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

[DJ Houghton <DJ_Houghton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have entered a bug report about the removal of Tomcat and copied John's
note there. Lets continue discussion in Bugzilla.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=173692


eclipse-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/08/2007 01:05:53 PM:

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> I believe the conclusion of the tomcat discussion is that it's not a
> breaking change.  The tomcat plugin in its current form actually
> only exports two internal Eclipse-specific packages, so there are no
> other plugins that could be using tomcat functionality from this
> plugin either accidentally or on purpose.  It's true that the set of
> plug-ins required for an RCP application will change, but this
> happens every release due to inevitable plug-in additions and
> refactorings. I.e., anyone deploying an RCP application against 3.3
> will have to update the list of plug-ins they deploy anyway.
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> John
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> Regarding the question about whether removing Tomcat is a breaking
> change. I would think that RCP apps would be the most affected. Any
> RCP app that uses the help system will have to change the list of
> plugins that get linked in and this is true even if we leave Tomcat
> around.  It might be better to remove Tomcat so that RCP apps will
> end up doing the right thing and remove their dependency to org.
> eclipse.tomcat which they are presumably no longer using (although
> who knows what someone might do in their RCP app).
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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?
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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