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| <p align="right"><b>Brand new look and feel</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">This is the first R4Eclipse release.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>New Review Navigator </b></p> |
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| <p align="left">A new Review Navigator is provided for navigating within the reviews. |
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| can be displayed as required while using the navigator. </p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>SCM connectors</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4Eclipse provides support for SVN and Git.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Platforms supported</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E is now 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 Entreprise Desktop 32-bit and 64-bit versions </li> |
| <li> Solaris 10 </li> |
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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="83%"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Support for using 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 all be added to the Review. Participants |
| Lists can be defined in the R4E User Preferences. </p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Anomaly File Version Confirmation Dialog</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">A Warning pop-up dialog appears when the version of the |
| file available in the work space where the anomaly is |
| being written on and the version included in the Review |
| are different. This will help the user select the proper |
| file version for the new anomaly |
| (i.e. From the workspace or from the review item). </p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/anomaly_file_outside.png"></p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Version compatibility check</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">R4E implements a version compatibility check that |
| verifies the version of its meta-data files versus |
| the version of the R4E plug-ins that are trying to |
| load them for Review Group, Rule Set and Review elements.<br> |
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| <br>If the file version is lower than the R4E plug-ins |
| version, the user has the choice to permanently upgrade |
| the files to the R4E version, or to keep the older file |
| version but open the element in Read-Only mode.</p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/version_mismatched.png"></p> |
| <br>If the file version is more recent than the current |
| R4E plug-ins, then an Error dialog is displayed and the |
| user cannot open the element without first upgrading the |
| R4E version to the required level. |
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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> |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../new/images/0.10/review_item_property.png" width="83%"></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-like 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 command.</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>UI Responsiveness improvement</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">Many UI actions work in separate jobs and keep the |
| UI responsive e.g Opening and Closing reviews, |
| Report Generation, etc..</p> |
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| <p align="right"><b>Postponed Anomalies</b></p> |
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| <p align="left">Import anomalies enhancements e.g. Reference |
| to original review is available at the anomaly level.</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>Support to copy contents from R4E properties</b></p> |
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| <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>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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