Re: [eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Jan 18, 2006

[Darin Swanson <Darin_Swanson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

ANT:

- Export Project to buildfile rework
with contribution from community (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=122421)
 - bug fixes as indicated in the
build notes and bug triage

Darins

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 Outreach 
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- Committer Gathering in Ottawa, with Ward Cunningham and 
  Bjorn Freeman-Benson 
  - some good discussions and chance to meet other committers
  - lots of fun; thanks Ward and Bjorn 

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 Status 
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JDT UI: 
- refactoring: 
  - released new refactoring 'Introduce Indirection'. Available on
method 
    invocations and declarations. 
  - added scripting support for all JDT refactorings except reorg
and 
    generalize type 
  - new actions in the 'Refactor' menu to create and apply a refactor
    script 
  - adapted LTK/Core to resource operation validation code in
    core.resources (pre delta notification)
  - converted the delete refactoring to issue a pre-delta
- code generation: 
  - new wizard to create hashCode() and equals()
- preferences: 
  - compliance can now be set to 6.0 
  - UI for new compiler option 'Parameter assignment'
  - organize import preference page allows to set a separate on-demand
    import threshold for static imports
- package Explorer: 
  - support inclusion filters when in hierarchical layout mode
    (see bug 65240) 
- work with Platform/UI on problems view and on API to multi apply quick
  fixes (see bug 114754 & 114570) 
- bug fixes: 
  - serial version quick fix 

Debug: 
- continued work to support SWT.VIRTUAL in async tree
- enhancements to launch dialog to better support filtering of configs
  from closed/deleted projects and specific types of launch configs:
  - requires downstream components to leverage new 'resource mapping'
    for launch configs 
- attended DSDP project progress report meeting:
  - discussed possibility of deubg scopes to debug different apps
side 
    by side in different sets of debug views
- released API for: 
  - retrieving system properties from VM installs - see IVMInstall3
  - breakpoint import and export operations
  - specializing debug instruction pointers:
    - see IInstructionPointerPresentation
- reworking debug view management support based on debug context manager
  (auto open/close of debug related views)
- bug fixing & triage 

JDT Core: 
- enhanced access restrictions to allow ignoring restricted
  types (if shadowing another one). 
  @see IAccessRule#IGNORE_IF_BETTER 
- released support for computing the stack map frames 
  (requires a 6.0 VM to run). See bug 109980 for details
- TODO tasks are no longer user editable 
- work in progress: 
  - more robust DOM AST: to be integrated in next I-build
  - null reference analysis: to be integrated in next I-build
  - adding 1.5 source performance tests 
  - enabling APT merge onto HEAD 
- bug fixing 

Platform/JDT Text: 
- final 3.1.2 testing 
- made DefaultJavaFoldingStructureProvider API (bug 66440)
- finished Live Annotate for the line number ruler (bug 114333)
- continued investigation of StyledText#setRedraw calls in the text
  viewers (bugs 117507 and 121049) 
- fixed problems in MigrationHelper 
- started to look at field assist support from Platform UI
- bug fixing 
- bugzilla inbox tracking 

Platform UI: 
- general: 
  - working on ICU4J wrapper plug-in integration
  - worked on preparing list of non-EPL source per Eclipse Foundation
requests 
  - FilteredTree, working on making this API
  - discussed affordances for cheat sheet saving/launching
  - 3.1.2 RC1 verification and testing 
  - 'polish' for the Trim Dragging: 
    - add temporary preferences option for testing
  - removed component framework 
  - talking about various key issues 
  - investigating splash features 
  - writing doc/blogs 
  - PopupDialog bugs fixes/investigation/tests
- bug fixing: 
  - import/export, NL 
  - DnD fixes for Mac and Fast view bars
- commands: 
  - implemented simple service locator framework
  - working on menu layout computation 
  - bug fixing (in particular, handlers)
  - typing of parameters 
- flexible workspaces: 
  - investigating multiple browse support options for field editors
- JFace: 
  - Field assist - API issues, cleanup 
  - misc. dialog framework issues - restore original size, bugs
- logical model support: 
  - prototyped IDocument adapter for views/editors sharing same document
- undo/redo 
  - API - GMF discussions 
- working sets: 
  - fixes and minor usability improvements

Workspace: 
- incorporating local history into team history view
- operation validation API 
- model-aware decoration in views 
- investigating EFS performance 
- investigating separate SSH2 plugin 
- investigating work flows with projects nested in the file system
- 3.1.2 verification and testing 

PDE: 
- added option to group plug-ins by location on the Target Platform
  preference page 
- add a Preview functionality for target profiles.
- better EE classification of CDC JREs using new API from JDT/Debug
- New and cool non-linear source lookup in progress.
- XHTML convertion utility available in today's I build under 
  'PDE Tools' submenu 
- bug fixing 

User Assistance: 
- some work done for mixed remote and local help. Due to the issues
  discovered, it is likely to be deferred post 3.2
- dialog tray support is complete in today's I build
- work in progress on Intro redesign 
- cheat sheets: 
  - command support and better recognition of success done for cheat
sheets 
  - making an API cleanup pass 
- adding as many commands to support for linkability as possible
- support added for command execution in intro and cheat sheets
- bug fixing 

Rel. Eng.: 
- tested and incorporated fix for 
    https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=123501
  into builder 
- tested and implemented new test setup scripts 
  (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=121882).  
  - backported for 3.1 performance testing
  - will run 3.2M4 tests using this new mechanism
- plan to incorporate APT plug-ins and tests into build this week
- investigating callisto update site 
- investigating jar signing procedure and process
- investigating process which fetches and packages pre-built plug-ins
  and features into the eclipse SDK 
- investigating automated build of RCP applications
- preparations for eclipseCon 2006 _______________________________________________
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