Re: [linuxtools-dev] Systemtap question

[Andrew Overholt <overholt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jessica,

* Zhang, Jessica <jessica.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> [2011-07-01 14:48]:
> When I tried to open the SystemTap IDE perspective, I got the
> following exception (pasted below).

Hmm, before the Indigo release I went through all of the perspectives
and verified there were no NPEs.  I guess I missed one, sorry.  Please
file a bug:

  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Linux%20Tools&component=Systemtap

> Is SystemTap an actively maintained project, since the info I found on
> the internet are quite old.  If so, can someone provide me a pointer
> to some doc about its features, usage, etc?

SystemTap itself is quite actively maintained [0].  The Eclipse plugins
are not the most active parts of Linux Tools but they are maintained by
Anithra from IBM.  There isn't a tonne of updated documentation on its
usage.  There's an open bug requesting documentation for how
non-committers can test it out [1].  Corey Ashford from IBM has recently
been updating the documentation to clean up the HTML and make it conform
with the rest of Eclipse's help formatting [2].  The help docs as they
stand are available as part of the Indigo help centre:

http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.linuxtools.systemtap.ui.doc/Linux_Tools_Project/SystemTap/User_Guide/gettingstarted/gettingStarted.html

I'm sure Anithra and others would be interested in help.  There are a
number of open bugs:

  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED;bug_status=NEW;bug_status=ASSIGNED;bug_status=REOPENED;component=systemtap;product=Linux%20Tools;classification=Technology

HTH,

Andrew

[0]
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/

[1]
286153: Document non-automated SystemTap test plan
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=286153

[2]
349720: SystemTap Help formatting doesn't conform to the rest of the Eclipse Help.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=349720