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<p:release projectid="eclipse" version="Helios"/>

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<p:introduction>
<div>
<p>
Last revised 17:00 ET September 3, 2009 (<img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" /> marks
interesting changes since the previous draft of <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?planurl=http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/eclipse_project_plan_3_6_20090609.xml">June 9, 2009</a>.)
</p>
<p><i>Please send comments about this plan to the</i> <a href="mailto:eclipse-dev@eclipse.org">eclipse-dev@eclipse.org</a> <i>developer
  mailing list.</i>
</p>
<p>This document lays out the feature and API set for the next feature release
  of the Eclipse SDK after 3.5, designated release 3.6 and code-named Helios.
</p>

<p>Plans do not materialize out of nowhere, nor are they entirely static. To
  ensure the planning process is transparent and open to the entire Eclipse community,
  we (the Eclipse Project PMC) post plans in an embryonic form and revise them
  throughout the release cycle. </p>
<p>The first part of the plan deals with the important matters of release deliverables,
  release milestones, target operating environments, and release-to-release compatibility.
  These are all things that need to be clear for any release, even if no features
  were to change. </p>
<p>The remainder of the plan consists of plan items for all of the sub-projects
  under the top level Eclipse Project. Each plan item covers a feature or API
  that is to be added to the Eclipse Project deliverables, or some aspect of
  the Eclipse Project that is to be improved. Each plan item has its own entry
  in the Eclipse bugzilla database, with a title and a concise summary (usually
  a single paragraph) that explains the work item at a suitably high enough level
  so that everyone can readily understand what the work item is without having
  to understand the nitty-gritty detail. </p>
<p>Not all plan items represent the same amount of work; some may be quite large,
  others, quite small. Some plan items may involve work that is localized to
  a single component; others may involve coordinated changes to several components;
  other may pervade the entire SDK. Although some plan items are for work that
  is more pressing than others, the plan items appear in no particular order. </p>
<p>With the previous release as the starting point, this is the plan for how
  we will enhance and improve it. Fixing bugs, improving test coverage, documentation,
  examples, performance tuning, usability, etc. are considered routine ongoing
  maintenance activities and are not included in this plan unless they would
  also involve a significant change to the API or feature set, or involve a significant
  amount of work. The intent of the plan is to account for all interesting feature
  work. </p>
<p>The current status of each plan item is noted: </p>
<ul>
  <li><b>Committed</b> plan item - A committed plan item is one that we have
    decided to address for the release.</li>
  <li><b>Proposed</b> plan item - A proposed plan item is one that we are considering
    addressing for the release. Although we are actively investigating it, we
    are not yet in a position to commit to it, or to say that we won't be able
    to address it. After due consideration, a proposal will either be committed
    or deferred.</li>
  <li><b>Deferred</b> plan item - A reasonable proposal that will not make it
    in to this release for some reason is marked as deferred with a brief note
    as to why it was deferred. Deferred plan items may resurface as committed
    plan items at a later point.</li>
</ul>

</div>
</p:introduction>

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<p:release_deliverables>
<div>

<p>The release deliverables have the same form as previous releases, namely: </p>
<ul>
  <li>Source code release for all Eclipse Project deliverables, available as
    versions tagged &quot;R3_6&quot; in the Eclipse Project <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/">CVS
    repository</a>.</li>
  <li>Eclipse SDK (runtime binary and SDK for Equinox[*], Platform, JDT, and PDE) (downloadable).</li>
  <li>Eclipse Platform (runtime binary and SDK for the Equinox[*] and Platform only) (downloadable).</li>
  <li>Eclipse RCP (runtime binary and SDK for the Rich Client Platform) (downloadable).</li>
  <li>Eclipse JDT (runtime binary and SDK for the Java Development Tools) (downloadable).</li>
  <li>Eclipse PDE (runtime binary and SDK for the Plug-in Development Environment) (downloadable).</li>
  <li>Eclipse SDK Examples (downloadable).</li>
  <li>SWT distribution (downloadable).</li>
</ul>
<p>* The <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/equinox/">Equinox Project</a> is part of the top level
  <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/rt/">RT Project</a>. A significant portion of the Equinox
  deliverables are consumed and redistributed as part of the Eclipse Project's SDK, Platform,
  and RCP deliverables.</p>

</div>
</p:release_deliverables>

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<p:release_milestones>

<p:preamble><p>      
  Release milestones will be occurring at roughly 6 week intervals, and will be aligned with the
  <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Helios_Simultaneous_Release">
  Helios Simultaneous Release</a> train.</p>
</p:preamble>
<p:milestone date="08/07/2009" milestone="M1"><div>3.6M1</div></p:milestone>
<p:milestone date="09/18/2009" milestone="M2"><div>3.6M2</div></p:milestone>
<p:milestone date="10/30/2009" milestone="M3"><div>3.6M3</div></p:milestone>
<p:milestone date="12/11/2009" milestone="M4"><div>3.6M4</div></p:milestone>
<p:milestone date="01/29/2010" milestone="M5"><div>3.6M5</div></p:milestone>
<p:milestone date="03/12/2010" milestone="M6"><div>3.6M6 (API Freeze)</div></p:milestone>
<p:milestone date="04/30/2010" milestone="M7"><div>3.6M7 (Feature Freeze)</div></p:milestone>

<p:postamble>
<div>
<p>Individual, milestone level plans for the components that make up the Eclipse Project can be found 
  on the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Helios_Plan">Eclipse Project Helios Plan page</a>
  on the Eclipse wiki.</p>
<p>Our target is to complete 3.6 in late June 2010, in alignment with Helios.
  All release deliverables will be available for download as soon as the release has been
  tested and validated in the target operating configurations listed below.</p>
<p>Dates for builds after M7 will be found in the Eclipse Helios end-game plan, available near 3.6 M7.</p>
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</div>
</p:postamble>

</p:release_milestones>

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<p:target_environments>

<div>
<p>In order to remain current, each Eclipse Project release targets reasonably current
  operating environments.</p>
<p>Most of the Eclipse SDK is &quot;pure&quot; Java code and has no direct dependence
  on the underlying operating system. The chief dependence is therefore on the
  Java Platform itself. Portions are targeted to specific classes of operating
  environments, requiring their source code to only reference facilities available
  in particular class libraries (e.g. J2ME Foundation 1.0, J2SE 1.3 and 1.4,
  etc.).</p>
<p>In general, the 3.6 release of the Eclipse Project is developed on a mix
  of Java 1.4, Java 5 and Java 6 VMs. As such, the Eclipse SDK as a whole
  is targeted at all modern, desktop Java VMs. Full functionality is available for
  1.4 level development everywhere, and extended development capabilities are made
  available on the VMs that support them.</p>
<p><a href="#Appendix1">Appendix 1</a> contains a table that indicates the class
  library level required for each bundle.</p>
<p>There are many different implementations of the Java Platform running atop
  a variety of operating systems. We focus our testing on a handful of
  popular combinations of operating system and Java Platform; these are our <em>reference
  platforms</em>. Eclipse undoubtedly runs fine in many operating environments
  beyond the reference platforms we test. However, since we do not systematically test
  them we cannot vouch for them. Problems encountered when running Eclipse on a
  non-reference platform that cannot be recreated on any reference platform will
  be given lower priority than problems with running Eclipse on a reference platform.</p>
<p>Eclipse 3.6 is tested and validated on the following reference platforms
  (this list is updated over the course of the release cycle):</p>
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			<th>Operating System</th>
			<th>Version</th>
			<th>Hardware</th>
			<th>JRE</th>
			<th>Windowing System</th>
		</tr>
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			<td rowspan="6">Windows</td>
			<td rowspan="2"><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" /> 7</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 32-bit</td>
			<td rowspan="2">Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b
			</td>
			<td rowspan="6">Win32</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="2">Vista</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 32-bit</td>
			<td>Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b<br/>
				BEA JRockit 27.4.0
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td>
			<td>Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="2">XP</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 32-bit</td>
			<td>Sun Java 6 Update 3<br/>
				Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				Sun Java 1.4.2 Update 16<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b<br/>
				IBM Java 1.4.2 SR10<br/>
				BEA JRockit 27.4.0
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td>
			<td>Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b
			</td>
		</tr>
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			<td rowspan="3">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</td>
			<td rowspan="2">5.0</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 32-bit</td>
			<td>Sun Java 6 Update 3<br/>
				Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				Sun Java 1.4.2 Update 16<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b<br/>
				IBM Java 1.4.2 SR10<br/>
				BEA JRockit 27.4.0
			</td>
			<td rowspan="3">GTK</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="1"><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" /> Power 64-bit</td>
			<td>IBM Java 5 SR6b</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="1">4.0</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td>
			<td>Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b
			</td>
		</tr>
		<!-- ************ SLES ************** -->
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="3">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server</td>
			<td rowspan="3"><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" /> 11</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 32-bit</td>
			<td rowspan="2">Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b
			</td>
			<td rowspan="3">GTK</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="1"><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" /> Power 64-bit</td>
			<td>IBM Java 5 SR6b</td>
		</tr>
		<!-- ************ Ubuntu ************** -->
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="2"><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" /> Ubuntu Long Term Support</td>
			<td rowspan="2">9.04</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 32-bit</td>
			<td rowspan="2">Sun Java 5 Update 14<br/>
				IBM Java 5 SR6b
			</td>
			<td rowspan="2">GTK</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td>
		</tr>
		<!-- ************ Solaris ************** -->
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="2">Sun Solaris</td>
			<td rowspan="2">10</td>
			<td rowspan="1">x86 32-bit</td>
			<td rowspan="2">Sun Java 5 Update 14</td>
			<td rowspan="2">GTK</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="1">SPARC 32-bit</td>
		</tr>
		<!-- ************ HPUX ************** -->
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="1">HP-UX</td>
			<td rowspan="1">11i v2</td>
			<td rowspan="1">ia64 32-bit</td>
			<td rowspan="1">HP-UX Java 5 Update 7</td>
			<td rowspan="1">Motif 2.1</td>
		</tr>
		<!-- ************ AIX ************** -->
		<tr class="c0">
			<td rowspan="1">IBM AIX</td>
			<td rowspan="1">5.3</td>
			<td rowspan="1">Power 32-bit</td>
			<td rowspan="1">IBM Java 5 SR6b</td>
			<td rowspan="1">Motif 2.1</td>
		</tr>
		<!-- ************ Mac ************** -->
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="3">Apple Mac OS X</td>
			<td rowspan="3">10.5</td>
			<td rowspan="1">Universal</td>
			<td rowspan="3">Apple Java 10.5 Update 1</td>
			<td rowspan="1">Carbon</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="1">Universal 32-bit</td>
			<td rowspan="2">Cocoa</td>
		</tr>
		<tr class="c1">
			<td rowspan="1">Universal 64-bit</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</center>

<p>As stated above, <i>we expect that Eclipse works fine on other current
  Java VM and OS versions but we cannot flag these as reference platforms without
  significant community support for testing them.</i></p>
</div>

<p:internationalization>
<p>The Eclipse SDK is designed as the basis for internationalized products. The
  user interface elements provided by the Eclipse SDK components, including dialogs
  and error messages, are externalized. The English strings are provided as the
  default resource bundles.</p>
<p>Latin-1 and DBCS locales are supported by the Eclipse SDK on all reference platforms;
  BIDI locales are supported by the Eclipse SDK everywhere but on Motif.</p>
<p>The Eclipse SDK supports GB 18030 (level 1), the Chinese code page standard,
  on Windows XP and 2000, Linux/GTK and the Macintosh.</p>
<p>German and Japanese locales are tested.</p>
</p:internationalization>

</p:target_environments>
 
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<p:compatibility_with_previous_releases>
<div>

<h3>Compatibility of Release 3.6 with 3.5</h3>
<p>Eclipse 3.6 will be compatible with Eclipse 3.5 (and all earlier 3.x versions).</p>

<p><strong>API Contract Compatibility:</strong> Eclipse SDK 3.6 will be upwards
  contract-compatible with Eclipse SDK 3.5 except in those areas noted in the
  <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/porting/eclipse_3_6_porting_guide.html" target="_top">
    <em>Eclipse 3.6 Plug-in Migration Guide</em>
  </a>. Programs that use affected APIs and extension points will need to be ported
  to Eclipse SDK 3.6 APIs. Downward contract compatibility
  is not supported. There is no guarantee that compliance with Eclipse SDK 3.6
  APIs would ensure compliance with Eclipse SDK 3.5 APIs. Refer to
  <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs">
    <em>Evolving Java-based APIs</em>
  </a> for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that maintain contract compatibility.</p>
  
<p><strong>Binary (plug-in) Compatibility:</strong> Eclipse SDK 3.6 will be upwards
  binary-compatible with Eclipse SDK 3.5 except in those areas noted in the
  <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/porting/eclipse_3_6_porting_guide.html" target="_top">
    <em>Eclipse 3.6 Plug-in Migration Guide</em>
  </a>. Downward plug-in compatibility is not supported. Plug-ins for Eclipse SDK
  3.6 will not be usable in Eclipse SDK 3.5. Refer to
  <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs">
    <em>Evolving Java-based APIs</em>
  </a> for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that maintain binary compatibility.</p>
  
<p><strong>Source Compatibility:</strong> Eclipse SDK 3.6 will be upwards source-compatible
  with Eclipse SDK 3.5 except in the areas noted in the
  <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/porting/eclipse_3_6_porting_guide.html" target="_top">
    <em>Eclipse 3.6 Plug-in Migration Guide</em>
  </a>. This means that source files written
  to use Eclipse SDK 3.5 APIs might successfully compile and run against Eclipse
  SDK 3.6 APIs, although this is not guaranteed. Downward source compatibility
  is not supported. If source files use new Eclipse SDK APIs, they will not be
  usable with an earlier version of the Eclipse SDK. </p>
  
<p><strong>Workspace Compatibility:</strong> Eclipse SDK 3.6 will be upwards
  workspace-compatible with earlier 3.x versions of the Eclipse SDK unless noted.
  This means that workspaces and projects created with Eclipse SDK 3.5 .. 3.0 can be successfully
  opened by Eclipse SDK 3.6 and upgraded to a 3.6 workspace. This includes both
  hidden metadata, which is localized to a particular workspace, as well as metadata
  files found within a workspace project (e.g., the .project file), which may
  propagate between workspaces via file copying or team repositories. Individual
  plug-ins developed for Eclipse SDK 3.6 should provide similar upwards compatibility
  for their hidden and visible workspace metadata created by earlier versions;
  3.6 plug-in developers are responsible for ensuring that their plug-ins recognize
  metadata from earlier versions and process it appropriately. User
  interface session state may be discarded when a workspace is upgraded. Downward
  workspace compatibility is not supported. A workspace created (or opened) by
  a product based on Eclipse 3.6 will be unusable with a product based on an earlier
  version of Eclipse. Visible metadata files created (or overwritten) by Eclipse
  3.6 will generally be unusable with earlier versions of Eclipse. </p>
  
<p><strong>Non-compliant usage of API's</strong>: All non-API methods and classes,
  and certainly everything in a package with &quot;internal&quot; in its name,
  are considered implementation details which may vary between operating environment
  and are subject to change without notice. Client plug-ins that directly depend
  on anything other than what is specified in the Eclipse SDK API are inherently
  unsupportable and receive no guarantees about compatibility within a single
  release much less with earlier releases. Refer to
  <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-API%20use/eclipse-api-usage-rules.html">
    <em>How to Use the Eclipse API</em>
  </a> for information about how to write compliant plug-ins. </p>

</div>
</p:compatibility_with_previous_releases>
  
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<p:themes_and_priorities>

<p:preamble>
<div>
<p>The plan items listed below were defined according to contributor requirements and the Eclipse
  <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/RequirementsCouncilThemesAndPriorities">Themes and Priorities</a>
  set forth by the Eclipse Requirements Council. Each plan item covers a feature or API that is
  to be added to the Eclipse Project deliverables, or some aspect of the Eclipse Project that is
  to be improved. Each plan item has its own entry in the Eclipse bugzilla database, with a title
  and a concise summary (usually a single paragraph) that explains the work item at a suitably
  high enough level so that everyone can readily understand what the work item.</p>
<p> Although there are four projects under the top-level Eclipse Project, there
  is a significant amount of commonality and shared effort between them. In general,
  many plan items involve coordinated changes to multiple components, and thus
  attempting to separate the items into sections based on sub-project leads to
  artificial distinctions between them (e.g., Platform Text vs. JDT Text, Platform
  Debug vs. JDT Debug, etc.). As such, this plan covers the work of all projects
  under the top level Eclipse Project.</p>
<p>Not all plan items represent the same amount of work; some may be quite
  large, others, quite small. Although some plan items are for work that is 
  more pressing than others, the plan items appear in no particular order.
  See the corresponding bugzilla items for up-to-date status information on
  ongoing work and planned delivery milestones.</p>
<p>The current status of each plan item is noted:</p>
<ul>
  <li><b>Committed</b> plan item - A committed plan item is one that we have
    decided to address for the release. In bugzilla, this is reflected by
    having a concrete target milestone assigned.</li>
  <li><b>Proposed</b> plan item - A proposed plan item is one that we are
    considering addressing for the release. Although we are actively
    investigating it, we are not yet in a position to commit to it, or to say
    that we won't be able to address it. After due consideration, a proposal
    will either be committed or deferred. In bugzilla, such items are reflected
    by having a target milestone "3.6" or "---" assigned.</li>
  <li><b>Deferred</b> plan item - A reasonable proposal that will not make it in
    to this release for some reason is marked as deferred with a brief note as
    to why it was deferred. Deferred plan items may resurface as committed plan
    items at a later point. In bugzilla, such items are reflected by having
    a target milestone "Future" assigned.</li>
</ul>
</div>
</p:preamble>

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<p:theme name="Platforms">
<p:description>
<p>This work is focused on ensuring that Eclipse takes full advantage of all
  capabilities of the underlying technologies that it is based on, be they
  operating system, window system, Java or other. This includes support
  for native accessibility, internationalization and localization capabilities.
</p>
</p:description>

<p:committed>
  <p><i>None at this time.</i></p>
</p:committed>

<p:proposed>
<ul>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Add support for Java SE 7 features.</strong>
	The next feature release of Java SE is version 7, targeted to ship in the first half of 2010. 
	While the contents of this release are still under discussion, this release is expected to contain 
	extensions to the Java language, including annotations on types (JSR-308), modularity
	support (JSR-294), and other minor language changes (Coin project). Eclipse Java
	tooling should include initial support for compiling, editing, and launching applications
	for Java 7.
	[JDT Core, JDT UI] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288548">288548</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Support the win32 version of Eclipse on Windows 7.</strong>
	Fully support the 32-bit and 64-bit win32 version of SWT and the Eclipse SDK on Windows 7. We will ensure that 
	applications built on the win32 version of SWT work as well as any other win32 API 
	based application on Windows 7. This will increase our testing and support effort and 
	potentially require new development to work around platform specific differences. 
	[SWT, Platform UI, JDT UI] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288550">288550</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Support Ubuntu</strong>
	Ubuntu LTS is an increasingly popular choice as an enterprise Linux distribution. 
	We will ensure that all Eclipse project Linux x86 builds run well on Ubuntu. This will increase 
	our testing and support effort and potentially require new development to work around 
	platform specific differences. 
	[SWT] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288552">288552</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Focus on accessibility.</strong>
  We will work with the community to ensure that we have first-class, accessibility
  support that is compliant with important standards. 
  [SWT] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=252646">252646</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>BIDI improvements.</strong>
	We will work on improving support for bidirectional text (BIDI). Work in this area may include
	support for setting text direction on Mac Cocoa, BIDI support in complex expressions, 
	and leveraging SWT BIDI support throughout the user interface. 
	[SWT, Platform UI, JDT UI] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288554 ">288554 </a>)
</li>	
</ul>
</p:proposed>

<p:deferred>
  <p><i>None at this time.</i></p>
</p:deferred>

</p:theme>
    
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<p:theme name="Robustness">
<p:description>
<p>As the basis for the entire Eclipse eco-system, the Eclipse SDK must be robust,
  flexible and secure. This work will address those issues by providing API for
  missing or currently internal functionality, and focusing on the issues that
  affect the stability of the platform.
</p>
</p:description>

<p:committed>
  <p><i>None at this time.</i></p>
</p:committed>

<p:proposed>
<ul>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Flexible resources.</strong>
	The Resource architecture that Eclipse uses has been criticized for being overly Java-centric 
	and constraining for some use cases. The e4 incubator explored this problem and developed
	some concrete improvements to the resource model to address these problems. We will
	review and polish those changes and back-port them to Helios stream where appropriate.
	[Workspace, Platform UI] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288556">288556</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>API tools usage scan improvements.</strong>
	Eclipse SDK 3.5 included Ant-based support for generating usage scans that indicated what API
	and internals consumers were using. In this release we will add support to generate
	these scans from the UI, and provide tools for working with the scan data, such as comparison
	of scans, and flagging of changes that will break consumers who provided the scan data.
	[PDE] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288557">288557</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Help system extensibility.</strong>
	The current Eclipse Help web application provides limited support for customization by clients.  
	Additional extensibility should be provided such as supporting insertion of custom views and frames, 
	customizing the tool bar, and changing the look and feel (colors, fonts, etc).
	[User Assistance] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288558">288558</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Focus on compatibility.</strong>
	Migrating across major platform releases is costly for consumers due to the 
	magnitude of API and behavioral changes between releases. 
	We will focus on reducing the migration cost by careful analysis of changes for their 
	impact on compatibility, avoiding breaking behavior changes, use of API tooling to identify
	and correct breakages early, and better documentation of changes that impact
	compatibility.
	[All Components] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288559">288559</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Asynchronous debug commands.</strong>
	Currently, the debug platform exposes interfaces for common commands but all 
	implementation of the commands as well as scheduling operations are internal. 
	We will provide an API and abstract implementation classes for creating asynchronous 
	debug commands/actions. 
	[Platform Debug] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=284363">284363</a>)
</li>
</ul>
</p:proposed>

<p:deferred>
  <p><i>None at this time.</i></p>
</p:deferred>

</p:theme>
    
<!-- ============================================== -->

<p:theme name="Consumability">
<p:description>
<p>This work will make it easier for users to get Eclipse, install it on their systems,
  and configure it for their use. It also covers work related to error handling and reporting
  mechanisms, and a number of enhancements to the Debug and PDE tools.</p>
</p:description>

<p:committed>
  <p><i>None at this time.</i></p>
</p:committed>

<p:proposed>
<ul>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Build anywhere.</strong>
	The current Eclipse project build and test infrastructure is highly customized and
	tailored to a particular build environment. We will invest in simplifying and streamlining
	our build and test infrastructure to allow it to run in other hardware environments and
	be initiated by more people. 
	[Rel. Eng., PDE] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288560">288560</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Patch enhancements.</strong>
	We will improve the tools for viewing and applying patches. This includes work
	such as applying patches using the synchronize view, improved browsing of hunks,
	and applying patches from a URL.
	[Workspace] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288561">288561</a>)
</li>
<li><img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" />
	<strong>Debug and launch enhancements.</strong>
	We will invest in improving the platform debug infrastructure, including enhancing
	the breakpoints view, improving the Debug breadcrumb view, and support for
	launch configuration templates.
	[Platform Debug, JDT Debug] (<a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=288562">288562</a>)
</li>
</ul>
</p:proposed>

<p:deferred>
  <p><i>None at this time.</i></p>
</p:deferred>

</p:theme>
    
</p:themes_and_priorities>

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<p:appendix name="Execution Environment by Bundle">
  
<p>In the table below, the &quot;3.6 minimum execution environment&quot;
  column indicates the minimum Java class library requirements of each bundle
  for the 3.6 release, where the value is one of:</p>
<table border="0" width="90%">
  <tbody>
    <tr>

      <td align="center"><b>Entry</b></td>
      <td align="left"><b>Meaning</b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>F1.0</strong></div></td>
      <td>J2ME Foundation 1.0 - indicates that the bundle can only be run on
        Foundation 1.0 or greater. Note that with the exception of some MicroEdition
        IO classes, Foundation 1.0 is a subset of J2SE 1.3.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>F1.1</strong></div></td>
      <td>J2ME Foundation 1.1 - indicates that the bundle can only be run on
        Foundation 1.1 or greater. Note that with the exception of some MicroEdition
        IO classes, Foundation 1.1 is a subset of J2SE 1.4.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>1.3</strong></div></td>
      <td>J2SE 1.3 - indicates that the bundle can only be run on JSE 1.3 or
        greater.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>1.4</strong></div></td>
      <td>J2SE 1.4 - indicates that the bundle can only be run on JSE 1.4 or
        greater.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>1.5</strong></div></td>
      <td>Java SE 5 - indicates that the bundle can only be run on Java SE 5 or
        greater.</td>

    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><div align="center"><strong>1.6</strong></div></td>
      <td>Java SE 6 - indicates that the bundle can only be run on Java SE 6 or
        greater.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center"><b>n/a</b></td>
      <td>Unknown at the time of this revision.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<p><b>Table of minimum execution environments by bundle.</b> (See also the
  <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=rt.equinox#appendix">Equinox Project plan</a>
  for the execution environment requirements of bundles contributed via that project.)</p>

<table border="1">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td width="290"><strong>Bundle</strong></td>
      <td width="60"><div align="center"><p align="center"><b>3.6<br/>minimum<br/>execution<br/>environment</b></p></div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>com.ibm.icu</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>com.jcraft.jsch</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.apache.ant</td>
      <td><div align="center">J2SE-1.2</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.apache.lucene</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.apache.lucene.analysis</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ant.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ant.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.compare</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.compare.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.compare.win32</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.boot</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.commands</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.contenttype</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.databinding</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.1</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.1</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.databinding.property</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.1</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.expressions</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.filebuffers</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.filesystem</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.jobs</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.net</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.1</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.resources</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.resources.compatibility</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.runtime</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.auth</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.registry</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.core.variables</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.cvs</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.debug.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.debug.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.help</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.help.appserver</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.help.base</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.help.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.help.webapp</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.apt.pluggable.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.6</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.apt.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.compiler.apt</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.6</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.compiler.tool</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.6</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.core.manipulation</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.debug</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.doc.isv</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.junit</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.junit.runtime</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.3</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.junit4.runtime</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.launching</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jdt.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jface</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.1</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jface.databinding</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jface.text</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jsch.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.jsch.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.api.tools</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.api.tools.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.build</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.doc.user</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.ds.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.ds.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.junit.runtime</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.runtime</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.ua.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.ua.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.pde.ui.templates</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.platform</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.platform.doc.user</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.rcp</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.sdk</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.search</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.swt</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.team.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.team.cvs.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.team.cvs.ssh</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.team.cvs.ssh2</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.team.cvs.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.team.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.text</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.browser</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.cheatsheets</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.console</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.editors</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.externaltools</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.forms</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.ide</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.ide.application</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.intro</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.navigator</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.navigator.resources</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.net</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.1</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.presentations.r21</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.views</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.views.log</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.win32</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.workbench</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.1</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.workbench.compatibility</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.4</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.update.configurator</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.update.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.update.core.win32</td>
      <td><div align="center">not specified</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.update.scheduler</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.eclipse.update.ui</td>
      <td><div align="center">F1.0</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.hamcrest.core</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.junit</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.3</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.junit4</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.5</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>org.objectweb.asm</td>
      <td><div align="center">1.3</div></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
  </p:appendix>  
</p:plan>