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| <p align="right"><b>Initial R4E layout</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">This is the first R4E release.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Review types </b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E provides 3 types of reviews: |
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| <li> Basic: Anomaly stateless, review is Active or Completed</li> |
| <li> Informal: Anomaly stateful, review is Active or Completed</li> |
| <li> Formal: Anomaly and review stateful</li> |
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| The review type is defined when you create a new review.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Review Navigator </b></p> |
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| <p align="left">A Review Navigator is provided for navigating within the reviews. </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/review_navigator.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Review Navigator UI Legend </b></p> |
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| <p align="left">Here is a screenshot of the legend that |
| can be displayed as required while using the navigator. </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/R4E_UI_legend.png"width="100%"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Review Item handling</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E Integrates Mylyn Versions Connectors in |
| order to support multiple Version control |
| systems. R4E provides support for |
| SVN and Git. R4E can generate automatically |
| the review items from the version control system |
| or generate manual selection from a file |
| in your workspace.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/svn_Git.png" width="100%"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Platforms supported</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E is validated and supported for Eclipse 3.6.x (Helios), |
| 3.7.x (Indigo) and 4.x (Juno) on the following platforms: |
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| <li> Windows Vista 32-bit </li> |
| <li> Window 7 </li> |
| <li> Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 32-bit and 64-bit versions </li> |
| <li> Solaris 10 </li> |
| <li> Mac OS X</li> |
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| It may run on other platforms, but it has not been verified. |
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| <p align="right"><b>Support for adding multiple Participants in batch to a Review</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">When using the New Participants dialog, users can now enter |
| multiple Participants that can be added together |
| as a batch to a Review. If an LDAP database is configured, |
| user information will automatically be pulled from |
| the Database and relevant dialog fields will be auto-filled.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/new_participant.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Improved LDAP Database Users lookups</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">It is possible to search for users by using multiple |
| successive filters to narrow down the query result. |
| It is also possible to add multiple users together to a review. </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/find_user_dialogue.png" width="100%"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Participants Lists</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E adds support for Participants Lists. Participants Lists |
| are similar to mailing lists and provide a way for the users |
| to bundle together selected users (and their email addresses) |
| under a single list that can be added as a whole to a Review. |
| When adding such a list to a Review, all the Users included |
| in the list will be added to the Review. Participants |
| Lists can be defined in the R4E User Preferences. </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/R4E_user_preference.png" width="100%"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Assigning Participants to Review Items, Files and Changes</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">It is possible in R4E to assign specific Review Items, |
| File Contexts and Changes (Delta/Selections) to specific |
| participants to split the review among multiple reviewers. |
| The users can also filter the Review Navigator view to |
| only see the elements assigned to a particular participant.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/assign_participant.png"></p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/review_item_property.png" width="100%"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Navigator View Alternative Display</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">Review Navigator View has two ways to display the |
| Review elements: |
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| <li>tree view </li> |
| <li>table view </li> |
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| The table format displays the currently |
| active review items and files, including file name, |
| path, assignees, number of changes and number of |
| anomalies as shown below. Elements can be sorted |
| using the table columns headers and the representation |
| can be switched between the original and the |
| alternative one using the new Change Display |
| view toolbar button.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/ReviewNavigatorViewAlternateDisplay.png" width="100%"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Anomaly creation</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">The dialogue allow you to define mandatory and optional |
| information concerning the issue.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Anomaly Rejection shall include a mandatory comment</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">The reason for rejection requires a new comment from |
| the user upon transitioning to the REJECT state.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Postponed Anomalies</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">Import anomalies from a review having the same files and |
| the anomaly was saved as "Postponed" in the previous review. |
| e.g. Reference |
| to original review is available at the anomaly level.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/import_anomalies.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>R4E property view</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E properties view is used in conjunction with the navigator view. |
| Depending of the selected items in the R4E navigator view, |
| some fields are adjusted from the property view.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/property_view.png"></p> |
| <p align="left">It's possible to copy R4E properties from the Eclipse |
| properties view e.g. Absolute path, Project Relative Path, etc...</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/copy_from_property.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Short keys</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E defines some keys as accelerator keys to help the user |
| to perform reviews. Each command starts with ALT + 4 as below: </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/short_key.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Design Rules</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E support the use of Design Rules, to help |
| reviewers enforce consistent design conventions |
| and rules. A Rule Set is a container that includes |
| multiple related Rules. Rule Sets are independently |
| defined and can be shared among multiple Review |
| Groups. Take note that the use of Design Rules is |
| completely optional. When you create a new Rule Set, |
| its references are automatically included in your |
| workspace. To import other Rule Set references, open |
| the R4E Preference Rule Sets Tab.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/create_rule_set.png"></p> |
| <p>This opens the New Rule dialog.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/details_rule_set.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Disable/Restore elements</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">When Review Navigator elements are not relevant anymore |
| (e.g. completed reviews), they can be removed from the |
| view by using the ''Disable ''command from the element's |
| context menu.<br> |
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| Ideally, disabled elements should never be shown, but |
| there could be a need to restore mistakenly disabled elements. |
| To do so, first go to the Eclipse preferences R4E page, on the |
| Filters tab and enable the Show Disabled Elements filter, |
| then return to the Navigator view and select the ''Restore '' |
| command from the disabled element context menu. |
| </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/disable.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Filters and sorters</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">The Navigator elements can currently be sorted alphabetically |
| or by review type, by selecting the appropriate sorter in the |
| Review Navigator Toolbar menu.<br> |
| The Navigator view provides also different filters that |
| can be used to limit the visibility of elements within |
| the navigator tree. Filters are available in the |
| Review Navigator Toolbar menu. If you select the "Go Into" option, |
| it will focus on a particular element and its children. This is a |
| special filter that will take the selected element of the Navigator |
| and put it at the root of the Navigator tree. |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/filter_and_sorter.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Email notifications</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">E-mail notification can be sent on Review Navigator |
| elements by using the Send Email/Notification |
| command from the selected element context menu. |
| Once the command is triggered, a dialog appears |
| asking the kind of notification to be sent. Take |
| note that not all the options are available depending |
| on the element selected, the review type and other factors. |
| A notification can be sent to other review participants. </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/notification.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Reports</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">To generate a statistical report, select in the |
| Review Navigator view one or more review, the |
| right click and select "Generate Report". |
| Two types of report can be generated. |
| <ul> |
| <li> Inspection record: when you select only one review |
| to generate a report, this type of report will be |
| initiated. You will see a list of anomalies at the end |
| of the report.</li> |
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| <li> Global report: when two or more review are selected. |
| It gives a summary of information based on the selected reviews. </li> |
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| </ul> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Issues and Limitations</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">It is strongly recommended to run Eclipse with a |
| JRE1.6 virtual machine or later. R4E is also supported |
| in Eclipse running JRE1.5, but the Send Meeting Request |
| Notification functionality will not work if using the |
| SMTP mail extension.</p> |
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