Build Notes for TM N20121104-1030

Build Notes for TM N20121104-1030
Nov 4, 2012

New and Noteworthy

TM N20121104-1030 requires Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) or later. Import/Export, Telnet and FTP require Java 1.5, the rest of RSE runs on Java 1.4. Platform Runtime is the minimum requirement for core RSE and Terminal. Local Terminal needs CDT Core 7.0 (Helios) or later.
At least 21 bugs were resolved: Use this query to show the list of bugs fixed since TM 3.4 [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 3.3 and 3.4 Known Issues and Workarounds.

Getting Started

The RSE User Documentation 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

No API changes are allowed in the TM 3.4.x maintenance stream. Therefore, TM 3.4.x is fully upward and backward compatible with TM 3.4, and can be fully exchanged for TM 3.4 in any product based on it. Take care of API specification updates though, where the TM 3.4.x API Docs have been updated to add clarifications or missing information compared to 3.4.

For the upcoming TM 3.5 release, only backward compatible API changes are planned, especially in order to support improved componentization and UI/Non-UI splitting. In the interest of improving the code base, though, please take care of API marked as @deprecated in the Javadoc. Such API is prime candidate to be removed in the future. Also, observe the API Tooling tags such as @noextend and @noimplement.

API Specification Updates since TM 3.4

The following lists amendments to API specifications that are worth noticing, and may require changes in client code even though they are binary compatible. More information can be found in the associated bugzilla items.

TM N20121104-1030 API Specification Updates
- None.

Use this query to show the full list of API related updates since TM 3.3 , and this query to show the list of additional API changes proposed for TM 3.5. .

Known Problems and Workarounds

The following critical or major bugs are currently known. We'll strive to fix these as soon as possible.

bug 279837 - maj - [shells] RemoteCommandShellOperation can miss output
bug 271015 - maj - [ftp] "My Home" with "Empty list" doesn't refresh
bug 268463 - maj - [ssh] [sftp] SftpFileService.getFile(...) fails with cryptic jsch exception (4)
bug 248913 - maj - [ssh] SSH subsystem loses connection
bug 238156 - maj - Export/Import Connection doesn't create default filters for the specified connection
bug 226564 - maj - [efs] Deadlock while starting dirty workspace
bug 222380 - maj - [persistence][migration][team] Subsystem association is lost when creating connection with an installation that does not have subsystem impl
bug 218387 - maj - [efs] Eclipse hangs on startup of a Workspace with a large efs-shared file system on a slow connection
bug 208185 - maj - [terminal][serial] terminal can hang the UI when text is entered while the backend side is not reading characters
bug 198395 - maj - [dstore] Can connect to DStore with expired password
bug 175300 - maj - [performance] processes.shell.linux subsystem is slow over ssh

Use this query for an up-to-date list of major or critical bugs.

The TM 3.3 and 3.4 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.