Release Date
Deliverables
- TCF Core Java and Python bindings, and Docs (tagged as 1.6 in the org.eclipse.tcf git repository)
- TCF C Agent, Lua example and Building Blocks (tagged as 1.6 in the org.eclipse.tcf.agent git repository)
- org.eclipse.tcf.repo downloadable p2 repository, includes:
- TCF C/C++ Debugger (Eclipse plug-ins and features)
- TCF Target Explorer (Eclipse plug-ins and features)
- CDT GDB Remote via TCF/TE Launcher (Eclipse plug-ins and features)
- org.eclipse.remote file system provider for TCF targets (Eclipse plug-ins)
Compatibility
TCF API and Protocol will remain compatible:
- TCF protocol must remain 100% compatible on the wire with TCF 1.5 (it's part of the TCF value proposition)
- TCF Java API must remain 100% binary compatible with TCF 1.5 (we have clients coding against it)
- TCF Python and C API should remain 100% compatible (we have clients but this is source compatibility so they can rebuild or use version checks)
- All API Additions must be tagged with @since 1.6 comments.
Internationalization
TCF Eclipse Plug-ins are prepared for Internationaization using the standard methods of the Eclipse Platform. No explicit testing for internationalization has been performed though.
Target Environments
- TCF 1.6 Hudson builds and tests run from Eclipse 3.8.2 up to Photon, on Java 7 and up.
- Moving forward, support for Eclipse 3.8.2 will continue on a "best effort basis".
- TCF has not yet been tested against Java 9 EARs.
This release is part of Eclipse Photon, Eclipse IDE 2018-09, Eclipse IDE 2018-12, Eclipse IDE 2019-06, Eclipse IDE 2019-09