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Bug 71871 - Review "User Tasks" and "Task List Editor Support" modules for inclusion in the standard NB distribution
Summary: Review "User Tasks" and "Task List Editor Support" modules for inclusion in t...
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: contrib
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Tasklist (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: apireviews
URL: http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/...
Keywords: API_REVIEW
Depends on:
Blocks: 69439
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Reported: 2006-01-25 18:47 UTC by Tim Lebedkov
Modified: 2008-03-12 13:16 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Architecture description for "User Tasks" (66.24 KB, text/html)
2006-01-31 18:49 UTC, Tim Lebedkov
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Architecture description for "Task List Editor Support" (53.54 KB, text/html)
2006-02-04 22:16 UTC, Tim Lebedkov
Details
use the <api> tag more so a summary page is generated in top of arch.html for user task module (6.15 KB, patch)
2006-02-14 08:41 UTC, Jaroslav Tulach
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User Tasks arch.xml diff v1-v2 (36.70 KB, text/plain)
2006-02-19 14:27 UTC, Tim Lebedkov
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User Tasks arch.html v2 (73.79 KB, text/html)
2006-02-19 14:28 UTC, Tim Lebedkov
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User Tasks arch.xml diff v2-v3 (36.07 KB, text/plain)
2006-02-22 19:42 UTC, Tim Lebedkov
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User Tasks arch.html v3 (76.46 KB, text/html)
2006-02-22 19:43 UTC, Tim Lebedkov
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Description Tim Lebedkov 2006-01-25 18:47:15 UTC
Hello,    
    
there are 2 modules "User Tasks" and "Task List Editor Support" that together  
let you record your own planning tasks. You can add tasks using "Add Task"  
action    
in the editor margin context menu. Tasks have priority, description, date    
created, last modification date, etc properties. You can choose which    
properties are visible in the tasklist, and sort by any column. The task list    
is stored in a standard format (iCal) which can be read by other calendar    
applications, such as Evolution, Korganizer, and others.You can also export    
the tasklist to HTML.    
    
Neither module provides a public API.    
Both modules are *beta* and will be soon available from the 5.0 beta AUC (you  
can download them now from  
http://tasklist.netbeans.org/servlets/ProjectDownloadList).    
   
This review is a request to add both modules to the standard NB distribution   
(5.1).   
   
See also the discussion on nbusers/nbdev:   
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=nbdev&msgNo=32516   
and the list of open issues:  
http://tasklist.netbeans.org/issues/buglist.cgi?component=tasklist&issue_status=UNCONFIRMED&issue_status=NEW&issue_status=STARTED&issue_status=REOPENED&email1=&emailtype1=substring&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=substring&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=substring&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=substring&keywords=&keywords_type=anywords&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&newqueryname=&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time  
  
Thank You
Comment 1 Tim Lebedkov 2006-01-25 18:48:55 UTC
target := 5.5 
Comment 2 Tim Lebedkov 2006-01-25 18:50:28 UTC
reassigning to apireviews@netbeans.org 
Comment 3 Tim Lebedkov 2006-01-25 18:51:15 UTC
I think it is API_REVIEW_FAST 
Comment 4 Tim Lebedkov 2006-01-25 18:53:28 UTC
adding Jaroslav.Tulach@Sun.COM to cc 
Comment 5 Jaroslav Tulach 2006-01-30 14:44:39 UTC
I am changing the API_REVIEW_FAST to API_REVIEW as this is unlikely to be that  
easy task.   
  
There should be four reviewers for standard review. I can volunteer to be one,  
we still need to find some others, but that can wait until you provide some 
needed documentation.  
 
Usually the documentation is in form of arch.xml document answering some 
questions. Just select your module and choose "Generate Arch Description" to 
get empty skeleton with answers. I know that you module does not export any 
javadoc API, but I am also pretty sure that it exports things that influence 
other parts of the system: does it reads files? does it registers something in 
lookup? what modules it depends on? Any reflection? Runtime type information 
checks? What files your module(s) consist of? All of these questions shall be 
asked in the arch.xml, so please try to provide answers to them (warning: do 
not try to answer all of them during one day!). If you think some question 
does not apply to your module, you can leave it empty. The purpose of these 
questions is to provoke answers that would use <api/> tag, so please get 
provoked... 
 
Should there be any problem or question, feel free to ask me. Btw. you are 
going to be the first one outside of Prague to fill these question, as far as 
I know, so good luck! 
Comment 6 Tim Lebedkov 2006-01-31 18:49:15 UTC
Created attachment 28684 [details]
Architecture description for "User Tasks"
Comment 7 Torbjorn Norbye 2006-02-01 18:40:04 UTC
Added tor@netbeans.org to CC for review
Comment 8 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-02 20:23:19 UTC
added xaxim@netbeans.org to cc for review 
Comment 9 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-04 22:16:50 UTC
Created attachment 28754 [details]
Architecture description for "Task List Editor Support"
Comment 10 Jaroslav Tulach 2006-02-14 08:40:17 UTC
Here are my comments for user tasks module:  
  
Y01 I believe your document should use <api /> tag more often, I'll add a  
patch with some improvements, but I expect most of my other comments to result  
in a addition of <api type="export" group="java.io.File|etc."  
category="stable|private|etc." name="whatisthis" url="maybeurl">but sure some  
description</api> into the arch.xml somewhere. See  
http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/api.html#write for tips how to write the  
arch.xml document.  
  
Y02 arch-usecases: I am missing a description of import/export feature, I am  
missing description of default location where the set of tasks is stored  
  
Y03 I am missing description of what format they are in, the link to ref2445  
is wrong, should be www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2445.html probably.  
  
Y04 perf-wakeup says the module wake ups every 15s. This could prevent the  
application from being swapped off (which is not too polite). Can this be  
removed or can this be restricted to update only if a piece of the user task  
is visible?  
  
Y05 Why: org.netbeans.api.javahelp.Help.showHelp is called through reflection  
when this class is part of public API?  
  
Y06: Imho this class  
org-netbeans-modules-tasklist-usertasks-UserTaskTransfer.instance should be  
registered in META-INF/services, such a change would speedup startup (~1ms,  
but still)  
  
Y07: Who reads this piece of layer? Please mark it as imported <api> 
somewhere. Possibly split the <api group="layer"/> into multiple parts, at 
least depending on stability of the APIs - especially if not all APIs are 
stable... 
 
<folder name="TaskList">  
        <folder name="usertasks">  
            <file name="filters.settings" url="filter/usertasks_filters.xml">  
                <attr name="instanceClass"  
stringvalue="org.netbeans.modules.tasklist.core.filter.FilterRepository"/>  
            </file>  
        </folder>  
    </folder>  
 
 
  
Comment 11 Jaroslav Tulach 2006-02-14 08:41:59 UTC
Created attachment 28866 [details]
use the <api> tag more so a summary page is generated in top of arch.html for user task module
Comment 12 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-19 14:14:35 UTC
to Y01 I have applied your patch and used <api> in some more places. Thank You.
  
to Y02: added a description for the export. The code can only import .ics.
  
to Y03: corrected  
  
to Y04: is probably possible but would mean a lot of work. Is it a "must have"
feature?  
  
to Y05: it is the only place with a dependency on this class. It just reduces
the number of module dependencies.  
  
to Y06: The class is no more in the trunk.
  
to Y07: Filters are handled by tasklist/core. I have added an <api> for this. 
Comment 13 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-19 14:27:30 UTC
Created attachment 28930 [details]
User Tasks arch.xml diff v1-v2
Comment 14 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-19 14:28:24 UTC
Created attachment 28931 [details]
User Tasks arch.html v2
Comment 15 Jan Jancura 2006-02-20 10:53:46 UTC
I have several UI issues:

H01: Table inside the User Tasks window is small - it does not change its size
when I am resizing User Tasks window.

H02: Mouse right click does not work on the User Tasks background.

H03: There is support for more task owners. Thats great. But on the other hand
you can start only one task at one time. It means that two persons can not work
on two different tasks in parallel.

H04: There is possibility to define dependencies between tasks. But its not
clear, what does it mean. dependencies are not checked as I have tested it. I
mean if task2 depends on task1, I can start task2 even if task 1 is not
finished. And there is not column reserved for dependencies. So it looks like
this functionality is not very usefull in the current version.

H05: There are Move Up and Move Done isons in User Tasks toolbar. But its not
clear what they are good for. Is it somehow connected to dependencies?

H06: Editor - Gutter - Popup menu: I see two tasklist submenus here: "User
Tasks" and "Tasks" here. Both do the same thing, I think.

And one general observation. User Tasks module does not contain user tasks
support only. It has some planning features, and some work monitoring features
too. I am not expert on that area, but It seems to me that support for this
extra features is not complete yet. I would suggest to focus on user tasks
functionality only (and fix bugs, simplify UI on that area). Or we should
provide some more complete support for that features (planning, monitoring)
otherwise.

Hanz

Comment 16 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-20 17:57:43 UTC
to H01: it is as designed

to H02: I filed an enhancement for it: #72857. I think it should not block this
review.

to H03: There is no support for multiple task owners. You probably mean the
combobox in the "Show Task" dialog where you can choose from all possible owners
found in the current task list.

to H04: I will remove the tab with dependencies.

to H05: These actions move tasks up and down in the tree.

to H06: This is due to a bug in tasklist/core.

> And one general observation. User Tasks module does not contain user tasks
> support only. It has some planning features, and some work monitoring features
> too. I am not expert on that area, but It seems to me that support for this
> extra features is not complete yet. I would suggest to focus on user tasks
> functionality only (and fix bugs, simplify UI on that area). Or we should
> provide some more complete support for that features (planning, monitoring)
> otherwise.

I have just implemented features I was interested in or other people asked for.
Please name the things you would like to see in the module/removed from it.
Comment 17 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-20 18:10:22 UTC
I'd also like to ask some questions:
- If the module will be included, what NB version will it be? 5.5 or 6.0?  
- What is NB 5.5? Is it 5.0 with J2EE.next features? What about changes I have  
  made in the trunk? I have to synchronize 
  somehow release cycles of NB and User Tasks and there is almost no information
  about the next NB version. 
- Why "Y0X" and "H0X" (H-Hanz?)

Thank You
Comment 18 Pavel Buzek 2006-02-20 20:31:11 UTC
NB 5.5 is the next release of netbeans after 5.0. It will be equal to release
5.0 except for:

1) J2EE functionality where we are adding support for Java EE 5. 
2) Maybe some high priority bugfixes in other areas.

NB 55 is developed in "release55" branch, not in trunk. When we finish NB 5.5 we
will merge the new J2EE features from release55 into trunk (we may merge sooner
if time permits, but this is not guaranteed). Until then we do not plan to do
any development of J2EE features in trunk.

Unless you work on Java EE 5 support (I do not think so) please work in trunk
and do not merge anything into release55 branch! 

What you do in trunk in will be part of NB 6.0.
Comment 19 Jaroslav Tulach 2006-02-21 13:59:17 UTC
Ok to Y01, Y03, Y06, Y07. For the rest I've sent email to nbdev@ 
Comment 20 Miloslav Metelka 2006-02-21 18:43:41 UTC
Please do not use LocaleSupport if possible - it's deprecated. Although there
are still some legitimate usages regarding editor options localization if you
use it e.g. for action names localization then please eliminate its use - see
actions definitions in o.n.editor.BaseKit extending LocalBaseAction.
Comment 21 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-22 19:42:02 UTC
Created attachment 28992 [details]
User Tasks arch.xml diff v2-v3
Comment 22 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-22 19:43:58 UTC
Created attachment 28993 [details]
User Tasks arch.html v3
Comment 23 Tim Lebedkov 2006-02-22 19:59:55 UTC
see my answers on nbdev.
Comment 24 Jaroslav Tulach 2006-02-28 18:55:38 UTC
I have started the opinion document: 
http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/reviews/opinions_71871.html 
Guys, if you have comments, send them at least to nbdev@, do not be shy! 
Comment 25 Tim Lebedkov 2006-03-09 20:32:53 UTC
LocalBaseAction is not public. How can it be used?
Comment 26 Tim Lebedkov 2006-04-30 17:57:14 UTC
Hello Jaroslav,

as far as I understand the next task would be to
write the document with opinions to the end.
When do you plan to complete it?
Comment 27 Jaroslav Tulach 2006-05-30 07:34:29 UTC
I have just updated the document at
http://openide.netbeans.org/tutorial/reviews/opinions_71871.html
It still needs approval of other reviewers, so let's do a 168 hours countdown. 
If nobody objects, I'll close this round of review.
Comment 28 Tim Lebedkov 2006-10-22 12:45:17 UTC
Hello Jaroslav,

could you please start UI review of the modules?

Thank You
Comment 29 Tim Lebedkov 2007-03-01 18:53:30 UTC
6.0 beta is planned in 2 or 3 months so I'd like to see some progress on this
issue. What about UI and code reviews? What should be done next?
Comment 30 _ hair 2007-03-09 08:15:31 UTC
I would also like to know what the future for the Tasklist Suggestions Framework
is next to netbeans new editor.

I'm currently using the tasklist modules, mainly the suggestions framework with
copyright and checkstyle, and the bugs module, against netbeans trunk. (I have
uncommitted code to make it work).
I've also migrated the tasklist-checkstyle module over to NbPreferences.

But I'm been hesitant to do too much because the editor is providing new ways to
do things and new features making some in tasklist redundant.

It would also be nice to merge the user tasks and the bugs list together, since
they are essentially the "jobs" for the user. It would also be nice to be able
to /associate/ both tasks and bugs to lines of code in the editor. And/Or to be
able to transform todo/fixme/xxx suggestions into bugs. (The tasklist bugs
module currently does not have any write to issue-tracking system ability).

Anyway i hope that along with the review for the Tasklist User Tasks, there can
be a description on how the Tasklist Suggestions Framework should be implemented
on the new model.
Comment 31 Tim Lebedkov 2007-03-30 20:40:15 UTC
[I hope it is OK that I repost Jiri's e-Mail here as it only contains
information related to the User Tasks module]

Hello Tim,

  I am writing you in regard to your request to get your "User Tasks" and "Task
List Editor Support" modules into the standard NetBeans distribution. We are
very sorry to inform you that our decision is to not include your modules in the
standard distribution of the NetBeans IDE.

  Please accept our apologies for the long lasting uncertainty but your request
was the first of a kind and we were obviously not prepared for such a situation.
Your case however initiated a deep internal discussion that will help us react
in a timely manner to similar requests in the future.

  We highly value your effort and enthusiasm but consider both modules to be a
perfect fit for our Stable Update Center. While there are no doubts about high
quality of the features we don't think we can provide the level of services
guaranteed for the standard distribution produced by Sun. These services include
future maintenance, bug fixing, quality assurance, localization, paid customer
support, etc.

  I am sure you understand our reasoning. We will be happy to continue to host
your module on the NetBeans Update Center, include mentions of updates in weekly
newsletters, or provide other kinds of advertisement. Finally, let me thank you
very much for all your dedication and support of NetBeans project! We hope you
will continue to be a passionate NetBeans user and provider of the most popular
community developed modules.

Best regards,

Jiri Kovalsky
Technical Community Manager 
Comment 32 Jaroslav Tulach 2007-12-11 08:23:22 UTC
Looks like forgotten API review request. That request is done. May I close this issue or should the API_REVIEW keyword 
be removed?
Comment 33 Tim Lebedkov 2008-03-12 13:16:11 UTC
Sun (in person of Jan Chalupa) delayed the inclusion of User Tasks in the distribution without an answer to a point
where already 6.0 is out.

This issue should be probably closed as "WONTFIX"...
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