[eclipse-dev] Test pass: keep an eye on background jobs

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

One area where we can use extra assistance
during this 3.0 test pass is in the area of background jobs. We are seeing
occasional reports of background jobs (such as autobuild) not running when
expected, or the progress view showing stale or duplicate entries. Due
to their concurrent nature, these issues tend to be very hard to pin down.
If you see *anything* out of the ordinary during the test pass, even if
you can't reproduce it, please enter a bug report! Don't assume we will
already know about it. Some of the information that is very useful when
reporting these bugs:

- Eclipse build number (should always
be included in all bug reports)
- What you were doing around the time
of the failure or unusual behaviour
- Recent .log file contents
- Stack traces (Use java.exe and hit
Ctrl+Break on Windows, "kill -3" java process on other platforms)
- Screen shot of progress view if it
appears to be showing unexpected information (close-cropped JPG preferred)

Thanks!