[mylar-dev] this week's plan (v0.3.10)

["Mik Kersten" <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

Mylar 0.3.9.1 is now available, includes numerous bug fixes, and support for Eclipse 3.2M2.  Unfortunately due to changes in Eclipse 3.2M2 it is no longer possible for the same plug-ins to support both 3.1 and 3.2.  But fortunately it was possible to coerce the update site allow you to select either the 3.1 or 3.2 based feature.  Another key change in this release is that the Mylar Monitor has been almost entirely decoupled from the UBC user study in preparation for the 0.4 release, and is now available in CVS at dev.eclipse.org.

 

Acknowledgements

Thanks go out to Wes Coelho for contributing making the Previous/Next task navigation in the Task List persistent, and for helping provide a previous of whether a task has context.  Also, Eugene Kuleshov came up with the really good idea of making landmark creation work by dragging an element to an Active view (see below).

 

New & Noteworthy

Drag-and-drop Landmark creation

Elements such as methods and types can be drag-and-dropped into the Active Search and Active Hierarchy views.  This will cause them to become landmarks, and to populate those views with related elements.  To get rid of an element from an active view it needs to be made less interesting than a landmark, which can be done by right-clicking it in any view and selecting the "Make Less Interesting" action, or by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow when editing that element.

Task context indication

If a task has a context, this will show as faint Mylar glasses on the task.  The dark glasses and bold label indicate which task is active.

 

Tasks completed (22 total)

 

109815	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	add phase 2 upgrade popup
110111	enh	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	create context activity context
110113	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	restructure documentation
110234	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	guard against failure of elements to open
110132	blo	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	FIXE	ClassCircularityError on startup
110200	enh	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	clean up task list extension points and create JIRA plug-in
104607	enh	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	create FAQ document
110630	blo	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	FIXE	java.lang.VerifyError with Mylar 0.3.9 on Eclipse 3.2M2
110112	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	tasks fail to get removed from root
109816	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	active search labels blink on every selection
106257	enh	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	zazam@xxxxxxx	FIXE	Proposed enhancement: Decouple UBC study
109803	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	FIXE	Tooltips on task list cause loss of focus
109804	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	FIXE	Differentiating task categories is difficult with Mylar a...
110464	enh	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	make active search check box selections disjoint
107810	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	toggle of folding can cause file modification when using ...
110508	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	FIXE	Allow drag-n-drop to Active Search to create landmark
109462	nor	P2	Oth	ksueda@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	can't change category name
109783	nor	P2	Oth	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	provide indication of whether task has context
110061	enh	P2	Oth	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	previous task history should be persistent
107490	nor	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	FIXE	if view is not active content can stick after task de-act...
110133	maj	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	FIXE	Unhandled event loop exception
110134	maj	P3	Oth	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	FIXE	Wrong line breaks in Bugzilla comment editors

 

 

Tasks planned (25 total)

 

102674	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		reduce size of taskscapes
103283	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		fix marker listening on resources
104259	enh	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		mylar open type dialog integration
106933	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	NEW		incorporate working sets into the Java interest model
107645	nor	P2	All	beatmik@xxxxxxx	sminto@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		content assist not available on initial startup
107675	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		newly created resources should become interesting
107865	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		decrement interest fails to refresh label when not in fil...
107948	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		propagated interest sticks for error packages
108011	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		prevent automatic package explorer collapse
108063	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		create policy for re-running active searches
108309	maj	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	NEW		Improve usability of "make less interesting" action
108487	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		add object contributions to active views
109235	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		interest should be maintained across a refactoring
109259	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		working set filter interacts badly with mylar filter
109317	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		inconsistent coloring in when Mylar filter is off
109692	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Mylar glasses are difficult to see on tasklist view
109693	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Tasklist's filter-completed doesn't work
109810	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Active Search / Hierarchy should display class names for ...
109928	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		make documentation available online
110236	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		guard against concurrent modification of context
110472	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	NEW		Text CVS label decorator interferes with landmark bolding
110688	maj	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		active search causes workbench freeze
110711	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		add support for eclipse 3.2 problem filters
110724	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		background coloring of task list elements is wrong on 3.2
110747	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	NEW		automatically open the task list when Mylar first runs