Re: [linuxtools-dev] Luna release and Java 7

2013-12-12 Thread Doug Schaefer
Yes, it¹s unlikely that all packages will be Java 7. And there was some frank discussion at the planning council with concerns about dropping Java 6 so early. But in the end, they are letting the projects decide this. And, yes, we¹ll need to make sure we are loud and clear to our users and adopters

Re: [linuxtools-dev] Luna release and Java 7

2013-12-12 Thread Marc-André Laperle
I think it's safe to do the switch now. From what I gather of the discussions, it's either all EPP packages will require Java 7 or just specific ones. In any case, Linuxtools/CDT will be able to use Java 7 as long as it's well documented. Marc-Andre From

Re: [linuxtools-dev] TMF Hack-a-thon kickoff: file open dialog RFC

2013-12-12 Thread Aaron Spear
Hi Michel, I think that the "This is a file type that I handle" return value would be useful if it was not just boolean, but rather a rank of some sort. A generic CTF reader could handle many different types of traces, and yet there will be handlers that have specialized knowledge of the trace

[linuxtools-dev] TMF Hack-a-thon kickoff: file open dialog RFC

2013-12-12 Thread Michel Dagenais
TMF must open several "trace" types, some of which are stored in directories and others as almost arbitrary text files. Thus, it does not fit too well with the usual file open dialog pattern. Yet, we often feel that TMF does not just open the file as it should... Here is a proposed "algorithm" t