RE: [mylyn-integrators] Handling synchronization in a connector

["Mik Kersten" <mik@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom,

It's been great to see your updates to the Integrator Reference.  What I
think is best for us to do is, before starting to revise the document for
3.0, to make a snapshot of it for Mylyn 2.x.  We will link that.  So for now
please do continue making any changes specific to 2.3 that you see fit.

Are you thinking of making your connector support Mylyn 3.0?  That would be
my recommendation, since Mylyn 3.0 will support both Eclipse 3.3 and 3.4 and
will effectively replace Mylyn 2.3 (we'll still be happy to take patches for
2.x versions as needed).  In addition, the Mylyn 3.0 APIs will be
considerably easier to build on, due to all the clean-up and improvements
that we have been making.  We'll try to make the port from 2.3 to 3.0 as
easy as possible, and will be happy to answer any questions specific to your
connector.

Mik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mylyn-integrators-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mylyn-integrators-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Bryan (tombry)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:36 AM
> To: Mylyn Integrators list
> Subject: [mylyn-integrators] Handling synchronization in a connector
> 
> The wiki says: "If your first basic plugin works, you should handle
> synchronization. Please note that the method for synchronization is
> called updateOfflineState (AbstractRepositoryConnector) instead of just
> synchronize()."
> 
> I'm not sure whether that's a 3.0 change.  I see no updateOfflineState
> method in 2.3.
> 
> Any hints for those of us still integrating with the 2.3?
> 
> As an aside, after the 3.0 release, do you still want docs on the wiki
> about how to integrate with 2.3?  I'm "correcting" the wiki as I go,
> but
> I'm getting worried that these aren't errors in the wiki but previews
> of
> 3.0 functionality.  Should we create a separate page for 2.3
> integrators
> so that the main integrators page can become 3.0 integrators?
> 
> I would mark specific information as 2.3 vs. 3.0, but I don't really
> know anything about Mylyn 3.0 changes, so I'm not really in a position
> to do that.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --
> Tom Bryan <tombry@xxxxxxxxx>
> Software Engineering Solutions (SES)
> Cisco Systems
> RTP, NC, USA
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