Eclipse Target Management: Terminal and Remote System Explorer (RSE) 3.3.0
Primary tabs
- Target Management source code release, available as versions tagged "R3_2" in the project's
- Remote System Explorer (RSE):
- RSE SDK (includes runtime, user and programmer documentation, with sources) (downloadable).
- RSE client runtime binaries (split up by protocol, includes user documentation) (downloadable).
- RSE dstore server runtime (downloadable).
- RSE User Actions and Compile Commands (downloadable).
- RSE tutorial code and examples (downloadable).
- RSE unit test framework and tests (downloadable).
- Stand-alone components:
- TM Terminal SDK (includes runtime, user and programmer documentation, with sources) (downloadable).
- NEW: Redistribution of Apache Commons Net 2.2 (downloadable through the Orbit project).
- Incubating components:
- RSE WinCE Subsystems and RAPI wrappers (runtime and sources) (downloadable).
- TM Local Terminal Connector (runtime and sources) (downloadable).
Notes: All stand-alone components will have an integration part that makes them work inside the RSE framework. For that reason, there are no downloadable stand-alone component tests, but the RSE unit test component will also have tests for the stand-alone components.
Target Management 3.3 will be backward compatible with TM 3.2.
API Contract Compatibility: Target Management 3.3 will be compatible with TM 3.2 as per the constraints documented in the TM 3.2 API Docs.
Binary (plug-in) Compatibility: Target Management 3.3 will be binary compatible with TM 3.2.
Source Compatibility: Target Management 3.3 will likely not be source compatible with TM 3.2.
Workspace Compatibility: We intend to keep Target Management 3.3 upwards workspace-compatible with TM 3.2 unless noted. This means that workspaces and projects created with TM 3.2 can be successfully opened by Target Management 3.3 and upgraded to a 3.3 workspace. This includes especially TM 3.2 connection definitions, which may propagate between workspaces via file copying or team repositories. User interface session state may be discarded when a workspace is upgraded. Downward workspace compatibility is not supported. A workspace created (or opened) by a product based on TM 3.3 may be unusable with a product based on TM 3.2.
API Contract
APIs published for the Target Management 3.3 release will be carefully reviewed prior to release, making use of "internal" packages for unsupported and variable implementation classes. Client plug-ins that directly depend on anything other than what is specified in the published API are inherently unsupportable and receive no guarantees about future compatibility. Refer to How to Use the Eclipse API for information about how to write compliant plug-ins.
The Remote System Explorer is designed as the basis for internationalized products. The user interface elements provided by the RSE components, including dialogs and error messages, are externalized. The English strings are provided as the default resource bundles. The default bundles will be localized to a subset of those locales offered by the Platform. This plan will be updated to indicate which locales will be provided and the timeframe for availability.
In order to remain current, each Eclipse release is designed to run on reasonably current versions of the underlying operating environments.
The Target Management Project 3.3 depends upon on the Eclipse Platform 3.7. For this release, the RSE sources will mostly be written and compiled against version 1.4.2 of the Java Platform APIs (i.e., Java 2 Platform, Release 1.4.2 SE), and designed to run on version 1.4.2 of the Java Runtime Environment, Standard Edition except for the following components, which are compiled on and running against Java 5: FTP, Telnet and Import/Export.
The Target Management deliverables will be tested and validated against a subset of the reference platforms listed in the Eclipse Platform 3.7 Project Plan (this list is updated over the course of the release cycle).
Target Management Reference PlatformsOperating systemOS versionProcessor architectureWindow systemJava 2 PlatformMicrosoft WindowsXPx86-32Win32Sun Java 5 Update 22Microsoft WindowsXPx86-32Win32IBM Java 5 SR11Red Hat Enterprise LinuxWS 4 update 2x86-32GTKSun Java 5 Update 22
for Linux x86SUSE Linux Enterprise Server11x86-32GTKIBM Java 5 SR11Sun Solaris10SPARCGTKSun Java 5 Update 22
for Solaris SPARCApple Mac OS X (Secondary, see below)10.5UniversalCarbonApple Java 10.5 Update 2
Apple Mac OS X 10.5 is considered a "secondary" Reference Platform meaning that it does receive some amount of systematic testing but doesn't enjoy quite the same priority for bug fixes as the other Platforms.
Eclipse and Target Management undoubtedly run fine in many operating environments beyond the reference platforms we test. However, since we do not systematically test them we cannot vouch for them. Problems encountered when running Target Management on a non-reference platform that cannot be recreated on any reference platform will be given lower priority than problems with running Target Management on a reference platform.
Although untested, Target Management should work fine on other OSes that support the same window system. For more details, see the Eclipse Project Plan 3.7 Reference Platforms.
Datastore Agent Reference Platforms
The Datastore protocol is the default protocol shipped with RSE for accessing remote file systems, process info and shells. It requires a Datastore server (agent) running on the remote system. This Datastore agent is shipped as plain Java Source Code together with the RSE distribution. It should run fine on any Java Platform, with additional Data Miner Plug-ins that may be OS specific.
We will test and verify the Datastore agent on the following Reference Platforms, which are a subset of the Platforms we test the RSE UI on:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linx 4, Intel x86, Sun 1.5.0_14 VM
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Intel x86, IBM 1.4.2 sr 7 VM
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5, Power, Apple J2SE 5 sr 4 VM
- Remove.
archive the discovery component [330337] (target milestone: 3.3 M4) - API Tooling reports incomplete build path on o.
e. rse. subsystem. shells. local [332506] (target milestone: 3.3 M5) - Legacy Builder should use Mapfiles from org.
eclipse. tm. releng [332513] (target milestone: 3.3 M4) - SCP fails to build on Eclipse 3.
7m5 [335912] (target milestone: 3.3 M5) - Retire or migrate the dsdp.
eclipse. org vserver [338635] (target milestone: 3.3 M7) - Update the SUA in the features to the latest version [339954]
(target milestone: 3.3 M6) - Move TM to tools [330336]
(target milestone: 3.3 M6)
- Need a unit test to exercise IFileService streams with multiple threads [198661] (target milestone: ---)
- RSE Unittests should create "rsetest*" in .
tmp instead of $HOME [324657] (target milestone: ---) - Add an RSE Unittest for SimpleCommandOperation [332615] (target milestone: ---)
- 5 unittest failures in archive suite on Windows 7 64bit [335929] (target milestone: ---)
- Error renaming in testCopyVirtualBatchToVirtualFileLevelOne [348819] (target milestone: ---)
- Some DStore Archive Testcases fail [230917] (target milestone: Future)
- Align RSE Credential Management and Keystores with Platform Equinox [196445] (target milestone: ---)
- Support for SSH port forwarding (tunnelling) [195170] (target milestone: ---)
- Performance optimization of IFileService.
list() and IFileService. listMultiple() [236065] (target milestone: ---) - RSE fails to load with com.
ibm. icu. base [290755] (target milestone: ---) - The Files, Processes, Shells wizard and property pages should be improved [176490] (target milestone: ---)
- Dirty remote editors do not get notified [143462] (target milestone: ---)
- Need generalized target descriptions [146090] (target milestone: ---)
- two or more subsystems of the same kind cannot be added to the same host [174495] (target milestone: ---)
- Request API to expand nodes in the system view to arbitrary level [176461] (target milestone: ---)
- The "port" property for FTP, SSH, Telnet should be in the New Connection Wizard [195403] (target milestone: ---)
- Do not log messages shown as a result of invalid user input [142184] (target milestone: Future)
- Grouping filters across subsystems [164807] (target milestone: Future)
- Some RSE Logging should go to a hidden log rather than the PDE Errorlog [196317] (target milestone: Future)
- Granular Persistence [197043] (target milestone: Future)
- RSE should not process resource changes if not relevant [201270] (target milestone: Future)
- Need a Utility to send commands and receive output without prompt [212742] (target milestone: Future)
- Dynamic filtering for the Remote System view [170150] (target milestone: Future)
- RSE needs improved refresh policies [173042] (target milestone: Future)
- Re-work and dramatically strip down SystemBaseAction and it's subclasses [174557] (target milestone: Future)
- Need API to change the Statusline shown for a custom subsystems [195995] (target milestone: Future)
- Add Features to Remote Search view that are in the Search view [214403] (target milestone: Future)
- Need IHostShell#waitFor(), IHostShell#writeToShellAndWait() [164959] (target milestone: Future)
- Backward compatibility: Server and Daemon should support old clients [220892] (target milestone: Future)