[eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Jan 19, 2005

[DJ Houghton <DJ_Houghton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Platform/Core status:

- Released message bundle improvments to org.eclipse.core.resources. Will
release org.eclipse.core.runtime for next week's build. Working on
template, doc, and possible refactoring to help other components convert
their code.
- WorkingCopy preference code for sharing temporary preference nodes
between preference pages.
- New persistent property code now shares code base with new history store
implementation. Code is ready for review and release into next week's
integration build.
- Merged Equinox code base into HEAD. Majority of changes are in OSGi
bringing it up to R4.0 of the OSGi spec.
- Working with the UI team for dynamic plug-in infrastructure.
- Tooling discussions with the PDE team.
- bug fixing and triage


----- Forwarded by DJ Houghton/Ottawa/IBM on 18/01/2005 04:27 PM -----

eclipse-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 18/01/2005 03:18:42 PM:

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>  Discussion Topics
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>  Outreach
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>  Status
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> Debug:
> - J2SE5:
>   - support for autoboxing in Java debug evaluations
> - Built to last:
>   - support for backgroud content generation in variables view is ready
--
>     will release after integration build for futher testing
>   - API review for debug platform memory view and associated extension
>     point are complete, implemention (contribution) pending
>   - bug fixing
> - Ease of use:
>   - support for recursion in Java logical structures - i.e. a structure's
>     return value is resolved to its logical structure, if any
>   - reviewed breakpoint group API and extension point -- changed from
>     "container factories" to "organziers"
>   - migrated breakpoint group implementation to be based on working sets
>     (replaces "custom groups")
>
> Ant:
> - Ease of use:
>   - cleaned up Ant runtime properties page
>   - fixes in the Ant debugger for improved variable presentation
>     (stack frame re-use)
> - Built to last:
>   - bug fixing
>
> JDT/UI:
> - J2SE 5.0:
>   - static import can now be grouped using an own group.
>     Also added grouping of all 'other' imports
>   - add unresolved method to generic type quick fix
>   - converted Override Method to AST rewriting and bindings
>     (necessary to handle new language features correctly)
>   - continued work on extract interface to support static
>     imports, varargs and annotations
>   - made rename type fully 5.0 aware
>   - started implementation of workspace global type model
> - Refactoring:
>   - continued worked on supporting Copy/Paste participants
> - misc:
>   - made JavaElementLabels and JavadocContentAccess API to get
>     Javadoc from source
>   - WYSIWYG build path configuration wizard (part of the new
>     Java project wizard)
>
> Platform/JDT Text:
> - added RTL support to Javadoc view
> - started working on support for Browser widget in hovers
> - continued evaluation of "Hippie Completion" contribution
> - investigated JDT Text performance test problems (still in progress)
> - bug fixing
> - vacation
>
> JDT/Core:
> - added support for generic methods/constructors search
> - added API for creating a type hierarchy on a region independently
>   of a project
> - added API to validate a type variable name
> - investigating batch compiler performance
> - work on converting Java model operation from deprecated JDOM to
>   AST rewrite
> - bug fixing
>
> PDE:
> - 3.1 M5 plan is up
> - work on feature editor continues
> - working with the runtime team in preparation for the new manifest
>   changes scheduled for release next week
> - New Eclipse Product Wizard finished (but not released yet)
> - work on the eclipse product configuration editor has commenced
> - bug fixes
>
> User Assistance:
> - more progress in the new Help view; dynamic help added to context
>   help (uses search to find useful links for the current context)
> - federated search integrated into the Help view
> - information search separated from the workbench artifact search:
>   - Help tab will be removed from the Search dialog, as well as Help
>     working set;
>   - that will make org.eclipse.help.ide plug-in obsolete (we will not
>     ship it in 3.1)
> - checking in the XHTML support this week:
>   - will follow up with instructions on how to author intro content
>     in XHTML
>
> Update:
> - first pass at documenting the internal format of platform.xml
> - bug fixes
>
> Rel. Eng.:
> - changes to build scripts in maintenance and 3.1 stream to generate
>   download pages which leverage eclipse.org's mirror finder.
> - writing tool to modify some existing download pages to use
>   eclipse.org's mirror finder
> - troubleshooting problems in performance tests (bug 75755, 81816)
> - investigating hardware/tooling requirements to run JUnit and
>   performance component tests in parallel
> - releng welcomes cake contributions from visiting teams
> - planning, prioritizing releng tasks and bugs
>