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Revision as of 16:48, 10 September 2008
This page lays out milestone plans for the development of Equinox p2 in the Eclipse Galileo release (aka the Eclipse Platform version 3.5). For a high level feature plan, see Equinox/p2/Galileo/Features.
Contents
Current Milestone Plan: M3 - October 31, 2008
- Convert from using URL to URI where possible [John]
- Refactor repository managers to remove code duplication [John]
- Revise Touchpoint action contribution model [Simon]
- Integration of publisher with PDE build [Andrew N]
- Rewrite generator app and Ant tasks to invoke publisher
- Investigate use of Apache HTTP client (Note: cross-project impact on ECF) [Scott]
- MD5 processing step to verify download integrity [Pascal]
- Identify all Eclipse SDK dependencies on Update Manager and determine work required to remove Update Manager dependency [DJ] (Note: impact on other SDK components)
- Map out metadata authoring and development work flow [Andrew N] (Note: impact on PDE tooling work)
- Investigate install handler replacement solution [helpwanted]
- Investigate metadata construct to separate line-up information from grouping information [Pascal]
- Reorganize UI workflows to separate update from install [Susan]
- Investigate drill-down of install info and impact on metadata [Susan]
Future Plans
M4 - December 12th, 2008
- Complete integration of publisher with PDE build [Andrew N]
- Repository association feature work [John]
- Closer integration with VM [Simon/Pascal]
- Continue implementation of install handler replacement
- Metadata constructs allowing the expression of negation and choice [Pascal]
- Complete integration of install view with about dialog [Susan]
- Complete detailed drill-down of IU's in install view and update/install wizards [Susan]
- Investigate fast-path install scenarios [Susan]
M5 - January 30th, 2009 - Major Feature Freeze
- Complete implementation of install handler replacement
- Complete implementation for fast-path install scenarios Bug 223264 [Susan]
- Complete implementation for available view affordances Bug 216032 [Susan]
- streamlined license UI Bug 217944 [Susan]
- investigate better presentation of repositories [Susan]
M6 - March 12th, 2009 - API Freeze
- Polish API javadoc, package.html doc
M7 - May 1st, 2009 - Development Complete
- Polish items
- Performance work
- Testing and test framework improvements
Previous Plans
M1 - August 8th, 2008
- Decompression
- Bug triage, community assistance
- Fixing critical defects and performance problems
- Test framework for dropin reconciler [DJ]
- Creation of Publisher - replacement for metadata generator [Jeff]
- UI walkthrough and usability input [Susan]
M2 - September 19th, 2008
- Planning
- Focus on 3.4.1 defects
- Port 3.4.1 fixes to 3.5 stream
- Integration of publisher [Jeff]
- Mock up new UI workflows for community feedback [Susan]
Past Releases
Legend
Needs some investigation
Patch in progress
Bug fixed / Feature added