Thanks for the feedback Stefan this was just what I was looking for. Alex
On 9/15/07, Stefan Seelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I played a bit with eclipse 3.3 and mylyn. In my opinion it is useful, > I'll continue to work with it. > > To make it working with our Jira it is important to install the current > 2.1 Milestone. Just use the Eclipse update manager and add these two > Update URLs: > Mylyn: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/e3.4/ > Mylyn extras: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/e3.4/extras > Select all features in Mylyn and at least the Jira Connector in Mylyn > extras. > > The first thing to do is to add Apache's Jira to the "Task > Repositories", so open that view and add a new repository. > > Then you could open the "Task List" view and add a "Query". I added a > "My Open Issues" query with all open issues assigned to me. The query > then lists all Jira issues as tasks and the tasks could be viewed and > edited within eclipse. It is also possible to create a new Jira. Here > are some example screenshots: > http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylyn_User_Guide#JIRA_Connector > > A useful thing is that you could "Activate" a task (=Jira issue). Mylyn > remembers all the classes, methods and files you are using/editing in > this task. Then you could switch to another task and back again and all > your edited classes and files are opened again. > > If you use the Subversive (or Subclipse) plugin to connect to svn there > is another nice feature. Changes could be grouped by tasks (changes > sets). If you work on multiple Jiras mylyn helps you to commit only the > changes that are related to a specific Jira. See here: > http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylyn_User_Guide#Team_Support > > Here are some resources: > - An article in two parts: > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-mylyn1/ > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-mylyn2/ > - A webinar (one year old, but shows the idea behind mylyn): > http://adobedev.adobe.acrobat.com/p46246963 > - User's guide > http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Mylyn_User_Guide#Releases > > Regards, > Stefan > > > > Hi there, > > > > Has anyone tried eclipse with mylyn and connected to JIRA? > > Just curious if this is a useful tool. Looking for feedback from > others. > > > > Also what eclipse distribution is everyone using now that eclipse comes > > in many > > flavors. I use the Classic one. Is anyone using the one for Java > > developers? > > > > Alex > > > >
