[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Jan 24, 2007

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Status 
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Debug:
- 3.2.2 testing & submitted one fix
- continuing work on context sensitive launching -
bug 74480
- continuing work on read-only string subtitution
variables - bug 165969
- bug fixing & investigation

Platform UI:
- field editors:
  - improvements to the Encoding editors
  - tabs in 3.3 presentation
- IDE application:
  - working out build issues
- new splash:
  - finishing up API
- menus:
  - API work
  - user feedback support
- search dialogs:
  - all JDT and JDT debug patches applied
  - automated tests
  - dialogs improvements for JDT
- status handling:
  - automated tests 
  - default error dialog
- commands API:
  - bug 29633- Open With Other... menu entry
- min/max story:
  - ongoing work on consolidating the FVB management
  - implemented the first cut at trim 'frames'
as defined by Kelvin
  - investigated making the 3.3 presentation
more independant of the
    default tree viewers:
    - bug 167323 - open AbstractTreeViewer
for other contributors

Platform/JDT Text:
- finished spelling preference UI
- added option to ignore '&' when spell checking
a Java properties file
- provided patches to Platform UI to fix bugs in the
encoding field editor
- started to work on hyperlink detector extension
point
- inbox tracking
- bug fixing

JDT/UI:
- rename refactoring in editor:
  - live error checking
  - support for moving keybinding popup around
- bug fixing and investigations
- vacation

Workspace:
- added ability to highlight token level changes in
a Compare
  editor (bug 102826)
- added ability to open several compare editors at
once (bug 165796)
- created a CVS feature:
  - CVS is in SDK drop but not Platform drop
- created a Workspace Team wiki page:
  - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/WorkspaceTeam
- bug fixing

Runtime:
- api tooling work
- launcher bug fixing
- planning for API freeze
- bug triage
- bug fixing

PDE:
- taking advantage of the UI Forms refresh to adjust
margins and spacing
  according to recommendations
- target editor visual upgrades
- continued preparation for EclipseCon tutorials
- model rework finished but still in the process of
checking in (due to
  the CVS crash); this will close about 30 bug
reports as a result
- bug fixing

User Assistance:
- wrapping up usability pass through cheat sheets
- printing multiple topics from help window finished
- auto-generation of content for topics that have
subtopics but no
  associated document (prereq for breadcrumbs)
- visual refresh design work for the help webapp started

Update:
- wrapping up bug fixes for 3.2.2

Rel. Eng.:
- investigating multiple build failures; we started
a log to document them:
  - http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Platform-releng-build-failures
- incorporated new cvs feature into build:
  - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=170807
- eclipsecon preparation - aka Releng Road Trip 2007
- 3.2.2 endgame
- bug fixing

SWT:
- continuing Vista work
- continuing mozilla everywhere work:
  - POCs working everywhere, massaging into final
form and continuing testing
- bug fixing in HEAD