[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Nov 22, 2006

[Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Outreach
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Platform UI:
- RCP webinar

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 Status 
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Platform UI:
- initial work on Eclipsecon tutorials
- preferences:
  - investigating transfer of settings (layout,
working sets etc.) when
    switching workspaces
  - investigating  sharing project preferences
  - investigating  sharing preferences at
the config level
- JFace viewers:
  - continued work on Tooltips and general editing
support
- search dialogs:
  - resource dialog finished 
  - patch for JDT prepared (type dialog)
- status handling:
  - improving status handling implementation
  - hooking up into Eclipse
  - improving test project
- EFS:
  - general maintenance/bug fixing
- search based navigation:
  - bug fixing
- commands:
  - menus extension point
- Foundation 1.1 compliance check:
  - check and API reference fixing
- ICU4J:
  - bugs 162099, 157840
  - first submission of ICU4J 3.6 bundles from
ICU team 
- editors:
  - investigate background editor save
- trim:
  - min/max
  - drag and drop
- undo/redo:
  - bug fixing
- field assist:
  - bug fixing

Debug:
- planning to support access rules on execution environments:
  - @see bug 163444
  - moved execution environment definitions from
PDE to JDT in preparation
- polishing mixed mode launching APIs (@see bug 157059)
- design for context sensitive launching/simplified
launching for novice
  users:
  - @see bug 74480
- bug fixing

JDT Core:
- bug fixing
- work in progress on enabling JSR-269 (APT batch
compiler)
- tuning compiler semantics for unchecked warning
- improved codeassist support for intersection types
- javadoc checker did incorrectly allow compatible
matches 
  for method references; where only exact matches
are mandated.
- enabling ECJ releng-build to contain JSR-199 front-end

  (1.6 compiler API)
- considering introducing common supertype in API
for
  ICompilationUnit and IClassfile (non breaking
change)

JDT UI:
- removed mandatory saving of dirty editors for some
refactorings
- made JUnit compare dialog non-modal
- 'Convert local variable to field' is now also a
quick assist
- Organize Import now allows to configure the number
of empty lines
  between import groups (preference on the code
formatter page)
- UI for new code formatter preferences added: 
  - 'space between 'throws' and parenthesized
_expression_
- bug fixing

Platform/JDT Text:
- 3.3 M4 planning
- spell checking:
  - added SpellingCorrectionProcessor and the
SpellingReconcileStrategy
    to allow editor implementors to add
spell checking to their editor
  - added spell checking support to the text
editor
  - various improvements to the spelling engine
that is contributed by
    JDT Text
- provided feedback for  rework of commands and
key bindings:
  - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=154130
- discussed import of static members and code assist
plan items with JDT
  Core and JDT UI
- discussed, reviewed and improved patch for showing
invisible characters
  in the editor
- inbox tracking

Workspace:
- tracking and resolving outstanding EFS issues
- support for long paths (>260 chars) on Windows
- fine tuning of Appy Patch wizard
- asynchronous initialization of Compare Editor
- added Change Navigation buttons to Text Merge Viewer

Runtime:
- orbit:
  - contribution of bundles to repository
- api tooling
- shared settings work with UI team
- work on supplement bundle
- new launcher work
- bug triage
- bug fixing

User Assistance:
- the Ajax TOC tree is almost done. We are working
out the kinks on the
  various browsers
- adding _expression_ support in UA filtering (we want
to use the same
  markup as in menu items etc. for filtering
using ORs, ANDs etc.)
  - we have provided patches for _expression_ support
enhancements
- fixed 3 bugs in the 3.2.2 stream
- work continues on the UI Forms header area, error
reporting and visual
  refresh

PDE:
- pushing down execution environment to JDT Debug
- made classpath computation more resilient when faced
with unresolved bundles
- Dev.properties creation
- synchronizing UI errors with builders
- extending Manifest Editor for advanced formats/new
headers
- started work with case sensitivity issues in manifest
editors:
  - enhanced JFace Text functionality
- working on allowing export of JREs in product configuration
- moved PDE manifest editor to the field assist APIs
- Used action groups to make useful actions available
in various contexts
- bug fixing

Rel. Eng.:
- Pascal, Andrew and Sonia's PDE Build Clinic Tutorial
accepted:
  - http://www.eclipsecon.org/2007/index.php?not_accepted=0&page=sub/&id=3635&conference=2007
- troubleshooting build issues
- vacation 
- on course
- bug fixing