Work starting on 1.3.0

[Edward Mann-3]

Everyone,

I am starting work on PHPEclipse 1.3.0. This is in the branches. My idea
is to work on bugs to get them fixed. If it will not break compatibility i
will back-port them to 1.2.x(trunk). I have decided to keep the work that
incastrix did in the 1.3.0 branch and merge the changes form trunk into
it. I expect it to take me some time, and i will probably miss a few, but
it will get done. I will work on focusing on the major issues first that
affect both 1.2.x and 1.3.x. However if all i do is hunt bugs, even tho i
like it, i may burn out and stop working, so i want to add some new
features. I would spread them out so it would work like this.

1. Fix bugs as many as i can while refactoring code.
2. got tired of fixing bugs add new feature.
3. goto 1;

The bugs are what need some attention, and are important. But the features
help make the project easier for people to use. Here are some features i
want to add.

1. Class/Interface wizard.
2. New Code format with features similar to the Java.
3. Work with someone else on PHPUnit support.

I am willing to (and will) work on other things, but i will focus mostly
on bugs and the few features i want to add. Granted someone else can add
the features. Also i want to know what else people would like to see in
PHPEclipse, so feedback is welcome.

Also i would like to set a realistic time frame on the 1.3.0 version. I
was going to give it 1 year, but i am welcome to other peoples input.
Granted if you think it should be shorter i expect to see code from you.
:-)

Thanks.


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[Josh Benham-2]

I love it that this is getting a lot of activity now, the only thing I am
thinking is maybe a year is too long, what about bi-yearly releases. That
way people don't have to wait so long and grow tired.

Of course I will help where ever I can if it's not code I'm sure I can beta
test everything.

A new feature I would like to see is some phpdoc generation. I.e.

What PDT does (I think its PDT) if you have a function.

Public Function test($adas, array $asdasd) { }

Then after you create the function do /** up top of it, it will autogen as
much as it knows about that method.

Also I would like to get some form of WTP integration within PHPEclipse
because without that you can't really use a black background because you
can't change HTML Tag colours.

I added a ticket a while back about some more theming solutions maybe with a
theme manager, I would love to be a big part of this, not to mention it's a
good way to get more creative people involved aswell.

If there is any help you need edmann just give me a holla in the IRC
channel.

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Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:19 AM
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Subject: [PHPEclipse-devel] Work starting on 1.3.0

Everyone,

I am starting work on PHPEclipse 1.3.0. This is in the branches. My idea
is to work on bugs to get them fixed. If it will not break compatibility i
will back-port them to 1.2.x(trunk). I have decided to keep the work that
incastrix did in the 1.3.0 branch and merge the changes form trunk into
it. I expect it to take me some time, and i will probably miss a few, but
it will get done. I will work on focusing on the major issues first that
affect both 1.2.x and 1.3.x. However if all i do is hunt bugs, even tho i
like it, i may burn out and stop working, so i want to add some new
features. I would spread them out so it would work like this.

1. Fix bugs as many as i can while refactoring code.
2. got tired of fixing bugs add new feature.
3. goto 1;

The bugs are what need some attention, and are important. But the features
help make the project easier for people to use. Here are some features i
want to add.

1. Class/Interface wizard.
2. New Code format with features similar to the Java.
3. Work with someone else on PHPUnit support.

I am willing to (and will) work on other things, but i will focus mostly
on bugs and the few features i want to add. Granted someone else can add
the features. Also i want to know what else people would like to see in
PHPEclipse, so feedback is welcome.

Also i would like to set a realistic time frame on the 1.3.0 version. I
was going to give it 1 year, but i am welcome to other peoples input.
Granted if you think it should be shorter i expect to see code from you.
:-)

Thanks.


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[Mike Bowie]

Edward Mann wrote:
> Everyone,
>
<snip>
> Also i would like to set a realistic time frame on the 1.3.0 version. I
> was going to give it 1 year, but i am welcome to other peoples input.
> Granted if you think it should be shorter i expect to see code from you.
> :-)

Sorry for the delay in replying... I'm having a hard time coming up for
air these days.

I'd like to see the project aim for a major release each year; sometime
around the time Eclipse does their milestone release.  If there's an
opportunity to push a major build more than once a year, that would be
awesome; but I think for the number of active developers we have, aiming
too high may be detrimental to the process.  The project has (and still
is) going through some pretty substantial changes and until things are a
bit more established, we should keep the focus revitalizing PHPEclipse
in it's codebase, features and community perception.

Cheers,

Mike.


"You don't see FreeBSD developers sitting in a smoke-filled room
plotting the overthrow of Microsoft. We sit in light, airy rooms and
plot where to get the best drinks." - Michael Lucas

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[Edward Mann-3]

Maybe we can do sprints where we have say

PHPEclipse 1.3.0M1 and in it we want to address these issues and add
these features. It will last for 3 months. Anything that is not fixed
will be moved to M2.

Granted the goal is to set the workload to a level where we can deliver
the goods, and not expect to much. The M builds should be stable enough
to use, but may still have some hidden bombs.

That way people can see steady progress of PHPEclipse, and not be
subject to the instability of a nightly build.

Thoughts on this are welcome, i hope i have been clear on what i am
proposing.

Thanks.

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 17:28 -0700, Mike Bowie wrote:

> Edward Mann wrote:
> > Everyone,
> >
> <snip>
> > Also i would like to set a realistic time frame on the 1.3.0 version. I
> > was going to give it 1 year, but i am welcome to other peoples input.
> > Granted if you think it should be shorter i expect to see code from you.
> > :-)
>
> Sorry for the delay in replying... I'm having a hard time coming up for
> air these days.
>
> I'd like to see the project aim for a major release each year; sometime
> around the time Eclipse does their milestone release.  If there's an
> opportunity to push a major build more than once a year, that would be
> awesome; but I think for the number of active developers we have, aiming
> too high may be detrimental to the process.  The project has (and still
> is) going through some pretty substantial changes and until things are a
> bit more established, we should keep the focus revitalizing PHPEclipse
> in it's codebase, features and community perception.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike.
>
>
> "You don't see FreeBSD developers sitting in a smoke-filled room
> plotting the overthrow of Microsoft. We sit in light, airy rooms and
> plot where to get the best drinks." - Michael Lucas
>
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