Re: [mylyn-reviews-dev] 0.7 release

[alvaro sanchez <alvsan09@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
In R4E we are currently working on:
   * Adapting Mylyn Versions UI and core to suit the needs of R4E and
allow extensions from other version control systems.
   * Introducing a local jgit repository to hold copies of the
changesets under review
   * Move from a temporary interface with git to a UI versions plug-in
to select the changesets
   * And then as you mentioned limit/reduce the dependencies of the
plug-ins to have a more hierarchical level as well as move the APIs to
internals as needed.

The current functionality in R4E is a good base for the above
implementation and good enough to get familiar with what it can offer
but I am afraid is still missing the core functionality above to offer
good value to the users.

It is just a bit early to move it to the Mylyn update site or Mylyn
reviews site. The R4E team will work off a branch of the Mylyn
versions to avoid API conflict to Gerrit connector or TBR.

However we are targeting the end of march to achieve the above
changes, and can make it available to the Mylyn Reviews update site by
then.

Comments are very welcome !

/Alvaro


On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steffen Pingel
<steffen.pingel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> while compiling release documentation for Mylyn 3.5 (planned for March 16th)
> I was wondering which features from the Mylyn Reviews project should be
> included in the release.
>
> I have worked with the Gerrit connector for a bit and fixed the bugs that I
> have come across so I feel confident that it's good for a 0.7 release.
> Functionality is limited but it already provides value such as monitoring
> reviews, browsing comments and updating review status from the IDE.
>
> I haven't used Task-based Reviews or R4E and I can't tell if these are ready
> to be included on the main Mylyn update site. I am a bit concerned that
> there are no current snapshot builds available from the download server for
> either and we haven't had enough opportunity to gather feedback from the
> community. There are also some unresolved problems that I would like to get
> fixed before considering makeing bundles available from the main update
> site:
>
>  334692: fix compile errors on Indigo and include TBR in headless build
>  338174: consider reducing the dependencies of R4E
>  336436: [R4E] remove re-exports and separate internal name space from API
>
> We should also schedule a full UI review but we would have to do it soon as
> the release date is soon.
>
> I'm a big fan of releasing early and often but not too early :). That said,
> I would love to see TBR and R4E be part of the 0.7 release but I am leaning
> towards making them available on the Mylyn Reviews update site only
> initially and putting them on the main Mylyn update site at a later point,
> e.g. for the June release.
>
> What are others' thoughts?
>
> Steffen
>
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> Steffen Pingel
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> Senior Developer, http://tasktop.com
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