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[mylyn-dev] Workspace Provisioning with Mylyn

Hi,

there are several discussions going on about how/if we could use Mylyn
context to store SCM configurations or similar task-related
information (e.g. [1], [2], [3]).

The recurring idea behind these discussions seems to be that people
want to use the context to automate workspace provisioning (i.e.
developers joining in on a task should be able to automatically
checkout task-related scm repositories and branches, activate target
platforms, and start working right away).

I tried to come up with a general framework for this and pushed it to
Github (under EPL):
https://github.com/sschmidt/edu.tum.cs.mylyn.provisioning

The framework adds a new tab to the task editor which is automatically
filled with provisioning related information while you work on a task.
Currently, git repositories, target platforms and breakpoints are
supported. That is, we track which git repositories you use while
working on a task, which target platform is activated and which
breakpoints you use... and add it to the context. You can share the
workspace as used to and other developer can use it to checkout the
repositories, import the breakpoints or activate the appropriate
target platform.

I'm also conducting a survey to learn more about requirements and
gather some feedback. Head over to:
https://www1.cs.tum.edu/survey/index.php/survey/index/sid/832249 for
that. Additionally, there's a giveaway among participants (it's a
bluetooth car which you can control with your favorite ios or android
device).

Any feedback is highly appreciated ;)

Cheers,

Sebastian


[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=345661
[2] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=384067
[3] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=378399


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