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| <div align=center><h1>New & Noteworthy for Mylar 0.5.3</h1></div> |
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| <font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">Release</font></b></td> |
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| <font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">Resolved |
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| <font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">Community Contributions</font></b></td> |
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| <td bgcolor="#E0D0E6"><font size="1">0.5.3<br> |
| <i>June 13</i></font></td> |
| <td bgcolor="#E0D0E6" align="center"> |
| <font size="1"> |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Mylar&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=2006-05-23&chfieldto=2006-06-13&chfield=resolution&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0="> |
| 84<br> |
| reports</a></font></td> |
| <td bgcolor="#E0D0E6"><font size="1">Brian de Alwis patches resolved the |
| long-standing |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=103235">multiple |
| workbench windows limitation</a>. Eugene Kuleshov added support for |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=139314">editing |
| custom JIRA queries</a>. Brock Janiczak added |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=142875">Subclipse |
| change set support</a>. Jeff Pound added support for |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=102851">Bugzilla |
| attachments</a>. Raphael Ackermann improved |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=142898">Bugzilla |
| search selections</a>. Gunnar Wagenknecht fixed |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=146385">Subclipse |
| dependency loading</a>. </font></td> |
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| <td bgcolor="#FAF7FB"><font size="1">0.5.2<br> |
| <i>May 22</i></font></td> |
| <td bgcolor="#FAF7FB" align="center"> |
| <font size="1"> |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Mylar&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=2006-04-29&chfieldto=2006-05-20&chfield=resolution&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0="> |
| 64<br> |
| reports</a></font></td> |
| <td bgcolor="#FAF7FB"><font size="1">Brock Janiczak made another big |
| contribution with the |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=133764"> |
| form-based JIRA editor</a>, updates for |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=139320">new JIRA |
| APIs</a>, and |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=141251">wizard |
| progress</a>. David Barri's patch and help were instrumental in |
| supporting |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=117035">alternate |
| encodings</a>. Sefan Langer made use of the internal browser for |
| tasks <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=132656"> |
| optional</a>. Minor fixes were also contributed by |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=142362">Brian de |
| Alwis</a> and |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=139293">Leah |
| Findlater</a>.</font></td> |
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| <td bgcolor="#FAF7FB"><font size="1">0.5.1<br> |
| <i>April 28</i></font></td> |
| <td bgcolor="#FAF7FB" align="center"> |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=Mylar&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=2006-04-08&chfieldto=2006-04-29&chfield=resolution&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0="> |
| <font size="1">34</font><font size="1"><br> |
| reports</a></font></td> |
| <td bgcolor="#FAF7FB"><font size="1">Brock Janiczak and |
| Eugene Kuleshov made a very substantial contribution of custom JIRA |
| query support. Gunnar Wagenknecht contributed a patch for RC1 |
| compatibility.</font></td> |
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| |
| <p>Also see:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b><a href="new-0.4.html">New & Noteworthy for Mylar 0.4</a></b></li> |
| <li><b><a href="new-0.3.html">New & Noteworthy for |
| Mylar 0.3</a></b></li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p>Update instructions:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Use "Search for new features.." when updating to avoid confusing the |
| Update Manager</li> |
| <li>Bugzilla users: submit all outgoing changes before updating since this |
| update will recreate the offline file</li> |
| <li>JIRA users: JIRA Core Services 0.9.0 is required and included on the |
| update site, synch queries after updating</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <hr> |
| <p> </p> |
| <h2>Team</h2> |
| |
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| <p align="right"><b>Change Set Management for Subclipse</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Mylar's automatic change set management now integrates with |
| <a href="http://subclipse.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=6914"> |
| Subclipse 1.1.0</a> (<a href="http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x">update |
| site</a>). Note that you need to have the Synchronize view in |
| either Incoming or Outgoing mode in order for change sets to work. |
| If a change set does not show up for an existing synchronization |
| deactivate and activate the current task. Commit changes |
| either via the Synchronize view or the Task List's <i>Commit Context</i> |
| popup menu action.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.3/changeset-subclipse.gif"></td> |
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| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
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| <p align="right"><b>Support for CVS Change Sets with Models</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| If you are using the model-based change sets, you will notice that |
| the Mylar Active Change sets work show up with a decoration in the |
| lower-right corner, and that you can view both incoming and outgoing |
| change sets at the same time. However, note that there is a |
| refresh problem on startup, so if a change |
| set you expect is missing or if you get a <i>There are no more Incoming/Outgoing changes</i> message |
| in the view on startup toggle the third toolbar button between <i> |
| All Models</i> and <i>Change Sets</i> (see Platform/Team |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=142395">bug |
| 142395</a>). |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.2/changesets-model-based.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <h2> </h2> |
| <h2>Task List</h2> |
| |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> |
| <p align="right"><b>Open in Browser</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| The Task List "Open in Browser" and hyperlink actions now follow the |
| Platform browser settings in <i>Preferences -> General -> Web |
| Browser</i>. |
| This allows you to open repository tasks and queries in the internal |
| or external browser via the Task List context menu. |
| </td> |
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| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor="#FAF7FB"> |
| <p align="right"><b>Daily Progress </b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Using |
| Apply Mylar in the Task List now helps track daily task |
| progress by highlighting tasks scheduled for today (default |
| is blue) and always showing tasks completed today |
| (default is green). With Apply Mylar enabled the |
| previous sort order is removed and interest based |
| sorting is added (e.g. brings overdue tasks to the top |
| and completed ones to the bottom, then sorts by priority |
| and description).<p>Repository tasks with incoming |
| comments are now always considered to be interesting |
| (e.g. 133196 below). |
| Note that if you see too many tasks with incoming |
| notifications you can select them all and click <i> |
| Synchronize with Repository</i> on the context menu to |
| catch up. </p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.2/tasklist-apply-mylar.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan=2> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> |
| <p align="right"><b>Apply Mylar to Task Activity</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Similar to how Mylar only shows the resources interesting to a task |
| when applied to a resource view, the Mylar filter will show only the |
| tasks relevant to the current work week when applied to the Task |
| List view. This helps reduce information overload for those |
| that make heavy use of the Task List by focusing on the tasks |
| scheduled for this week, incomplete tasks that have become |
| interesting by being worked on recently, and those that are past |
| their reminders. To mark a task uninteresting set its reminder |
| for next week or later. Also note that tasks scheduled for |
| today are highlighted in blue by default (see <i>Preferences -> |
| General -> Fonts and Colors</i> to change).<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.1/apply-tasklist.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <h2> </h2> |
| <h2>Task Context</h2> |
| |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> |
| <p align="right"><b>Resource Exclusions</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Files and directories can be excluded from the change monitoring |
| that causes them to get automatically added to the context. |
| This can be useful for not monitoring settings files (.* is enabled |
| default), generated files not in output folders (e.g. source code |
| generation), or shared directories (e.g. linked network drives used |
| by others). See <i>Preferences -> Mylar -> Resources</i>.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.3/resources-exclusion.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
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| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> |
| <p align="right"><b>Editor Auto Close</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Editors now close automatically when the corresponding files become |
| uninteresting. This ensures that the number of open editors |
| does not bloat, and that the editors match the context visible in |
| vies like the Package Explorer. Note that when a context is |
| activated the Eclipse preference for closing editors will be |
| disabled, and re-enabled on deactivation if previously set.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.1/editors-close.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table210"> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> |
| <p align="right"><b>Filter Auto Removal</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| When Mylar is applied to a view, the existing filters will be |
| removed from the view. This enables Alt+click browsing of all |
| elements (e.g. .settings folder), and ensures that filters such as |
| Referenced Libraries and Working Sets do not hide elements |
| interesting to a context. The filters are restored when the |
| Apply Mylar button is toggled off.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <p> </p> |
| |
| <h2>Bugzilla Connector</h2> |
| |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> |
| <p align="right"><b>Background Synch on Open</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Incremental background synchronization and offline support has been |
| further improved, and opening a Bugzilla report will now open the |
| offline copy and synchronize with the server in the background. |
| Note that if you have a large Task List your first |
| synchronization may be slow since every report will be synched. |
| The preference settings have been simplified and are in <i> |
| Preferences -> Mylar -> Task List</i>. <p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.3/repository-synch.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
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| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#E0D0E6> |
| <p align="right"><b>File Attachments</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Attachments can be added from the bugzilla editor. Note |
| that you must provide a description.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.3/bugzilla-attach.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table227"> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor="#FAF7FB"> |
| <p align="right"><b>Search Integration</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| The Bugzilla search page now only shows attributes relevant to the |
| selected product. The results shown in the Search view are now |
| opened and displayed consistently with the Task List (e.g. |
| indicating which hits are in the Task list via the icon).<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.2/bugzilla-search.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan=2> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table228"> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor="#FAF7FB"> |
| <p align="right"><b>Bugzilla Connector Uses XML/RDF</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| The Bugzilla connector now exclusively uses XML and RDF to run |
| queries and retrieve bug reports (previously relied on HTML |
| parsing). This means that it can now be used with many |
| customized repositories (e.g. RedHat), and that all bug attributes |
| should be visible and editable (e.g. keywords). Attachments |
| now show up in a new section on the report.<p>Synchronization and incoming change notification has been |
| streamlined and only downloads changed reports (refer to Time Zone |
| settings below).</p> |
| <p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.2/task-repository-sync.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan=2> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table229"> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor="#FAF7FB"> |
| <p align="right"><b>Character Encodings and Time Zones</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| The Bugzilla Connector now has full support for encodings (note |
| UTF-8 support was improved in Bugzilla 2.22). |
| For most installations |
| the default UTF-8 settings should work, but you can also force the |
| encoding used in the repository settings page.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.2/bugzilla-encodings-editor.gif"><p> |
| The time zone setting <b>must be set correctly</b> for synchronization to |
| only synchronize changed tasks correctly. If you do not set this |
| value your local time zone will be used. Note that the |
| eclipse.org repository is on Canada/Eastern time.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.2/bugzilla-encodings-settings.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan=2> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table209"> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> |
| <p align="right"><b>Task Context Attachments</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Task contexts can now be attached to Bugzilla tasks and retrieved |
| into the workspace, via the Task List popup menu. When a task |
| has a repository context the lower-left repository icon turns purple and |
| gets taller.<p>Note: not (yet) supported on |
| Bugzilla 2.18.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.1/context-attach-popup.gif"><p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.1/context-retrieve.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="2"> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table205"> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> |
| <p align="right"><b>End of Support for 2.16</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| This release marks the end of both bugzilla.org and Mylar support |
| for Bugzilla 2.16, so those using the old installation will need to |
| <a href="http://www.bugzilla.org/news/">upgrade</a>.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
| <h2> </h2> |
| <h2>JIRA Connector</h2> |
| |
| <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" http://www.eclipse.org/mylar/doc/images/dev/ id="table223"> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor="#FAF7FB"> |
| <p align="right"><b>JIRA Editor</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| The Eclipse Forms-based JIRA editor provides integrated |
| editing for JIRA repository tasks. At this time |
| only new comment posting is supported, and attributes |
| can not be edited. Since offline editing for JIRA |
| tasks is not yet supported saving a comment will result |
| in it being posted. Note that you must synchronize |
| your queries before using this editor.<p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.2/jira-editor.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan=2> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor="#FAF7FB"> |
| <p align="right"><b>Add Individual Tasks</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| Individual JIRA tasks can now be added by issue key via the |
| Task List (via context menu -> <i>Add Existing Repository Task</i>)</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan=2> |
| <hr> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| |
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| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" bgcolor=#FAF7FB> |
| <p align="right"><b>Custom Queries</b></p> |
| </td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"> |
| In addition to using filters stored on the server, custom JIRA |
| queries can now be added via <i>New Repository Query</i> wizard. <p> |
| <img src="images/0.5.1/jira-query-custom.gif"></td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
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