[mylar-dev] mylar 0.4.0 is now available

["Mik Kersten" <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

Mylar 0.4.0 is now available.   Please try it out and report any critical issues before the announcement goes out to mylar-announce@xxxxxxxxxxx early next week.  At that time the new Mylar web site will also go live, provide download information, and new flash videos will be made available.  This release marks the end of the UBC user study, and as such the update sites have changed so be sure to remove the old ones and add those listed below.  Also note that the Bugzilla Client is now an optional feature that can also be used standalone.  There should be no problems updating over the old versions of Mylar, but if you experience any troubles disable and uninstall the old features.

 

·         Update Site for Eclipse 3.2 users:

o        download.eclipse.org/technology/mylar/update-site/e3.2

·         Update Site for Eclipse 3.1 users:

o        download.eclipse.org/technology/mylar/update-site/e3.1

 

Community Contributions

A huge thanks goes to Wesley Coelho for implementing linked tasks and making several other important Task List improvements.  Kimberley Peter provided some great advice on how to improve the Mylar icons and UI design, some of which is visible in this release.  Ed Burnette provided useful input on streamlining linked task creation (first item below).

 

New & Noteworthy

Tasks can be linked to web pages	Tasks can be linked to web pages.  For example, if you want a task to correspond to a Wiki page or to a bug report copy the URL of the report, click the New Task button on the Task List, and the URL will automatically be inserted in the Web Link field.  If you click Get Description the title of the page will be inserted into the Description field.  The task will appear with a Web icon decorator, and will automatically bring up a Task Editor page that loads the web link when opened.
Pause and resume context capture	Pause and resume task context capture using the drop-down menu on the Task List.  This can be useful for quick diversions that don't warrant a new task.  Also note that some of the toolbar buttons have moved to the local pull-down.
Task context indication	If a task is inactive, but has a context associated with it, the Activate widget appears lightly filled (i.e. as bug 111722 below).
Toggle auto folding	Pressing the editor toolbar button with the Mylar glasses on it will enable/disable Mylar's automatic folding.  This can be useful when needing to browse through the code, or copy/paste code around (since Eclipse's folding support can cause odd expansions when copying folded regions, bug 104648).  The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F.

 

Show all filtered children

When you are using filtering in a Mylar view you have the option of temporarily showing all children of a filtered node by Alt+clicking a node that is not currently selected.  For example, you can Alt+click a source folder, keep the Alt+key down, and continue drilling down until you find a method of interest. To navigate using the keyboard alone use the Right Arrow key instead of Alt+clicking, and the Down Arrow key to select elements.

Task export

The Mylar Task List and related data can be exported, e.g. for backup purposes.

 

Resolved Reports (35 total)

113270	enh	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	support URL monitoring for internal browser
113394	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	refactor common per-user analysis code
113461	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	allow mylar monitor to be disabled
113397	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	race condition in tests causing failure on slow machine
113471	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	remove log file functionality
113696	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	make usage upload wizard aware of monitor extensions
114009	enh	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	make bugzilla depdency optional
109521	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	create eclipse.org update site
113711	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	LATE	set up automated build process
113985	maj	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	ed.burnette@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Too much expansion in Package Explorer
114156	enh	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	create new icons
113916	nor	P1	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	fix exceptions reported in logs
113111	cri	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	rbodkin-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	JDT failing on open type (ctrl+shit+T)
113277	min	P1	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	villane@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Error while stopping "org.eclipse.mylar.java_0.3.12.e31".
111023	enh	P1	Oth	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	create one-to-one association tasks hyperlinks
112751	maj	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	temporary zip files don't get deleted
112716	enh	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	lkf@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Create extension points to generalize monitor
113386	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	support viewing of web docs in context
111945	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	murphy@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Read-only activations of tasks
111708	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	improve UI for opening tasks and contexts
112233	nor	P2	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Temporary expand without mouse
109551	nor	P2	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	bsd@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Provide keybinding for toggling folding
112812	nor	P2	Oth	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	deactivation doesn't add task to history
113292	enh	P2	PC	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Task summary editor tab for issue report web page
113682	enh	P2	PC	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Task data export wizard
113585	enh	P2	PC	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Automatically fetch task title
108305	cri	P2	PC	wes.coelho@xxxxxxxxx	eu@xxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Commenting from Mylar's Bugzilla UI doesn't update CC
112712	enh	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	make monitor reports HTML based
112563	enh	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	create html structure bridge to track URL navigation
110248	nor	P3	Oth	beatmik@xxxxxxx	beatmik@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	notes field needs scroll bar and word wrap
113953	nor	P3	PC	beatmik@xxxxxxx	ed.burnette@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Update Manager woes with Eclipse 3.2 vs. 3.1
112715	enh	P3	PC	lkf@xxxxxxxxx	lkf@xxxxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	Increase detail of information recorded about menu commands
106258	enh	P3	PC	zazam@xxxxxxx	zazam@xxxxxxx	RESO	FIXE	opt out of study
106259	enh	P3	PC	zazam@xxxxxxx	zazam@xxxxxxx	RESO	WONT	send logs on shutdown