[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Jan 31, 2007

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Discussion Topic
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Rel. Eng.:
- builds
- Recently there have been complaints that if there
is is an
  integration rebuild, there are many additional
submissions
  to the rebuild than the teams that requested
the rebuild.
  This may be due to the fact that people don't
know there
  will be a rebuild or people are just trying
to get as many
  fixes in the build as possible due to the time
of the year.
  I've done this myself because I've been a bit
optimistic
  that there would not be a rebuild.  Anyways,
I'm proposing
  that people hold off updating their map files
until a preset
  time during the week, for instance Thursday
morning at 10am.
  That way the only fixes that will be applied
to the integration
  rebuild will be from teams that had issues
in the first build
  and requested the rebuild.   This will
contribute to the
  stability of the integration build.

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 Status 
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Platform UI:
- Vista:
  - continued 3.2.2 testing
- search dialogs:
  - hooking the new dialogs into JDT
  - bug fixing
- status handling:
  - hooking the facility into the workbench 
- 3.3 presentation:
  - trim work
  - tab management
  - tab colouring/drawing
- splash:
  - new API
- commands:
  - new menus API
  - defined the API for adding menus to a ToolBar
- min/max:
  - proposed 'perspectiveExtension' API
  - changed Workbench layout setting to properly
center trim
- data bindings:
  - sanity checking

JDT APT team:
- bug fixing
- working on JSR269 implementation in IDE (trying to realize
  enough of it to stabilize the interface with
jdt.core)

Workspace:
- replaced IMarker.GENERATED_BY attribute with new
IMarker.SOURCE_ID
  attribute
- added support for symbolic links to EFS API: new
"is symbolic link"
  attribute, and string attribute for target
path of link (bug 170317):
  - currently only implemented on Linux
- released new graphics for Compare diff and change
navigation
- modified double-click in Sync view to do an Expand
All
- history view history drop down is now a single toolbar
button.
- bug fixing

Debug:
- experimenting with presentation for J2SE6 "all
references" feature
  [bug 152653]
- continued work on context launch support [bug 74480]
- bug fixing

Platform/JDT Text:
- added hyperlink detector extension point
- started to look into opening up file buffers for
URIs
- bug fixing
- inbox tracking

JDT/UI:
- released contributed patch for sorting members during
clean up
- finalized Rename refactoring in editor: added minimize
& restore
  functionality
- worked on UI for deprecating classpath variables
- provided feedback for FilteredItemsSelectionDialog
- lengthy bug investigations for various components
- vacation

Runtime:
- API tooling:
  - working towards M5 initial release
- launcher:
  - bug fixing
- working on tying up loose ends for the OSGi R4.1
spec
- orbit:
  - will work on getting Orbit bundles into the
platform for M5
- pde-build:
  - working on a GET fetch factory for builds
- bug triage and fixing

Rel. Eng.:
- adding support to source build for  eclipse
on s390/s390x
  (System Z) aka Eclipse on big iron:
  - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=171518
- bug fixing
- eclipsecon preparation
- test builds to support consuming orbit bundles