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| The official check list can be found <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/3.3_Release_checklist">here</a>. |
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| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>Copyright notices</b> |
| <br>⇒ A first pass has been done for RC3. <em>Needs another run for RC4</em> |
| <ul> |
| <li>All source files must have appropriate EPL v1.0 copyright notice</li> |
| <li>Source files whose content was created for 3.3 should read "Copyright |
| (c) 2007 ..."</li> |
| <li>Source files whose content was modified during 3.3 cycle should read |
| "Copyright (c) 200x, 2007 ..."</li> |
| <li>All features should have "(c) Copyright Eclipse contributors and |
| others 2000, 2007." in Help > About Eclipse Platform</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>Plug-in and feature identification</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Check this info from <code>Help > About Eclipse SDK</code></li> |
| <li>All features should have provider "Eclipse.org" and version |
| "3.3.0.qualifier"</li> |
| <li>All plug-ins should have provider "Eclipse.org" and version |
| "3.3.0.qualifier" except for known special cases (org.apache.*, |
| org.junit, org.eclipse.tomcat and bundles from Orbit)</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>License agreements for features and plug-ins</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li><code>Help > About Eclipse SDK</code> > {Feature | Plug-in} Details > |
| More Info</li> |
| <li>All features should link to the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement |
| dated March 17, 2005</li> |
| <li>All plug-ins should link to the plug-in's about.html file containing |
| its plug-in-specific license</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>Extension point documentation</b> |
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| <li>Extension points must be documented in the appropriate help book |
| <ul> |
| <li>Platform Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / Extension |
| Points Reference</li> |
| <li>JDT Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / Extension Points |
| Reference</li> |
| <li>PDE Guide; section Reference / Extension Points Reference</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li>Must be a link to each extension point that a component has</li> |
| <li>Extension points added in 3.3 must be clearly marked "Since |
| 3.3"</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>API documentation</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Java API must be documented in the appropriate help book |
| <ul> |
| <li>Platform Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / API |
| Reference</li> |
| <li>JDT Plug-in Developer Guide; section Reference / API Reference</li> |
| <li>PDE Guide; section Reference / API Reference</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li>Must be a link to each API package that a component has</li> |
| <li>API package must have package overview (package.html)</li> |
| <li>All API elements must be documented</li> |
| <li>API elements added in 3.3 must be tagged "@since 3.3" (see <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=190060">bug 190060</a> for tooling support)</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>API Compatibility</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li>compare all APIs with the previous release. |
| <br>This can be done manually through CVS or with a tool like <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/PDE_UI_Incubator_ApiTools_Compare">PDE UI Incubator ApiTools Compare</a> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
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| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>3.3 Plug-in Migration Guide</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Instructions for migrating older plug-ins to 3.3</li> |
| <li>Must describe incompatibilities and breaking API changes</li> |
| <li>Should describe deprecations and places where 3.3 has a better story |
| that plug-ins should more to</li> |
| <li>Located in Platform Plug-in Developer Guide / Porting Guide</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <li><b>Documentation</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Add and update documentation according to the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Eclipse_Doc_Checklist">doc check list</a>.</li> |
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| <li><img src="../images/progress.gif" border="0" height="5" width="14" align="absmiddle"> <b>What's New in 3.3</b> |
| <br>⇒ Sent Java Editor items to Markus and added Platform Text items to platform.user.doc.<br> |
| <em>Need to review the JDT what's new for RC4</em> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Describes the more interesting differences that 3.2 users will see |
| when they upgrade to 3.3</li> |
| <li>Located in {Workbench | Java Development | PDE} User Guide / What's |
| new</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><img src="../images/ok.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"> <b>Release notes</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Add known problems for each component and other late-breaking news for |
| customers of 3.3</li> |
| <li>Located in eclipse/readme/readme_eclipse.html</li> |
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