Re: [hyades-dev] Stability of the current WSWB M8 driver (200403261517)?

[Nagarajan Kalaimani <mani@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On more than one occasion, I have had problems building and launching the 
bluerat enabled runtime workbench. When I open the progress view, I see 
that there
are a queue of activities all sitting in a zombie state (like builing, 
launching, refreshing views, etc). Iam unable to cancel these activities; 
and I can't rebuild or launch
too (since these activities block on the earlier unfinished build/launch). 
The only work-around is to shutdown and restart the workbench.

Windows->Preferences->Workbench->Work In Progress has an option to 
"Temporarily restore 2.1 rebuild actions". Turning this option, re-enables 
the "Rebuild All"
button. This has helped me out at times and seems more stable than default 
mode.

-mani
IBM Rational Software
408-863-5197




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I actually have the Java activity enabled, and the Build Project and Build 
All items are still disabled.  Curtis's note from a moment ago explains 
why, so this does not appear to be a stability issue.  I certainly agree 
that it's a usability issue, because if you choose to "clean" a project 
(because you'd like to rebuild it, but that menu item is now disabled), it 
does not enable the Rebuilt Project item.  In the case of Hyades, where 
the builders don't properly build everything on the first try, this is a 
real hassle.  But you're right -- I can provide that feedback to the 
Eclipse newsgroup, now that I know it's a deliberate change. 

I'm still looking for feedback from anyone else with stability issues with 
this driver (or with wswb-30M8-200403291703). 

Thanks, 
--Joe 

Joe Toomey 
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Rational Software
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Valentina Popescu <popescu@xxxxxxxxxx> 
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Joe, WSWB M8 0326 driver has the activities feature implemented - and 
enabled 

Build Project and Build All menu items are disabled because the Java 
activity is disabled by default. 
To make them available, go to Window>Configure Activities... and select 
Java activity. This seams to be an usability issue in the end, but this is 
the way Eclipse 3.0 will behave.. so if you want this to be changed, input 
your feedback on the Eclipse newsgroup or open a defect against Eclipse 


Thank you,
Valentina Popescu
IBM Toronto Labs,   popescu@xxxxxxxxxx
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I picked up the latest WSWB M8 driver (200403261517) yesterday, and having 
used it only sparingly, I have some concerns about stability.  The driver 
hung once when I was trying to do a CVS Synchronize with Repository, and 
crashed once when trying to launch a runtime workbench.  I'll paste the 
log from the crash at the bottom of this note in case anyone is curious, 
but the problem is not reproducible.  Beyond these problems, I have also 
seen the Build Project and Build All menu items disabled in the Java 
perspective (with a java project selected in the package explorer), and I 
don't know if that is a reproducible defect or not. 

Given that this driver could become the WSWB M8 driver, I'd like to 
solicit feedback from other people using this driver.  Within the next 48 
hours, can you please post if you have encountered the problems I describe 
above, or if you have encountered other stability issues with this driver 
(that were not present in the earlier WSWB drivers)?  Please cc: Rob 
Sinclair (rsinc@xxxxxxxxxx), who will collect the results and let us know 
if this seems to be a widespread issue, hopefully in time for us to do 
something about it. 

Thanks, 
--Joe 

Joe Toomey 
Advisory Software Engineer
Rational Software
IBM Software Group 
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