New & Noteworthy for Mylar 0.5.1

Release Resolved Community Contributions
0.5.1
April 28
34
reports
Brock Janiczak and Eugene Kuleshov made a very substantial contribution of custom JIRA query support.  Gunnar Wagenknecht contributed a patch for RC1 compatibility.

Also see:
     - New & Noteworthy for Mylar 0.4
     - New & Noteworthy for Mylar 0.3

Instructions


Misc for 0.5.2

Bugzilla editor: can and depends/blocks

Bugzilla search: integrated

Task List

Apply Mylar to Task Activity

Similar to how Mylar only shows the resources interesting to a task when applied to a resource view, the Mylar filter will show only the tasks relevant to the current work week when applied to the Task List view.  This helps reduce information overload for those that make heavy use of the Task List by focusing on the tasks scheduled for this week, incomplete tasks that have become interesting by being worked on recently, and those that are past their reminders.  To mark a task uninteresting set its reminder for next week or later.  Also note that tasks scheduled for today are highlighted in blue by default (see Preferences -> General -> Fonts and Colors to change).

Task Context

Editor Auto Close

Editors now close automatically when the corresponding files become uninteresting.  This ensures that the number of open editors does not bloat, and that the editors match the context visible in vies like the Package Explorer.  Note that when a context is activated the Eclipse preference for closing editors will be disabled, and re-enabled on deactivation if previously set.


Filter Auto Removal

When Mylar is applied to a view, the existing filters will be removed from the view.  This enables Alt+click browsing of all elements (e.g. .settings folder), and ensures that filters such as Referenced Libraries and Working Sets do not hide elements interesting to a context.  The filters are restored when the Apply Mylar button is toggled off.

Bugzilla Connector

Task Context Attachments

Task contexts can now be attached to Bugzilla tasks and retrieved into the workspace, via the Task List popup menu.  When a task has a repository context the lower-left repository icon turns purple and gets taller.

Note: not (yet) supported on Bugzilla 2.18.


End of Support for 2.16

This release marks the end of both bugzilla.org and Mylar support for Bugzilla 2.16, so those using the old installation will need to upgrade.

JIRA Connector

Custom Queries

In addition to using filters stored on the server, custom JIRA queries can now be added via New Repository Query wizard.