[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Dec 20, 2006

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

[
  Since this is the last status message of the
year, I'd like to take the
  opportunity to wish everyone the happiest of
holidays. There are no
  status meetings this week or next week. See
y'all in the new year.
]

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 Status 
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Runtime:
- API tooling
- launcher work - now in the latest builds
- released new bundles into Orbit
- work on 3.2.2 bugs
- working towards 3.3 M4
- bug triage
- bug fixing
- vacation

JDT UI:
- M4 testing and fixing
- quick fix bug fixes:
  - quick fix when overriding deprecated method
  - commands for quick assist added in M4 (extract
local,...)
- package explorer bug fixes:
  - double click on closed project opens it in
the package explorer
  - revisited viewer updating 
- 'Show In' menu for all Java view context menus
- rewrite convert for loop to enhanced for loops refactoring

Platform/JDT Text:
- shipped 3.3 M4
- 3.3 M5 planning
- added code that restores the editor selection upon
restart:
  - preference to disable will soon follow by
Platform UI
- closing an editor no longer asks to save if the
same document is open in
  another editor (can also be a different kind
of editor)
- improved layout of preference pages for High Contrast
mode
- inbox tracking
- bug fixing

Workspace:
- investigating use of History view for Java element
Compare
- general bug fixing

Debug:
- M4 test pass and bug fixing
- 3.2.2 bug fixing
- working on support for read-only string substitution
variables (bug 165969)
- adding support to update read-only contributed JRE
attributes on workspace
  startup (also bug 165969)
- working on launch perspectives perference page to
account for mixed modes
  and multiple launchers
  
JDT APT team:
- visit to Ottawa last week
- JDT Core (non-public) interfaces and support code
needed by JSR-269
  APT are checked in
- working on implementation of JSR-269 APT
- migrating debug command API to debug core plug-in
(bug 168434)