[cdt-dev] Changes to the CDT 2.0 Plan

[David Daoust <ddaoust@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kleo and I have made a few changes to
the CDT 2.0 plan  -- mostly moving items to the committed list, and
adding design documentation to the plan items.  If you have any comments
on the documentation please let us know. 

In addition we have created a new web
page describing what we mean when we move something to the committed state
(  http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/cdt-home/developer/Commitment.html?cvsroot=Tools_Project).

        -
Dave


Summary
--------------

Moved CDT Usability -- environment
Set-up from proposed list to committed list (and updated design documentation)
Moved C/C++ Search enhancement feature
to committed list (and updated design documentation)
Moved C++ Parser Enhancements
to the committed list (and updated design documentation)
Added Design specification for Essential
Managed Build Enhancements (IBM-Rational)
Added Design specification for Globalization
to the Internationalization and Accessibility Feature


Plan
Items 
---------------

CDT Usability - Environment Set-up. CDT
features such as search and content assist require environment information
(include paths, libraries, #defines, etc.) in order to work properly. Currently,
when working with existing code, the user must set up all of that information
manually, which in addition to being time consuming is also very prone
to error. Some enhancements are needed so that the required environment
information can be extracted from existing source code with minimal input
from the user. (47465) 
(Feature
Spec)    (Design
Spec)

C/C++ Search enhancements. This feature will be
enhanced to add the capability of selecting a name in the editor and searching
for declarations, definitions, and references to that name. The parser
will be used to determine accurately the appropriate C/C++ definition of
the name to be used in the search.  (47438)
(feature
spec)    (Design
Spec)

C++ Parser Enhancements. Enhancements to the parser
for supporting content assist &selection search/navigation. Also to
provide improved error handling and traceability, improved support for
GCC and to support Internationalization. (50432). 
(Parser
Feature spec)   (Parser
Symbol Table Feature Spec)   
(Parser
Design Spec)  (Parser
Symbol Table Design Spec)

Internationalization and Accessibility. Normally,
these capabilities should be designed into features as they have been developed.
Areas where this hasn't be done will be addressed in this release. The
objective is to allow translation of the CDT to different languages and
to comply with government standards on accessibility.  (47529) 
(Globalization
Design Spec)

Essential Managed Build Enhancements (IBM-Rational).
Plan item (47435)
proposals a large number of enhancements to the managed build system. While
of those proposals are valid and valuable, they are too many for any one
contributor to tackle them all. This plan item covers a small, manageable
yet essential subset of the overall list that IBM-Rational will implement
for the 2.0 release. (49145)  
(feature
spec)    (Design
Spec)