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| <h1>Eclipse "New and Noteworthy" Template</h1> |
| <p>Last revised October 29, 2007</p> |
| <p>This is the template for the "New and Noteworthy" document that |
| accompanies each Eclipse project milestone build.</p> |
| <p>Note: This template document is XHTML 1.0 Transitional. Please use the W3C <a href="http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input">XHTML |
| Markup Validation Service</a> to check your document's markup before submitting. |
| This will detect screwed up HTML tags, images without an "alt" |
| attrribute, and other tedious little details. </p> |
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| <h2>PDE |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"><b>p2 Target Definition Performance |
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| <td valign="top" width="70%"><p>Target definitions that use a p2 repository as a location |
| will see improved performance in 3.7. Previously, each time a p2 target definition was |
| opened, the remote repository was accessed to determine if all required plug-ins were |
| available. Now, this information is stored locally in a p2 profile.</p> |
| <p> |
| If the target definition is modified or a required plug-in cannot be found, the target |
| will do a full resolve operation, accessing the remote repository and downloading any |
| missing plug-ins.</p> |
| <p><img alt="Target Resolution" title="p2 Target Definition" |
| src="images/target-resolution.png"/><br/><br/></p> |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"><b>Offline p2 Target Definitions |
| </b></td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"><p>As an added benefit to performance improvements of |
| p2 based target definitions, the target editor is much more functional with an |
| intermittent internet connection. Once a target definition has connected to the |
| remote repository and downloaded all required plug-ins, an internet connection |
| is no longer required to open the editor, set the definition as the target platform, |
| and in some cases even modifying the target.</p> |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"><b>Properties in Product Editor |
| </b></td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"><p>The product editor now has support to view, add and edit |
| configuration properties. The properties will be added to config.ini files generated |
| using the product configuration.</p> |
| <p><img alt="Product Properties" title="Properaties in Product Editor" |
| src="images/product-properties.png"/><br/><br/></p> |
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| <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%"><b>PDE Build Model API |
| </b></td> |
| <td valign="top" width="70%"><p>Calling getBuildModel() on IPluginModelBase objects will now return |
| a handle to PDE's build model for that plug-in. The IBuildModel API can be used |
| to view and edit the contents of a build.properties file.</p> |
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