Build Notes for RSE @buildId@
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New and Noteworthy
  • The systemTypes extension point now allows specifying the "icon", "iconLive" and "enableOffline" properties either as a Property, or as an attribute. This change allows for better integration with PDE. It is backward compatible with the format used in RSE 1.0M4.
  • RSE now provides an update site at http://download.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm/updates/. We encourage users to update frequently, since we expect RSE quality to improve more and more as we are approaching our 1.0 release.
  • Numerous bugs have been fixed, and we consider RSE safe now for all kinds of data transfer, even if it's done in multiple background sessions (except FTP, which will be enhanced as soon as the Jakarta Commons Net library passes EMO legal review).
  • Use this query to show the list of bugs fixed since the last milestone, RSE 1.0M4.
  • Look here for the CVS changelog.
API Changes since RSE 1.0 M4
  • The subsystemConfiguration extension point has been renamed to subsystemConfigurations in order to better match the standard naming scheme used by the Platform.
  • The newConnectionWizardDelegate extension point has been renamed to newConnectionWizardDelegates in order to better match the standard naming scheme used by the Platform.
Getting Started

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

API Freeze

As per the Target Management plan, we reached API Freeze for RSE M4.

In fact we have reviewed and documented all relevant APIs, but just like most Eclipse projects, we'll still reserve the right to make API improvements when committers vote on them. Votes will be held publicly, such that everyone will be informed in case the APIs should change.

Currently, we see the following areas for potential API changes:

  • Classes and Interfaces that are not meant for public use will be moved to packages tagged as internal. This will apply particularly to the "implementation" plugins for the ssh, ftp and local subsystems (these do not define any new APIs anyways).
  • The IConnectorService interface may be slightly modified in order to allow for better UI / Non-UI separation.
  • Some RSE Model classes may be moved from the UI plugin to the non-UI core plugin.
If you want to start programming against RSE APIs now, best let us know about your endeavours and keep yourself up-to-date.
Known Problems and Workarounds
The following M5 plan deliverables did not make it into this build:
  • User Actions, and Import/Export were deferred with M3 already. A new plan has been published with M3 already.
  • JUnit tests did not make it into the build due to pending IP legal review. They are available from Bugzilla bug 149080 instead. Due to the missing Unit Test Framework, automated tests could also not yet be added to this build.
  • The CDT Launch Integration Example is not yet available as a download. It is available from the RSE CVS Repository instead.
  • Jakarta Commons Net is not yet available for FTP and Telnet due to pending legal review. We are confident to get these completed in August though.
    • As a consequence, FTP connections are still not quite reliable.
The following critical or major bugs are currently known. We'll strive to fix these as soon as possible.
  • bug 150949 - maj - RSE gets unusable when full logging is enabled
  • bug 143462 - maj - [updating] Dirty remote editors do not get notified
  • bug 143292 - maj - [mac] Move Resource dialog causes hang/crash
  • bug 139207 - maj - Browsing into some remote tar archives fails, and may crash the dstore server
    -- This problem was only observed with invalid tar archives.
Click here for an up-to-date list of major or critical bugs, or here for a complete up-to-date bugzilla status report, or here for a report on bugs fixed so far.