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Workspace3.6
Workspace 3.6 Development Plan draft. Some items listed below can end up in the official 3.6 component plan.
If you are not a member of the Platform Workspace Team and you want to add your work to the plan, please follow the steps below.
- Raise a bug in the bugzilla describing the issue you want to solve (if not already raised).
- Update appropriate section with your bug. If no section matches your issue, add new section.
- Place your contact details (name, bugzilla id, email) next to the bug.
- Right after any visible traffic on the bug occurs, a Platform Workspace team member will update the plan.
Remember
- Adding an item to the plan is a strong commitment!
- The Platform Workspace team reserves the right to decide what is published on the dev plan page.
Contents
Content Type
- [0.05] [Content Type] ContentTypeMatcher does too much work
bug 182337<- plan - [Content Type] Support files without extensions bug 46297
- [0.05] [Content Type] ContentTypeCatalog causes deadlock (regression from 269158)
bug 283163<- plan - [Content Type] simpler implementation of XMLRootElementContentDescriber bug 92617
Builder Framework
- More efficient and parallel builds
- Build before launch takes 10s for a runtime workbench bug 261225 (Dani P2)
Flexible Resources
- [0.75] Merge e4 resources changes back into 3.x stream
bug 284148<- plan - [1] Support physical nesting of projects bug 245412 <- plan
Other Resources
- [Linked Resources] If .project file edit fails, linked resource shows up anyway under certain conditions
bug 264182<- plan - IResource#move(..) and #delete(..) fail on locked files on the Mac bug 254444 (Dani P2)
- Job#isBlocking doesn't work for all cases (bug 60964, reason is bug 60964: Update and Replace operations should terminate blocking build job) (Dani P3)
History and History View Improvements
- [History] Allow to never prune history
bug 274262(Dani P2) - [History] Ability to pin a specific version in local history bug 221835
- [History View] CVS Resource History shows revisions from all branches bug 76386
- [History] History Store "max states" policy enforcement bug 66371
- [History] "Maximum entries per file" for the history is not respected bug 208754
- [History] History Store "oldest entry" policy enforcement could be smarter bug 66370
- [History] Local History should tell that too large file versions were skipped bug 166376
- [History] Set Maximum Size for a given workspace's local history bug 211468
Java Compare Improvements
- Bugs from JDT tagged with "compare" assigned to someone from *pl.ibm.com (or CC'ed)
- [compare] auto-indent not working as expected
bug 260531 - [compare] Support mark occurrences in Java compare editor bug 262938
- [compare] Java compare editor should enable Refactor and Source menu items bug 266461
- [compare] Open Declaration does not work in Java compare editor if target is not in visible segment bug 269202
- [compare] Refactor initiated in a CU editor cannot be continued in the Compare Editor bug 270114
- [Compare] CompilationUnitEditorAdapter creation flow should be more like a flow of a standalone editor bug 271787
- and more (check the query above)
- [compare] auto-indent not working as expected
Compare Editor
- [Edit] Enhanced text compare bug 259410
- Use views to present Structure Compare viewers
- Outline view for the Compare Editor (showing changes with an option to switch to a structure viewer) bug 49915
- [Sync View] Migrate Compare with Each Other to the Synchronize view bug 193321
- [Structure Viewers] Reconcile structure upon document changes
bug 165434 - [Patch] Generate diff from "Compare With" bug 71374
- Use MultiEditor as base class of CompareEditor, compose Compare Editor of editors not source viewers (even if they are retrieved from editors) bug 278005
- Consider removing resource listener for those viewers that are backed by a TextFileDocumentProvider bug 273046 comment 10
- Deprecate ResourceCompareInput bug 256805 comment 1
- NPE on "Override and update"
bug 273951 - Do not schedule diffs computation in the UI thread (don't use IProgressService), use IJobRunnable instead bug 273951 comment 5
- Regressions introduced by SaveablesCompareEditorInput bug 275153
- Compare editor on local file: 'Open' action should set selection bug 267171 (Dani P2)
Create and Apply Patch
- Apply patch in Sync view
- [Patch][Sync View] Use Synchronize View for Apply Patch
bug 236169 - [Apply Patch] Compare current workspace against a patch bug 198149 <- use case (Dani P2)
- [Patch][Sync View] Use Synchronize View for Apply Patch
- Improve applying patches with non-matching hunks:
- [Viewers] Hunk compare editor should help the user when context lines don't match bug 196228
- [Patch] Indicate the offset used to match bug 205762
- [Apply Patch] Show initial insertion point for a hunk bug 217075
- [Patch] Indicate the offset used to match bug 205762
- [Apply Patch] Show which context lines has been applied with a fuzz factor bug 217076
- [Patch] Use PopupDialog to display patch/hunk content in the Apply Patch wizard bug 222242
- [Viewers] Hunk compare editor should help the user when context lines don't match bug 196228
- Actions prior applying a patch:
- [Patch] Apply patch forces me to save all files bug 108078
- [Patch] Select current project when creating a patch in workspace bug 227788
- [Apply Patch] Add option to filter out closed project when applying a patch bug 227775
- or add option to open a closed project (opening a project is a long-running op, will block applying patch for a while)
- Fuzz factor:
- [Apply Patch] Wizard should warn about fuzz factor >= available context lines count bug 283327
- [Apply Patch] Usability of the Fuzz Factor widget bug 190431 -> spinner
- Apply Patch with Fuzz factor 100000 is long running bug 223317
- Hunks navigation/selection:
- Poor keybard nav in patch compare - remove need for double click bug 276321
- [Apply Patch] Preview should be possible by single clicking in Apply Patch Wizard bug 189513
- [Patch] Apply Patch -> Verify Patch page could do with a Select/De-Select all button bug 79954
- Use CheckboxTreeViewer in Apply Patch wizard, use checkboxes to exclude/include hunk
- [Apply Patch] Use faded font to identify excluded resources bug 169439 could be fixed by the bug above
- [Apply Patch] Finish button should be disabled when all segments excluded bug 215200
- Actions after applying a patch:
- [Patch] Option to open affected files after applying patch bug 86345
- [Change Sets] Create change set on apply patch bug 117298 (Dani P3)
- [0.05] Apply patch from URL
bug 73683
Merge Viewers Switching
- [Viewers][Preferences] Customize and persist the way *MergeViewers are picked and used in compare bug 271120
- Selection issue when switching between Structure Merge Viewers bug 272668
- [Viewers] Disable merge viewer drop down menu when empty bug 273234
- Duplicated code in CompareUIPlugin bug 269959
Net
- [Net] Add a facility to set a custom proxy provider bug 257443
- [Net] Provide a way for clients to authenticate with NTLM scheme
bug 269832
CVS Support Improvements
- [Sync View] Regressions in model sync when compare to old style sync bug 172027
- [Sync View] Cannot change resource model layout during share bug 133124
- see other blockers
- [0.05] CVS Commit Files dialog should support Logical Model
bug 124039<- plan - [0.05] CVS Repository view support for Logical Model bug 271137 <- plan
- [SyncView] Help should describe various models and what do they mean bug 287064
- [0.05] Enhanced global pattern capability bug 279111 <- plan
- [Change Sets] Support drag'n'drop with items into outgoing change sets bug 111936
- [0.05] Branch creation problem in CVS
bug 263702<- plan - CVS tag deletion bug 73032
- [Merge] CVS substituted keywords treated as conflicts bug 36436
- Support binary patches bug 257263 (Dani P2)
- Create Patch should sort diffs by file path
bug 210627(Dani P2)
Team Framework Improvements
- Share project with linked resources and EFS resources
- [0.05] Import PSF from URL bug 162608
- Offer Team actions in compare editor bug 286219 (Dani P1)
- [Sync View] "Link with Editor" for Synchronize view
bug 219570(Dani P1) - Enable 'Apply Patch' on working sets
bug 239003(Dani P1) - [Change Sets] Change sets should be persisted when they are changed bug 98299 (Dani P2)
Other
- Bugs with at least 2 votes, descending
- Compare results more like first-class workspace citizens bug 269539
- Provide more flexible way to compare files bug 224562 and all blockers
- [compare] 'Compare With' menu entries not intuitive bug 272291
- [Sync View] Add 'expand all' toolbar icon to the synchronize view bug 169633
- [Change Sets] compare with branch or version: wrong commit sets displayed bug 84866
- [Viewers] Provide a way to select type of changes bug 251194
- [Theme] Adopt the new menu/command framework bug 196349