking

Debug:
- bug fixing
- released API for pluggable detail panes in variables
view (bug 75852)
- added console toggle buttons for "show console
when..." preferences
- attended monthly DSDP DD progress meeting
- started M5 planning

Platform/JDT Text:
- working towards 3.3 M4 (test pass, New And Noteworthy,
...)
- inbox tracking
- bug fixing
- vacation

Workspace:
- 3.3 M4 preparation and testing
- bug triage
- added Forward/Back navigation to History View
- added ability to root patches at workspace to Apply
Patch Wizard
- added validateEdit to Compare Editor
- converted custom date/time widgets to use SWT DateTime
widget

User Assistance:
- fixing small outstanding bugs in the webapp TOC
- Support for ordering TOC per product added (using
XML file instead of
  fragile plugin_customization.ini field)
- support for filter expressions finished (using core
expressions with our
  patches that made it)
- design nearing completion on the enhanced Forms
header; implementation
  in M5
- work started on general-purpose error message management
(primarily for
  forms, but will be applicable to wizards, dialogs
etc)
- M4 cleanup

PDE:
- file system target provisioner in M4
- plug-ins that do not export any packages flagged
- M4 cleanup and bug fixing
- cheat sheet workflow document completed, will now
be linked into

Update:
- looking into the problem of Update attempting to
install an update
  over and over