| [epp-dev] Heads Up and some action requested : TCF Terminals Moving to TM |
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Hi Package Maintainers, You might be aware that based on the original TM Terminal view, the TCF Project has come up with a much enhanced terminal: https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/tcf-terminals In order to simplify code adoption and contributions, we want to restructure the codebase and re-unite it with the original TM codebase. The result will be called “TM Terminal 4.0” but will contain the related TM _and_ TCF code in a single, small git repository.
Here is the respective restructuring review: https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.cdt.tcf/reviews/move-tcf-terminals-code-tm-project Now unfortunately the review is scheduled to complete by April 1 which is after M6, but we would like to give adopters
a preview of the new Terminal with M6 in order to get more feedback. Thus here’s what we are planning: -
The TM project will no longer contribute its org.eclipse.tm.terminal.* to the simrel -
Instead, the TCF project will contribute org.eclpse.tm.terminal.*_4.0 to the simrel (already using the *new* namespace). This affects the “jee” and “reporting” packages which currently directly use those features: org.eclipse.epp.packages/packages>grep org.eclipse.tm.terminal */feature.xml org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal"/> org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.ssh"/> org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.telnet"/> org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.view"/> org.eclipse.epp.package.reporting.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal"/> org.eclipse.epp.package.reporting.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.ssh"/> org.eclipse.epp.package.reporting.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.telnet"/> org.eclipse.epp.package.reporting.feature/feature.xml: <import feature="org.eclipse.tm.terminal.view"/> If you do not take any action, you will simply see the new “4.0” version of those features from TCF, giving you the new tabbed terminal view. If you want, you can take the following two actions as soon as TCF starts contributing the new namespace: -
You may REMOVE “org.eclipse.tm.terminal” since that feature is auto-required by “org.eclipse.tm.terminal.view” ; that would allow updating the widget without updating the view in the future. -
You may ADD “org.eclipse.tm.terminal.local” since that feature gives you the new local terminal (console) prompt -
You may want to set the minimum version range to 4.0 to ensure you get the new features -
You may want to review the terminal whether it fits your needs and provide feedback. Of course other packages are more than welcome to also consume the new Terminal – all relevant docs are in the marketplace entry cited above. For now this is just a heads up; We are planning to add the new “TM Namespace” features to the TCF simrel contribution over the course of the week. I will send another notification once the new features are available. Please let me know of any concerns or questions ! Or comment directly on the Move Review if you want. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Oberhuber, SMTS / Product Owner – Development Tools,
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