[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Feb 7, 2007

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Discussion Topic
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Runtime:
- We are in the process of moving Help to run on Jetty
rather
  than Tomcat. When this is done, (immediately
after M5) we
  would like to remove Tomcat from the builds.
Is this a
  breaking change? 

Platform/JDT Text:
- we should disable discouraged access warnings for
test projects
  (just too many) and adding them as friends
"pollutes" the SDK drop
- PMC approval for API additions or just for changes
to existing API
  added so far?
  - how many PMC votes are needed?

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 Status 
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JDT APT team:
- trying to get JSR269 code and tests ready to put into releng build
- work with JDT team on interface to jdt.core

Platform UI:
- status handling:
  - API polish
  - error dialogs
- commands:
  - api work
  - conversion of workbench contributions to
commands
- 3.3 presentation:
  - tab improvments
  - trim work
  - editor management improvements
- splash:
  - bug fixing
  - integration into IDE
- RCP:
  - ide/ ide.application split
- editors:
  - background editor save
 - progress:
  - reduced use of bold
- encoding support:
  - bug fixes

Equinox:
- getting ready for M5
- continued work on launcher bugs and integration
with pde 
- api tooling - first cut available in the pde incubator
- Simon says...hello! (new team member, Simon started
this week)
- initial FrameworkAdmin code committed to equinox
incubator
- discussions surrounding linked resources
- continued working through final details of OSGi
R4.1 framework
  implementation
- M6 planning
- EclipseCon preparation
- bug triage and fixing

PDE/Build:
- multiple version support for map files
- new GET fetch factory
- modified CVS fetch map file entry format to allow
for future
  expansion
- modified RelEng tools to handle new format

Debug:
- EclipseCon tutorial preparation
- contextual launch
- experimenting with displaying "all references"
in-line in the
  variables view (J2SE6)
- reviewing "pin & clone" contribution
(bug 145635)
- 3.2.2 bug fixes
- bug fixing

Platform/JDT Text:
- finalized APIs introduced during 3.3
- created an RCP prototype that depends on org.eclipse.ui.ide
which
  allows to use the default text editor. Filed
bugs for missing pieces.
- continued to look into opening up file buffers for
URIs
- provided patches to Platform UI that fix two navigation
history issues
- bug fixing
- inbox tracking

JDT UI:
- worked on issues in Open Type dialog using FilteredItemsSelectionDialog
- reverted Open Type dialog to M4 implementation until
Platform support
  is more stable
- added UI for deprecated and read-only classpath
variables:
  - added quick fix for projects using deprecated
JUnit classpath variable
- splitted up comment  formatting by comment
type
- M5 testing
- vacation

Workspace:
- flat presentation added to model-based Synchrponizations
- apply Patch API improvements
- build-up to M5 and M5 test pass

User Assistance:
- minor tweaks in preparation for M5
- finialized APIs for dynamic content providers
- bug fixes

PDE:
- finished use directive calculations
- added support for analyzing dependencies when creating
plug-ins
  from an existing JAR
- extensible shortcut links in the manifest editor
(allows ISVs to
  provide their own launchers on the Overview
page)
- wrapping up the editor enhancements (taking advantage
of the new
  Forms enhancements)
- added field validation to a number of PDE editors
(taking
  advantage of the message management)
- added update site target provisioner
- added the copying of the VM args to the launching
VM args
- preparation for M5
- bug fixing

Update:
- minor fixes

Rel. Eng.:
- build lab verification after router upgrades
- reworking much of the test framework to accomodate
the launcher
  reorg and make it much more streamlined
- significant M5 build lab angst
- Eclipse build is now consuming three Orbit bundles;
we'll consume
  many more post M5
- bug fixing