[otj-users] Release time again: 1.1.7

[Stephan Herrmann]

Hi all,

We have a fresh new release 1.1.7 of the OTDT which brings changes by
drawing input from several sources:

Feedback, input:
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* We have adopted a preview of the upcoming Eclipse maintenance release 3.2.2
  (Europa Spring Maintenance, JDT version is v_792_R33x)

* We have received a number of helpful bug reports.
  Thanks go to Robin Sedlaczek, Marian Bertzen and others.

Test statistics:
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The test suite has grown accordingly:
 * 33 new OT/J-specific tests (26 jacks, 7 junit)
 * enabled 87 OT/J refactoring tests that were disabled + fixed 7
 * 128 new tests from the JDT developers
Known failures in the JUnit suite are now handled differently:
 * disabled 6 tests that are known to fail and created trac tickets
   discussing the background (6 eclipse tests, more OT tests)
   See https://svn.objectteams.org/trac/ot/wiki/JUnitFailures
Thus from now on both test suites should always yield 100% pass.

Changes:
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The full list of changes is now documented via Trac, see
   http://www.objectteams.org/distrib/tickets_OTDT_1.1.7.html

Aside from bugfixes, release 1.1.7 features three visible enhancements:

  * Debugger should translate method names (#67)

  * Extension page should provide filtered type selection dialogs (#59)

  * Support Quickfix to convert field access (inferred) to accessor call (#43)

Ticket #59 is a nice example of how OT/Equinox lets us prototype and release
enhancements for core Eclipse components, while the Eclipse developers still
work on adopting our proposal. In this particular case the PDE/UI is enhanced.

Not listed is a small but noticable change in color of one of our icons,
go search for it ;-)

BTW: I recommend to run the OTDT using a JDK 1.6.

cheers,
Stephan