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=TCF 1.3 DRAFT plan=

<font size="+2" color="black"><b>TCF 1.3 has been released.<br/>
See the [[TCF/NewIn13|1.3 New and Noteworthy]] and the [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.cdt.tcf/reviews/1.3.0-release-review TCF 1.3 Release Review].</b></font>

See also the previous [[TCF/DraftPlan12]], [[TCF/NewIn12]] | Upcoming [[TCF/NewIn14]], [[TCF/DraftPlan15]]


==Compatibility==

TCF 1.3 will release on the Eclipse Mars Simultaneous release. We will keep API's compatible:

* TCF protocol must remain 100% compatible with TCF 1.2 (it's part of the TCF value proposition)
* TCF Java API must remain 100% binary compatible with TCF 1.2 (we have clients coding against it)
* TCF Python and C API should remain 100% compatible (we have clients but this is source compatibility so they can rebuild or use version checks)

===Tested Operating Environments===

* Java 7 will be the Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment for Java code.
* We want to continue with an "N-1" dependency strategy in order to ease adoption:
** This means, that during the Luna SR cycle 2014/15 (until Mars comes out), we want to support Luna (the "active" Eclipse) and Kepler SR2 (the stable Eclipse).
** Primary: https://hudson.eclipse.org/tcf/ job against Eclipse 4.4 Luna + CDT 8.4 Luna + Java 7
** Secondary: https://hudson.eclipse.org/tcf/ job against Eclipse 4.3.2 Kepler SR2 + CDT 8.3 Kepler SR2 + Java 7
** Development: https://hudson.eclipse.org/tcf/ job against Eclipse 4.4.1 Luna SR1 + CDT 8.5 + Java 7
*** The "Development" validation is our obligation as part on the Eclipse Mars train. Luna SR1 will be replaced by 4.5 Mars during the year.

* To be discussed:
** ''Do we need any test job using Java 8 ? - Linuxtools project has reported that Jobs with Java 8 run faster.''
** ''Do we still need a test job against Eclipse 3.8.2 + CDT 8.3 ? - Note that CDT 8.4 only supports Eclipse 4.x''

===Obsoleted / Deprecated Functionality===

* Support for TCF agents older than 0.4 will be discontinued ([https://git.eclipse.org/c/tcf/org.eclipse.tcf.git/commit/?id=84240d1df6854ba7eb4990cc960255884b6b525a git commit on 16-May-2014).
** TCF agent 0.4 was released in [http://git.eclipse.org/c/tcf/org.eclipse.tcf.agent.git/?h=0.4.0 June 2011] with last updates on the branch in September 2011
** It is noteworthy that OpenEmbedded / Yocto still seems to reference 4ef94ecb927a8912c3d79ce137182247786cff8f from July 2011:<br/>http://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/recipes-devtools/tcf-agent/tcf-agent_git.bb


==Requirements and Dependencies==

* TCF 1.3 primary target will be CDT-8.4 on Eclipse 4.4 Luna
** Eclipse 3.8 support will likely be dropped sine CDT-8.4 doesn't support Eclipse 3.x any more
** Eclipse 4.2.2 may continue to be supported as the most recent Eclipse Platform LTS stream (bubble item: to be decided)


=Proposed Themes=

The Themes below only list current priorities that we want to focus on.
More themes may be carried over from the [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.cdt.tcf/releases/1.2.0 TCF 1.2 Plan] ([[TCF/DraftPlan12]] in Wiki format).


==Make it Easier to Contribute==
''Interested Parties:'' Wind River

* The [http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/tcf-terminals TCF Terminals Marketplace Listing] has triggered quite some interest in the community, and a couple of bugs have been filed to improve usability of the local terminal.
** We want to make it super easy for community members to contribute bug fixes or improvements to TCF, in order to ride the wave.

==Improve Getting Started and API Documentation==
''Interested Parties:'' Wind River

* We want to make it easier for 3rd parties to understand, and code against the TCF API's.
** This shall be supported by providing simple examples for commonly needed functionality.

==Support CDT with the Target Explorer==
''Interested Parties:'' Wind River

* Related to the "CDT LaunchBar" initiative, the CDT project has signaled interest in the TCF Target Explorer.
** We want to support the CDT Community adopting Target Explorer
** This may mean refactoring parts of TE in order to make it easier to consume
** Also in line with the "easier to contribute" theme, ie make it easy for CDT committers to contribute patches if necessary.

==Collaborate with Linux Distro Builders==
''Interested Parties:'' Wind River

* As it turned out that openembedded still references tcf-0.4 , we want to collaborate with Linux Distro builders helping them upgrade to a more recent version.