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Mylyn 3.0 released

by Mik Kersten, June 25th, 2008

The Mylyn team is very pleased to announce today’s release of Mylyn 3.0 along with the Eclipse Ganymede release train. This occasion marks a big step in the evolution of the task-focused interface:

 
  • Numerous new features added since the Europa Mylyn 2.0 release, including offline task creation, focus for breakpoints and major performance improvements
  • 1703 bug reports resolved, 246 via patches from community contributions
  • Available in all Ganymede downloads other than Eclipse Classic
  • Support for both Eclipse 3.4 and 3.3

But the most amazing thing happening with Mylyn right now is the growing ecosystem of integrations. It’s great to see new language support, such as support for C/C++ via CDT’s Mylyn extensions. The Mylyn 2.0 release brought the task-focused interface to the very high usability bar set by the Eclipse Platform, and provided a first cut at APIs that enabled third parties to author connectors. The Mylyn 3.0 release brings us to the very high API quality bar set by the Eclipse Platform, by insulating integrators from framework internals, and providing APIs that will be binary compatible for the foreseeable future. We are still in the process of improving API documentation and tutorials, and the framework will continue to evolve as we consume the next round of integrator feedback. But Mylyn connectors will now be significantly more robust and easier to implement.

This is just the start of the Mylyn 3.0 release wave, as numerous integrations are in the process of porting to Mylyn 3.0. The reference implementations and connectors available from the Eclipse.org project are already ported (Bugzilla, Trac, JIRA, XPlanner, Web Templates, DLTK and Subversive), so if you use any of these you can update today. The following open source projects already have early access builds for Mylyn 3.0 available. Watch the Mylyn Extensions page for updates to the others.

 
  •   SpringIDE bridge for focusing Spring Framework artifacts
  •   Subclipse team integration
  •   Mantis task repository connector

Commercial products built on Mylyn are also in the process of being updated:

 
  •   Tasktop Summer will be available July 23rd. A new free version of Tasktop will provide time tracking, Gmail integration, and one-click install of Mylyn 3.0 based partner connectors for repositories by Atlassian, CollabNet and Rally.
  •   SpringSource Tool Suite will incorporate Mylyn 3.0 in August with an update of its upcoming 1.0 release, based on Mylyn 2.3.
  •   JBuilder will incorporate Mylyn 3.0 and Eclipse 3.4 later this year.

Enjoy the latest and greatest Mylyn release and stay tuned to this blog for an upcoming webcast on Mylyn 3.0. For now check out the New & Noteworthy, or if you’re an newcomer to task-focus programming, see the Mylyn 2.2 webcast.

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10 Responses to “Mylyn 3.0 released”

  1. Mike Batten Says:
    June 26th, 2008 at 9:11 am

    Very good! But, what happened to the Generic Issue Tracker from 2.3?

  2. Web 2.0 Announcer Says:
    June 26th, 2008 at 11:12 am

    Mylyn 3.0 Released…

    [...]The Mylyn team is very pleased to announce today’s release of Mylyn 3.0 along with the Eclipse Ganymede release train. Numerous new features added since the Europa Mylyn 2.0 release, including offline task creation, focus for breakpoints and maj…

  3. Dani Says:
    June 27th, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Mike Batten Says:
    Very good! But, what happened to the Generic Issue Tracker from 2.3?

    yes!! i miss it too!!

  4. Mik Says:
    June 27th, 2008 at 7:44 am

    > Very good! But, what happened to the Generic Issue Tracker from 2.3?

    Its name has change to the more descriptive “Web Templates” connector, and it has moved from the Extras to the new Incubator update site, along with XPlanner. What you need to do is add the Incubator update site and install it from there. We are using the Incubator site for components that are either new and evolving, or that require advanced configuration on the part of the user as is the case with the “Web Templates” connector. The update sites are listed at:

    http://eclipse.org/mylyn/downloads/

  5. Bookmarking the web - w26/2008 - double density design Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 10:18 am

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  6. Kevin McGuire Says:
    July 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Congrats Tasktop team! Mylyn just keeps getting better all the time!

  7. Wauco Bix Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 8:43 am

    I am missing the “Task Aktivity” Tab and the reporting function. I have been trying to figure out where it might have been gone, but did not succeed…. :S

  8. Mik Kersten Says:
    July 29th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    Wauco: if you are upgrading from a very old version of Mylyn (e.g. 1.0), I assume that you are referring to the Task Activity view. That has been replaced by a more usable presentation of the Task List view. For details please see the Scheduled Presentation section of the Mylyn 2.0 New & Noteworthy. The basic reporting facility is still around, but it never saw enough contributions to lose its “Experimental” tag, so it’s now available in the incubator update site, listed at: http://eclipse.org/mylyn/downloads/

  9. Stefan Says:
    August 1st, 2008 at 6:18 am

    Good job!

    Is there a connector for Trac for this release?

    Thanks…

  10. Mik Kersten Says:
    August 1st, 2008 at 9:09 am

    Yes, get it from the “Extras” site listed at: http://eclipse.org/mylyn/downloads/

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