Eclipse 3.0
Release Checklists
Checklists
Copyright notices
All source files must have appropriate copyright notice
Source files whose content was created for 3.0 should read "Copyright (c) 2004 ..."
Source files whose content was modified during 3.0 cycle should read "Copyright (c) 200x, 2004 ..."
All features should have "(c) Copyright Eclipse contributors and others 2000, 2004." in Help > About Eclipse Platform
Plug-in and feature identification
Check this info from Help > About Eclipse Platform
All features should have provider "Eclipse.org" and version "3.0.0"
All plug-ins should have provider "Eclipse.org" and version "3.0.0" except for known special cases (org.apache.*, org.junit, and org.eclipse.tomcat)
License agreements for features and plug-ins
Help > About Eclipse Platform > {Feature | Plug-in} Details > More Info
All features should link to the Eclipse.org Software User Agreement dated Aug 23, 2003
All plug-ins should link to the plug-in's about.html file containing its plug-in-specific license
Extension point documentation
Extension points must be documented in the appropriate help book
Platform Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / Extension Points Reference
JDT Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / Extension Points Reference
PDE Guide; section Reference / Extension Points Reference
Must be a link to each extension point that a component has
Extension points added in 3.0 must be clearly marked "Since 3.0"
API documentation
Java API must be documented in the appropriate help book
Platform Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / API Reference
JDT Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / API Reference
PDE Guide; section Reference / API Reference
Must be a link to each API package that a component has
API package must have package overview (package.html)
All API elements must be documented
API elements added in 3.0 must be tagged "@since 3.0"
3.0 plug-in porting guide
Instructions for migrating older plug-ins to 3.0
Must describe incompatibilities and breaking API changes
Should describe deprecations and places where 3.0 has a better story that plug-ins should more to
Located in Platform Plug-in Developer Guide / Porting Guide
What's New in 3.0
Describes the more interesting differences that 2.1 users will see when they upgrade to 3.0
Located in {Workbench | Java Development | PDE} User Guide / What's new
Release notes
Know problems for each component and other late-breaking news for customers of 3.0
Located in eclipse/readme/readme_eclipse.html
