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| <p:introduction> |
| <div> |
| <p> |
| Last revised 9:20 EDT November 3, 2020. |
| |
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| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?planurl=http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/eclipse_project_plan_4_18.xml">December 16, 2017</a>. |
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| </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 4.17, designated release 4.18 and code-named 2020-12. |
| </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> |
| |
| </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 "R4_18" in the Eclipse Project <a href="http://git.eclipse.org">Git |
| repositories</a>.</li> |
| <li>Eclipse SDK (runtime binary and SDK for Equinox, Platform, JDT, and PDE) (downloadable).</li> |
| <li>Eclipse Equinox (runtime and source repositories) (downloadable).</li> |
| <li>Eclipse Platform (runtime and source repositories) (downloadable).</li> |
| <li>Eclipse RCP (runtime and source repositories for the Rich Client Platform) (downloadable).</li> |
| <li>Eclipse JDT (runtime and source repositories for the Java Development Tooling) (downloadable).</li> |
| <li>Eclipse PDE (runtime and source repositories for the Plug-in Development Environment) (downloadable).</li> |
| <li>Eclipse SDK Examples (downloadable).</li> |
| <li>SWT distribution (downloadable).</li> |
| </ul> |
| |
| |
| </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="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Category:SimRel-2020-12"> |
| 2020-12 Simultaneous Release</a> train.</p> |
| </p:preamble> |
| <p:milestone date="2020-10-09" milestone="M1"><div>4.18 M1</div></p:milestone> |
| <p:milestone date="2020-10-16" milestone=""><div>Release Record Deadline</div></p:milestone> |
| <p:milestone date="2020-10-16" milestone=""><div>CQ Submission Deadline</div></p:milestone> |
| <p:milestone date="2020-10-30" milestone="M2"><div>4.18 M2 (only submit I-build)</div></p:milestone> |
| <p:milestone date="2020-11-20" milestone="M3"><div>4.18 M3</div></p:milestone> |
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| <p:milestone date="2020-11-27" milestone="RC1"><div>4.18 RC1 - <b>API and feature freeze</b></div></p:milestone> |
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| NOTE: This is only necessary once per year. For us with the 202x-03 release. |
| <p:milestone date="2020-09-05" milestone=""><div>Review Material Submission Deadline</div></p:milestone> |
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| <p:milestone date="2020-12-04" milestone=""><div>New and Noteworthy Material Deadline</div></p:milestone> |
| <p:milestone date="2020-12-04" milestone="RC2"><div>4.18 RC2</div></p:milestone> |
| <p:milestone date="2020-12-16" milestone="GA"><div>4.18 GA</div></p:milestone> |
| |
| <p:postamble> |
| <div> |
| <p>Our target is to complete 4.18 in December 2020. |
| 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>PMC approval is required for API changes and additions after M3.</p> |
| <p>Dates for builds and test passes after M3 will be available in the |
| Eclipse 4.18 Endgame Plan. |
| |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/freeze_plan_4_18.php">Eclipse 4.18 Endgame Plan</a>. |
| |
| </p> |
| </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 "pure" 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. Java 5, Java 6, etc).</p> |
| <p> |
| In general, the 4.18 release of the Eclipse Project is developed on Java SE 11 VMs. |
| As such, the Eclipse SDK as a whole |
| is targeted at all modern, desktop Java VMs. Most functionality is available for |
| Java SE 11 level development everywhere, and extended development capabilities are made |
| available on the VMs that support them.</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 4.18 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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| <table class="platforms"> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Operating System</th> |
| <th>Version</th> |
| <th>Hardware</th> |
| <th>JRE</th> |
| <th>Windowing System</th> |
| </tr> |
| <!-- ************ WINDOWS ************** --> |
| <tr class="c0"> |
| <td rowspan="1">Windows</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| 10 |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| OpenJDK 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| OpenJDK 15.0.1<br/> |
| Oracle Java 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| Oracle Java 15.0.1<br/> |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="1">Win32</td> |
| </tr> |
| <!-- ************ RHEL ************** --> |
| <tr class="c1"> |
| <td rowspan="2">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</td> |
| |
| <td rowspan="2">7.9<br/> |
| 8.2 |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| OpenJDK 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| OpenJDK 15.0.1<br/> |
| Oracle Java 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| Oracle Java 15.0.1<br/> |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="2">GTK 3</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr class="c1"> |
| <td rowspan="1">Power 64-bit LE</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| OpenJDK 11.0.9 (LTS) |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <!-- ************ SLES ************** --> |
| <tr class="c0"> |
| <td rowspan="2">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server</td> |
| <td rowspan="2"> |
| 15 SP2 |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| OpenJDK 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| OpenJDK 15.0.1<br/> |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="2">GTK 3</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr class="c0"> |
| <td rowspan="1">Power 64-bit LE</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| OpenJDK 11.0.9 (LTS) |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <!-- ************ Ubuntu ************** --> |
| <tr class="c1"> |
| <td rowspan="1">Ubuntu Long Term Support</td> |
| <td rowspan="1">20.04</td> |
| <td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| OpenJDK 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| OpenJDK 15.0.1<br/> |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="1">GTK 3</td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <!-- ************ Mac ************** --> |
| <tr class="c0"> |
| <td rowspan="1">Apple macOS</td> |
| <td rowspan="2"> |
| 10.15<br/> |
| 11 |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="1">x86 64-bit</td> |
| <td rowspan="1"> |
| OpenJDK 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| OpenJDK 15.0.1<br/> |
| Oracle Java 11.0.9 (LTS)<br/> |
| Oracle Java 15.0.1 |
| </td> |
| <td rowspan="1">Cocoa</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> |
| <p>With respect to GTK 3 versions: the <i>required</i> version of GTK 3 which Eclipse SDK 4.18 |
| will run on is 3.20 or newer. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p>With respect to GTK 3 themes: Adwaita theme is guaranteed to work. Eclipse SDK will run with other GTK 3 themes, |
| however we cannot flag these as reference versions without significant community support for testing and/or development |
| of fixes. Bugs that are reproducible only with themes other than Adwaita will be given a lower priority (or may not be fixed at all), |
| compared to bugs which are reproducible on the target environments listed above. |
| </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, DBCS, and BiDi locales are supported by the Eclipse SDK on all reference platforms.</p> |
| <p>The Eclipse SDK supports GB 18030 (level 1), the Chinese code page standard, |
| on Windows, Linux and the Macintosh.</p> |
| </p:internationalization> |
| |
| </p:target_environments> |
| |
| <!-- ============================================== --> |
| |
| <p:compatibility_with_previous_releases> |
| <div> |
| |
| <h3>Compatibility of Release 4.18 with 4.17</h3> |
| <p>Eclipse 4.18 will be compatible with Eclipse 4.17 (and all earlier 3.x versions).</p> |
| |
| <p><strong>API Contract Compatibility:</strong> Eclipse SDK 4.18 will be upwards |
| contract-compatible with Eclipse SDK 4.17 except in those areas noted in the |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/porting/eclipse_4_18_porting_guide.html" target="_top"> |
| <em>Eclipse 4.18 Plug-in Migration Guide</em> |
| </a>. Programs that use affected APIs and extension points will need to be ported |
| to Eclipse SDK 4.18 APIs. Downward contract compatibility |
| is not supported. There is no guarantee that compliance with Eclipse SDK 4.18 |
| APIs would ensure compliance with Eclipse SDK 4.17 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 4.18 will be upwards |
| binary-compatible with Eclipse SDK 4.16 except in those areas noted in the |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/porting/eclipse_4_18_porting_guide.html" target="_top"> |
| <em>Eclipse 4.18 Plug-in Migration Guide</em> |
| </a>. Downward plug-in compatibility is not supported. Plug-ins for Eclipse SDK |
| 4.18 will not be usable in Eclipse SDK 4.17. 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 4.18 will be upwards source-compatible |
| with Eclipse SDK 4.17 except in the areas noted in the |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/porting/eclipse_4_18_porting_guide.html" target="_top"> |
| <em>Eclipse 4.18 Plug-in Migration Guide</em> |
| </a>. This means that source files written |
| to use Eclipse SDK 4.17 APIs might successfully compile and run against Eclipse |
| SDK 4.18 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 4.18 will be upwards |
| workspace-compatible with earlier 3.x and 4.x versions of the Eclipse SDK unless noted. |
| This means that workspaces and projects created with Eclipse SDK 4.17, 4.16, 4.15, 4.14, .. 3.0 can be successfully |
| opened by Eclipse SDK 4.18 and upgraded to a 4.18 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 4.18 should provide similar upwards compatibility |
| for their hidden and visible workspace metadata created by earlier versions; |
| 4.18 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 4.18 will be unusable with a product based on an earlier |
| version of Eclipse. Visible metadata files created (or overwritten) by Eclipse |
| 4.18 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 "internal" in its name or |
| x-internal in the bundle manifest entry, |
| 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-Use/index.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> |
| We no longer group the plan items into separate themes as this is does not provide real value to our users. |
| <div> |
| <p>Each plan item listed in the sub-project plans 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 entails.</p> |
| <p> Although there are three mature 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 UI vs. JDT UI, Platform |
| Debug vs. JDT Debug, etc.). As such, this plan covers the work of all mature sub-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> |
| </div> |
| </p:preamble> |
| |
| <p:theme name="Sub-Project Plans"> |
| <p:description> |
| <p> |
| <!-- |
| <img src="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/new.gif" alt="(new)" border="0" height="12" width="12" /> |
| --> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="http://eclip.se/hi">Equinox</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://eclip.se/hj">Platform</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://eclip.se/hk">JDT</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://eclip.se/hl">PDE</a></li> |
| </ul></p> |
| </p:description> |
| |
| </p:theme> |
| |
| </p:themes_and_priorities> |
| |
| <!-- ============================================== --> |
| |
| </p:plan> |