Workspace3.6

Workspace 3.6 Development Plan draft

Flexible Resource Model

• Backport e4 work to 3.6
• Embedded projects

History and History View

• Local tags
• Branch filter

Builder framework

• More efficient and parallel builds

Content Type

• [Content Type] ContentTypeMatcher does too much work bug 182337
• [Content Type] Support files without extensions bug 46297
  

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
• [done] [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
• Do not schedule diffs computation in the UI thread (don't use IProgressService), use IJobRunnable instead bug 273951 comment 5

Java Compare

• 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)

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

Patch

• [Patch][Sync View] Use Synchronize View for Apply Patch bug 236169
• Improve matched/unmatched hunks browsing in the Apply Patch wizard
  • [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
• Poor keybard nav in patch compare - remove need for double click bug 276321
• Apply patch from URL bug 73683

Net

• [Net] Add a facility to set a custom proxy provider bug 257443

Team

• Share project with linked resources and EFS resources
• Import PSF from URL bug 162608

CVS

• CVS tag deletion bug 73032
• [Merge] CVS substituted keywords treated as conflicts bug 36436
• [Change Sets] Support drag'n'drop with items into outgoing change sets bug 111936
  

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