Build Notes for TM @buildId@
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New and Noteworthy
  • TM @buildId@ requires Eclipse 3.3 later for the SSH component. Other components may work with earlier Eclipse versions, but these have not been tested. Platform Runtime is the minimum requirement for core RSE and Terminal. Discovery needs EMF, and the RemoteCDT integration needs CDT.
  • Important Bug Fixes, Enhancements and API changes:
    • On FTP, delete now works recursively like for the other IFileService implementations [196351].
    • API: New listMultiple(), getFiles(), uploadMulti(), downloadMulti() API has been added to IFileService. This allows for optimized file service implementations which avoid unnecessary client/server round trips. Currently, only dstore makes use of the new API; API changes have been made in a backward compatible manner, as long as implementations derive from AbstractFileService rather than implementing IFileService directly [207178] [162195].
    • API: The mountPathMappers extension point has been generalized to support cache mappings that take additional connection properties like the port or user name into account. To facilitate this, ISystemMountPathMapper#getWorkspaceMappingFor() has been changed to accept an additional parameter of type IRemoteFileSubSystem. This will help fixing issues like bug 193858 in the future [195285].
    • API: Listeners can now subscribe to events for completed file uploads and downloads [207100].
    • API: Added an ISystemViewElementAdapter#exists() method in order to avoid queries on the dispatch thread in the future [208803].
  • All bugs from the TM 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 maintenance releases were merged into this milestone. At least 40 additional bugs were fixed: Use this query to show the list of bugs fixed since the last milestone, TM 2.0.2 [build notes].
  • For details on checkins, see the RSE CVS changelog, and the TM Core CVS changelog.
  • For other questions, please check the TM and RSE FAQ as well as the TM 3.0 Known Issues and Workarounds.
Getting Started

The RSE User Documentation now has a Tutorial that guides you through installation, first steps, connection setup and important tasks.

If you want to know more about future directions of the Target Management Project, developer documents, architecture or how to get involved,
the online Getting Started page as well as the TM and RSE FAQ are the best places for you to get started.

API Status

For the upcoming TM 3.0 release, some API changes will be inevitable, especially in order to support improved componentization and UI/Non-UI splitting. Although we completed a great deal of API cleanup for TM 2.0, we decided to still mark all API as provisional since we expect more work to do. If anyhow possible, we will avoid breaking API changes after TM 2.0, but please be prepared for future changes, and especially take care of API marked as @deprecated in the Javadoc. Such API is prime candidate to be removed in the future. All API changes will be voted by committers on the dsdp-tm-dev developer mailing list, and documented in a migration guide for future releases. Early migration information can also be found right in the bug reports. Look for those that are tagged [api][breaking].

API Changes since TM 2.0 - newest changest first
The following lists those API changes that are not backward compatible and require user attention. A short hint on what needs to change is given directly in the list. More information can be found in the associated bugzilla items.
  • TM @buildId@ Breaking API Changes
    • Optimized IFileService for multi-queries. This is not a breaking API change for clients that extend AbstractFileService rather than implementing IFileService directly. But the now deprecated methods getFiles(), getFolders() and getFilesAndFolders() may be removed soon in favor of the new list() API [207178].
    • Changed ISubSystem#checkIsConnected() to accept an IProgressMonitor argument [207095].
    • Changed the mountPathMappers extension point: ISystemMountPathMapper#getWorkspaceMappingFor() has been changed to accept an additional parameter of type IRemoteFileSubSystem [195285].
    • Removed some deprecated APIs:
      • ISubSystem#connect() API without progress or callback [186363].
      • obsolete SystemSelectConnection* classes [196938].
      • obsolete classes ISystemConnectionWizardPropertyPage and SystemSubSystemsPropertiesWizardPage [197129].
      • obsolete methods in IRemoteCmdSubSystem and IRemoteSystemEnvVar [208813].
Use this query to show the full list of API changes since TM 2.0, and this query to show the list of additional API changes proposed for TM 3.0.
Known Problems and Workarounds
The following critical or major bugs are currently known. We'll strive to fix these as soon as possible.
  • bug 198143 - maj - [dstore][performance] Refresh a big directory takes very long time, and freezes workbench
  • bug 198395 - maj - [dstore] Can connect to DStore with expired password
  • bug 203501 - maj - NPE in PFMetadataLocation when saving RSEDOM
  • bug 207308 - maj - Removing a file type should not delete the platform's file association to editors
  • bug 208778 - maj - [efs][api] RSEFileStore#getOutputStream() does not support EFS#APPEND
Use this query for an up-to-date list of major or critical bugs.

The TM 3.0 Known Issues and Workarounds Wiki page gives an up-to-date list of the most frequent and obvious problems, and describes workarounds for them.
If you have other questions regarding TM or RSE, please check the TM and RSE FAQ

Click here for a complete up-to-date bugzilla status report, or here for a report on bugs fixed so far.