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| <plan xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/project/plan" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> | |
| <release projectid="tools.gef" version="3.6.0" /> | |
| <introduction> | |
| <html:p>This document lays out the feature and API set for the | |
| next | |
| feature release of the Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) | |
| project, | |
| designated release 3.6.0.</html:p> | |
| </introduction> | |
| <release_deliverables> | |
| <html:p> | |
| The release deliverables are: | |
| <html:ul> | |
| <html:li> | |
| GEF source code for the release is available in the eclipse.org | |
| <html:a | |
| href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/?cvsroot=Tools_Project">CVS | |
| repositories</html:a> | |
| . | |
| </html:li> | |
| <html:li>GEF runtime binaries and SDK distributions | |
| (downloadable). | |
| </html:li> | |
| <html:li>GEF runtime binaries and SDK features on eclipse.org | |
| update | |
| site | |
| (install via Eclipse update manager).</html:li> | |
| </html:ul> | |
| </html:p> | |
| </release_deliverables> | |
| <release_milestones> | |
| <preamble> | |
| <html:p> | |
| GEF builds are available weekly as Integration builds. GEF | |
| Milestone | |
| Releases are approximately one week after the | |
| Eclipse Milestone | |
| Releases. It is anticipated that GEF will synchronize its | |
| release | |
| milestones with the | |
| <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Helios_Simultaneous_Release"> | |
| Helios release schedule | |
| </a> | |
| . | |
| </html:p> | |
| </preamble> | |
| <milestone date="08/19/2009" milestone="M1" /> | |
| <milestone date="09/30/2009" milestone="M2" /> | |
| <milestone date="11/11/2009" milestone="M3" /> | |
| <milestone date="12/16/2009" milestone="M4" /> | |
| <milestone date="02/03/2010" milestone="M5" /> | |
| <milestone date="03/17/2010" milestone="M6"> | |
| <html:div>API Freeze</html:div> | |
| </milestone> | |
| <milestone date="05/05/2010" milestone="M7"> | |
| <html:div>Feature Freeze</html:div> | |
| </milestone> | |
| <milestone date="05/19/2010" milestone="RC1" /> | |
| <milestone date="05/26/2010" milestone="RC2" /> | |
| <milestone date="06/02/2010" milestone="RC3" /> | |
| <milestone date="06/09/2010" milestone="RC4" /> | |
| <milestone date="06/16/2010" milestone="Final" /> | |
| <milestone date="06/23/2010" milestone="Helios" /> | |
| </release_milestones> | |
| <target_environments> | |
| <html:p> | |
| GEF 3.6 will support all operating environments supported by the | |
| Eclipse | |
| Platform itself. For a list of supported environments, refer | |
| to the Target Environments list in the | |
| <html:a | |
| href="http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?projectid=eclipse.platform"> | |
| Eclipse Project 3.6 plan</html:a> | |
| </html:p> | |
| </target_environments> | |
| <compatibility_with_previous_releases> | |
| <html:p>GEF 3.6 will be upwards compatible with GEF 3.5 to the | |
| greatest | |
| extent | |
| possible. Any exceptions will be noted in the 3.6 | |
| release notes so that | |
| clients | |
| can assess the impact of these changes on | |
| their plug-ins and products.</html:p> | |
| <html:p> | |
| <html:b>API Contract Compatibility:</html:b> | |
| GEF 3.6 will be upwards | |
| contract-compatible with GEF 3.5 unless noted. | |
| This means that programs in full | |
| compliance with contracts specified | |
| in 3.5 APIs will automatically be | |
| in full | |
| compliance with 3.6 APIs. | |
| Refer to | |
| <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs"> Evolving | |
| Java-based APIs</html:a> | |
| for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that maintain | |
| contract | |
| compatibility. | |
| </html:p> | |
| <html:p> | |
| <html:b>Binary (plug-in) Compatibility:</html:b> | |
| GEF 3.6 will be upwards binary-compatible with GEF 3.5 unless noted. | |
| This means that plug-ins built for GEF 3.5 will continue to work | |
| correctly in 3.6 without change. Plug-ins with hard-coded references | |
| in | |
| their plug-in manifest file to the 3.5 version of GEF | |
| plug-ins will | |
| work in 3.6 provided the version match rule is | |
| "greaterOrEqual" or | |
| "compatible" (the default); references using "perfect" or | |
| "equivalent" match | |
| rules will be broken. Refer to | |
| <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Evolving_Java-based_APIs"> Evolving | |
| Java-based APIs</html:a> | |
| for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that maintain | |
| binary | |
| compatibility. | |
| </html:p> | |
| <html:p> | |
| <html:b>Source Compatibility:</html:b> | |
| GEF 3.6 will be upwards source-compatible | |
| with GEF 3.5 to the greatest | |
| extent possible. This means that source | |
| files | |
| written to use 3.5 APIs | |
| can often be successfully compiled and run against | |
| GEF | |
| 3.6 APIs. Since | |
| source incompatibilities are easy to deal with, | |
| maintaining | |
| source | |
| compatibility is considered much less important than maintaining | |
| contract | |
| and binary compatibility. The addition of a single method | |
| anywhere could | |
| be an incompatible source change. For this reason, | |
| source-incompatibilities will not be noted. | |
| </html:p> | |
| <html:p> | |
| <html:b>Non-compliant usage of API's</html:b> | |
| : All non-API methods and classes, and | |
| certainly everything in a | |
| package with "internal" 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 as API are inherently | |
| unsupportable and | |
| receive no guarantees about compatibility within a | |
| single release much less | |
| with | |
| an earlier releases. Refer to | |
| <html:a | |
| href="http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-API%20use/eclipse-api-usage-rules.html"> | |
| How to Use the Eclipse API</html:a> | |
| for information about how to write compliant | |
| plug-ins. | |
| </html:p> | |
| <html:p> | |
| <html:b>Ramp Down Policy</html:b> | |
| </html:p> | |
| <html:p> | |
| The GEF project uses the <html:a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/Modeling_Project_Ramp_Down_Policy/Helios">Modeling Project Ramp Down Policy/Helios</html:a> | |
| following EMF as a 1+ component. | |
| </html:p> | |
| </compatibility_with_previous_releases> | |
| <themes_and_priorities> | |
| <preamble> | |
| <html:p> | |
| The project has identified major areas of work, that | |
| will be the | |
| priorities for this development cycle. | |
| </html:p> | |
| </preamble> | |
| <theme name="Consumability"> | |
| <description> | |
| <html:p>This work will make it easier to make effective use of | |
| the | |
| GEF components. We seek to deliver enhancements and | |
| defect | |
| fixes that are important for our consumers. | |
| A list of | |
| those plan items related to Consumability can be found by searching | |
| Bugzilla for flag=Helios. | |
| </html:p> | |
| </description> | |
| <committed | |
| bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Tools&product=GEF&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=substring&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=substring&value0-0-0=Helios&field0-1-0=flagtypes.name&type0-1-0=notsubstring&value0-1-0=Helios-&field0-2-0=target_milestone&type0-2-0=notequals&value0-2-0=---"> | |
| </committed> | |
| <proposed | |
| bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Tools&product=GEF&target_milestone=---&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=substring&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=substring&value0-0-0=Helios&field0-1-0=flagtypes.name&type0-1-0=notsubstring&value0-1-0=Helios-"> | |
| </proposed> | |
| <deferred | |
| bugzilla="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&classification=Tools&product=GEF&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=flagtypes.name&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=Helios-"> | |
| </deferred> | |
| </theme> | |
| </themes_and_priorities> | |
| </plan> |