RE: [mylar-dev] Alternative save location for mylar context?

["Mik Kersten" <beatmik@xxxxxxx>]

There are two ways that we could support storing context on the server:

1) Having all contexts stored in the repository instead of on the local
filesystem 

2) Supporting attaching and downloading contexts from repository reports
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=113848)

Neither is there yet.  (2) is a long-requested and much needed feature that
we're hoping to get to before 0.5.0, and this will definitely be preflighted
in dev builds to help get the UI right.  Once it works for Bugzilla and/or
JIRA, you will see additional support in AbstractRepositoryConnector for
this, and if you would like to extend that to another repository connector
it would be good to raise this on the dev list so that we can warn you of
any upcoming changes to this provisional API.

(1) is certainly possible, but there is a strong use case for always having
a personal version of a repository context, and simply allowing facilities
for these to be synched with the server.  For example, if you take over a
colleagues bug, get their context from the server and start working with it,
you have now created your own context overtop of the original server one.
You might want to visually diff that with the server one, and potentially
upload your context as a separate attachment.  So I think that we'll
initially lean to only supporting (2) with UI layered over the report
attachment mechanisms, but if you or others have additional thoughts on
either please post them.

Cheers,

Mik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mylar-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Felix Schwarz
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:11 AM
> To: mylar-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mylar-dev] Alternative save location for mylar context?
> 
> After looking at MylarContextManager.java I think that it is currently
> not possible to save the Mylar context at another place (e.g. in a
> database) or am I wrong?
> 
> I like to save a Mylar context together with a bug report in a custom
> repository plugin. What is the "best" strategy for implementing this?
> Is it possible to be notified when a task is paused?
> 
> --
> Felix
> 
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