dpp-announce — [THIS LIST HAS BEEN MOVED TO GOOGLE GROUPS - "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/saros-announce"] Announcement Mailing List for Saros

[DPP-Announce] Addendum: Move of the mailing list

[Tobias B. <tob...@fu...>]

Hi all,

it was brought to my attention, that some subscribers of these lists
might not be familiar with the Saros team. My apologies for any
confusion that I might have caused.
To clarify: In my previous mail, I was speaking on the behalf of the
Saros team in general. The mentioned Franz is Franz Zieris
(Fra...@fu...), the head of the Saros team.

Best regards,
Tobias Bouschen

[DPP-Announce] Move of the mailing list "dpp-announce" to the Google Group "saros-announce"

[Tobias B. <tob...@fu...>]

Hi all,

after a discussion with Franz, we decided to leave the old SourceForge
mailing list behind, as its technical administration grew more and more
cumbersome over the years.

We are moving this list to Google Groups. The new group is named
"saros-announce" and is reachable through
"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/saros-announce".

There are two options for subscribing to the new mailing list:

1.) With a googlemail account:
If you are logged in with a googlemail account, you can use
"http://groups.google.com/group/saros-announce/boxsubscribe" or go to
"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/saros-announce" and use the
blue "Join group" button next to the group name.
Through "My settings -> Membership and email settings", you can manage
your username, email address used for the subscription and the email
delivery preference (daily summaries, combined updates or updates for
each message).

2.) Without a googlemail account:
You can subscribe to the list via the web interface by going to
"http://groups.google.com/group/saros-announce/boxsubscribe" and
entering the email address you want to join with or via email by sending
an email to "sar...@go..." (the subject or
content of the mail does not matter). Either of those should result in
an automated mail to the given address which contains a link to complete
the joining process.
This method does *NOT* allow you to change your settings.
This means you will not be able to set a username. Instead, everything
before the '@' in your address will be used ("fo...@st..." will
result in the username "foo.bar").
Furthermore, you will not be able to change your subscription options,
meaning that it is not possible to enable daily summaries or combined
updates for the list.

Best regards,
Tobias

[DPP-Announce] Saros Release 14.10.31

[Zieris, F. <Fra...@fu...>]

Dear Saros users,

The Saros Team is happy to announce release 14.10.31. Since the previous release
we mostly removed unnecessary code, refactored, removed again, refactored again:
There were over 500 commits since the last release.
As a result, the Saros binaries' file size shrunk from 9.9 MByte to 7.0 MByte.
So don't expect many new features, but an improved user experience.

With this release we also set a record we are not particularly proud of:
Instead of intended one-week release process, it took us eleven months to push
Saros 14.10.31 out of the pipeline.
One reason for that: We're busy working on the IntelliJ IDEA version and a shiny
new GUI for both Saros versions. Stay tuned!

New and improved Features
* Your account information is now stored in your home directory inside a
  ".saros" folder. It's therefore independent from one specific IDE instance.
* Away messages of XMPP contacts will be displayed
* Alternative minimalistic chat layout in "IRC style" (which is way more compact
  than the default layout)
* Newly implemented, now session-independent file transfer
* Choose the Socks5 proxy candidates
* Starting a session with multiple projects at once is now faster since all
  files are put into one archive (instead of multiple per-project archives
  put into one big archive)

Disabled Features
* The optional feature "Concurrent Undo" was disabled due to Bug #836. This
  needs further investigation; as of now, activating this feature would do more
  harm than good.

Removed Features
* Need-based synchronization
* Screensharing
* VoIP

Improved GUI
* Sorting of contacts in session view: Now by display name (i.e. optional
  nickname), not by Jabber ID 
* Improved explanation on how to get started with Saros
* Improved UPnP explanation in network preferences
* Notification when receiving projects using unavailable charsets
* States of the invitation process have better labels
* Optional: better looking remote selections (cursor and blocks for multi-line
  selections)
* Restructured the "Add XMPP Account" dialog
* The 1-to-1 chat is no longer colored with session user colors

Fixed network-related issues introduced with last release (13.12.6):
* Local Socks5 Proxy was always enabled, i.e. the options to only allow
  connections over IBB and an external Socks5 Proxy Server
  (under Saros > Network) were not honored.
* Changing accounts on-the-fly without clicking reconnect was not possible

Additionally, you will find many minor fixes and usability improvements.
(For details, see the changelog at
 https://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/files/Saros/DPP%2014.10.31/#readme.)

For stability reasons some internal changes have been made.
As a consequence Saros 14.30.31 is *not* compatible with previous versions,
so that all session participants need Saros 14.10.31 to work together.

Install and update Saros 14.10.31 via our Eclipse Update Site:
   http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information visit http://www.saros-project.org.

Many thanks to the users who participated in our survey (although it is
currently offline) and to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in!


Best Regards,
Saros Team

[DPP-Announce] Saros Release 13.12.6

[Zieris, F. <Fra...@fu...>]

Dear Saros users,

The Saros Team got some more developers and so we are pleased to announce
the release 13.12.6. This release fixes bugs, and brings new features and
improvements.

   * Now you can send and use hyperlinks via chat.

   * Cleaner "Create Account form" and detailed invitation page. Now you see
     the nickname of the inviter on the invitation page, and you get
     detailed information about the file count and total file size also for 
     partially shared projects.

   * You could now enable/disable all four sound events separately. These
     sound events are "contact comes online/offline" and "chat message
     sent/received". Prior to Saros 13.12.6 you could only enable/disable 
     the sound when receiving a chat message.

   * We changed the logic of the follow mode toolbar button. Clicking on the
     button will now switch the follow mode to the next session user. 
     Furthermore a dropdown menu has been added to select a specific user 
     who should be followed.

   * Unfortunately we had to cut off one piece of functionality: only the
     session host can add projects to sessions. This was a necessary 
     regression to gain more stability and ensure data integrity. We're
     working on this and are confident to be able to re-enable this feature
     soon.

Additionally, you will find many minor fixes and usability improvements.
Check out the changelog:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/files/Saros/DPP%2013.12.6/#readme

For stability reasons some internal changes have been made.
As a consequence Saros 13.12.6 is *not* compatible with previous versions,
so that all session participants need Saros 13.12.6 to work together.

Install and update Saros 13.12.6 via our Eclipse Update Site:
   http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information visit http://www.saros-project.org.

Many thanks to the users who participated in our survey and
to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in!


Best Regards,
Saros-Team

[Dpp-announce] Saros release 13.3.22

[Michael S. <ms...@ze...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
=================================================

Long time no see, but finally the Saros Team is proud to announce the
release of version 13.3.22.
Instead of just fixing bugs, this release provides you with a bunch of
new features:

  * Saros now supports session-independent 1-to-1 chats enabling a
    direct communication with your buddies.

  * The multi user chat has been improved by providing more and better
    notifications as well as fixes.

  * We introduced a new color management, which tries to ensure that you
    always get the same colors in your session, independent of who started
    the session in the first
    place.
    To achieve this, we had to restrict the freedom of choosing any RGB
    color to a strict five-color-mode,
    which has been optimized for readability and distinguishability --
    even for color blind users.  However, you can still change your 
    preferred color in the Saros Preferences under "Saros" > "Appearance".

  * Since the computation of the contribution annotations 
    (who wrote what) are CPU intense, we made this an optional feature. 
    You can now disable the computation in the preferences
    under "Saros" > "Advanced" > uncheck "Show contribution annotations".

  * Furthermore, only the session host can invite additional users to a
    running session.
    This was a neccessary regression to gain more stability and ensure
    data integrity.

Additionally, you will find many minor fixes and usability improvements.
Check out the changelog below for more information.

For stability reasons some internal changes have been made.
As a consequence Saros 13.3.22 is *not* compatible with previous versions,
so that all session participants need Saros 13.3.22 (or later) to work
together.

Install and update Saros 13.3.22 via our Eclipse Update Site:
http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information visit http://www.saros-project.org.
Please note that we upgraded our website, which got a new design and a
far better structure.

Many thanks to the users who participated in our survey and to everyone
who helped us improve our plug-in!


Best Regards,
Saros-Team

[Dpp-announce] Saros release 12.9.28

[Zieris, F. <Fra...@fu...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
=================================================

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 12.9.28. This release brings you a couple of cool new features. 

 * Session participants are now informed when one is looking at a non-shared file. 
   Especially followers now know that the Follow Mode is just "paused" and still active.
 
 * Add an icon to the SarosView to open the preferences and remove the rarely used Chat Beep toggle icon from the Saros View toolbar.
 
 * The left viewport annotation is not displayed by default anymore, because it was confusing for users. 
   It can be re-enabled in the Eclipse Preferences: General > Editors > Text Editors > Annotations

Additionally, you will find many minor usability fixes. Check out the changelog (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/files/Saros/DPP%2012.9.28/#readme) for more information.

This update is compatible with all Saros version since 12.7.6

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information visit http://www.saros-project.org. 

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in!


Regards,
Saros-Team

[Dpp-announce] Saros release 12.7.27

[Zieris, F. <Fra...@fu...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
=================================================

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 12.7.27. This release brings you a couple of cool new features.

 * We switched from a synchronous to an asynchronous way of processing the incoming data which leads to a massive performance improvement on some Unix-like platforms (e.g. some Ubuntu and Mac machines).

 * We removed the feature "Scan Workspace" since it did not work the intended way.

 * The experimental features are now disabled by default. They can be enabled on the "Advanced" page in the Saros Preferences.

Additionally, you will find some minor fixes. Check out the changelog (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/files/Saros/DPP%2012.7.27/#readme) for more information.

This release is compatible with the following previous versions:
 * Saros 12.7.27
 * Saros 12.7.6

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information visit http://www.saros-project.org. 

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in!


Regards,
Saros-Team

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release: 12.7.6

[Sebastian S. <st...@ze...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
=================================================

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 12.7.6. This 
release brings you a couple of cool new features.

[Performance] Various changes were made to reduce the data that needs to 
be transmitted during a session.

[Improvement] Several improvements were made concerning the GUI. In the 
buddy context menu everything has icons now and the items which are used 
most of the time move to the top of the context menu. The amount of 
information and the way it is presented to the user was further 
improved. An example would be the progress dialog which is now displayed 
when files are sent during a session.

[Improvement] The whiteboard can now save its contents to an image file 
and can now correctly transfer special characters.

Additionally, you will find some important fixes. Check out the 
changelog 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpp/files/Saros/DPP%2012.7.6/README/download) 
for more information.

IMPORTANT: This update breaks compatibility with previous versions of 
Saros. You should not use this version of Saros with previous versions.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information visit http://www.saros-project.org.

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who 
helped
us improve our plug-in!

Regards,
Saros-Team

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release: 11.12.9

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
=================================================

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 11.9.30. This 
release brings you a couple of cool new features. 

First up is "needs-based synchronisation" and very useful feature for those 
of you collaborating on very large projects. With Saros you can already 
choose to share a subset of files with your peers, so that you don't have 
to spend time sharing huge amounts of data, but this meant that if you 
wanted collaborate on unshared files, they needed adding manually to the 
session. Now, with needs-based synchronisation turned on, Saros will monitor 
the files you work on; when you begin editing an unshared file, Saros will 
instantly and automatically share the file with everyone in the session.

And secondly, we've greatly expanded the functionality offered by the shared 
whiteboard. With Saros you can draw lines, arrows, write text and add a
nnotations to your shared sketches. You can even draw in different colours to 
make clear who drew what!

Additionally, you will find some important fixes. Check out the changelog below.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information (on our recently redesigned website) visit 
http://www.saros-project.org.

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped 
us improve our plug-in!

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release: 11.9.30

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
=================================================

The Saros Team is proud to announe the release of version 11.9.30. 

As the saying goes, "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." In the last couple of months, Saros has benefitted from over a dozen additional pairs of eyeballs. The annual Freie Universität Berlin Software Engineering project saw teams of eager students working on the Saros code under the watchful eyes of the main team. Thanks to the students, 11.9.30 includes tons of new bugfixes. Look out for future release that will contain new features they created!

Our main team too continued to produce great work. This release contains a number of important fixes to maintain the stability of the Saros experience.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information (on our recently redesigned website) visit http://www.saros-project.org.

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in!

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release 11.7.29

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 11.7.29. In this release we have added or improved a few features in addition to supplying a few bugfixes. Also, we have made sure that Saros is future-proof by extensive testing against the new Java 7 and Eclipse 3.7.

You will find a new tutorial for beginners getting started with Saros. Try it out from the Saros menu. Additionally, the screensharing algorithm has been optimized to deliver better performance without specialized codecs.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

For more information (on our recently redesigned website) visit http://www.saros-project.org.

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in!

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release 11.7.1

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

The Saros team is proud to announce the release of version 11.7.1. A number of very helpful new features have been introduced in the latest version. 

Firstly, for those users who use Saros to collaborate on large projects, our new partial sharing feature will help make your lives easier. Simply click on "Share Project" in the Saros drop-down menu and you can choose a subset of files to send to your peers. This reduces transmission time for those mammoth projects.

Secondly, we have introduced UPnP support for routers that can take advantage of it, enabling users to add a port-mapping and obtain a better quality (SOCK5) connection.

In addition to these features, there are a handful of bugfixes, including one which improves the amount feedback during the invitation.

NOTE: The introduction of partial sharing means that compatibility with older versions of Saros is not guaranteed. To ensure Saros functions OK, make sure everyone is using the latest version.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update. 

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.saros-project.org 

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped us improve our plug-in!

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release 11.5.6

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse 
================================================= 

The Saros team is proud to announce the release of version 11.5.6.

After the last release, which brought some very important and exciting new features, the Saros team has been focusing its efforts on further improving and fixing the software. We have been thoroughly debugging the new GUI and improving the usability.

The new version also uses Eclipse's secure storage module to store your accounts details. This protects your data against unwanted snooping.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update. 

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.saros-project.org 

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped us improve our plugin!



--
Dr. Karl Beecher
Research Associate
Software Engineering Workgroup
Department of Computer Science
Free University of Berlin
Takustr. 9, 14195 
Berlin, Germany

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release 11.3.25

[Karl B. <kar...@fu...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
================================================= 

The Saros team is proud to announce the release of version 11.3.25, one 
of the most exciting and important releases in Saros's recent history.

Why? The whole interface of Saros has been overhauled and redesigned to 
provide a mch more useable layout. Three of Saros's views (Session, 
Roster and Chat) have been merged into a single view from which you can 
manage your collaborations.

This redesign is accompanied by a batch of other visual overhauls, 
including the setup and user account wizards.

And finally, the annotation colours have been re-evaluated and adapted 
to improve suitability for colour blind people.

Along with a whole raft of fixes and UI improvements, this makes the
latest release of Saros a must have!

IMPORTANT: This update breaks compatibility with previous versions of
Saros. You should not use this version of Saros with previous versions.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update. 

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.saros-project.org 

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who 
helped us improve our plugin! 

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release: 11.2.25

[Karl B. <kar...@fu...>]

Saros - Distributed Party Programming for Eclipse
================================================= 

The Saros team is proud to announce the release of version 11.2.25. 

In addition to a handful of fixes, Saros brings you a new feature:
*multiple project support*. You can now share more than one project in
a session.

We are also proud to announce that Google Talk support is back.
Based on user feedback, we will be developing its functionality in
future. Enjoy!

IMPORTANT: This update breaks compatibility with previous versions of
Saros. You should not use this version of Saros with previous versions.

IMPORTANT: Partial sharing has been temporarily disabled because of
unresolved issues. 

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update. 

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.saros-project.org 

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who 
helped us improve our plugin! 


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
donut87 | [FEATURE] Multiple Project Support. Now we have full multiple
project support. 
Any user with write access to the session can add projects to the
session.
Also a session can be started with more than one project.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bkahlert [FIX] Google Talk support
Users with a Google account (*@gmail.com, *@googlemail.com) can log in
using Saros.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bkahlert | [FIX] #3168457. RosterView now displays Saros support
immediately after connection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
k_beecher | [FEATURE] This implements the suggestion from #2707089 to
show only viewport annotations for a user on their active editor.
The result is the viewport annotations appear/disappear as a driver
activates/deactivates an editor, enabling their peer to be more aware
of where they are.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
k_beecher | [FEATURE] Disable broken partial sharing temporarily until
its issues can be resolved.

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release 11.1.7

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

The Saros team is proud to announce the release of version 11.1.7. 

This release brings new features, improvements, and fixes. 

The integration of version control support (VCS) into Saros has been 
given its final consolidation. Developers can now collectively work on a 
project under version control and Saros will manage the co-ordination 
between the participants whether they have VCS software or not. 

We have also improved the perceived latency of Saros by lowering the 
interval time between which your updates are sent to your collaborators. 
In the unlikely event that this causes overload problems for the XMPP 
server, it can now be configured to a higher value. 

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update. 

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.saros-project.org 

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who 
helped us improve our plugin!

--
Dr. Karl Beecher
Research Associate
Software Engineering Workgroup
Department of Computer Science
Free University of Berlin
Takustr. 9, 14195 
Berlin, Germany

[Dpp-announce] New Saros release 10.7.30

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

The Saros team is proud to announce the release of version 10.7.30.

This release brings new features, improvements, and fixes. 

Firstly, Saros is now version control system (VCS) aware. You now have the choice of sharing a project by sending SVN repository information to your peers, so that they can interact directly with the repository. More functionality in this feature will follow in later releases!

We've also improved the chat view a little. The visual layout is nicer, it has a configurable beep for received messages, and one joins/leaves the chat session automatically.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update.

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPP.

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who helped us improve our plugin!



--
Dr. Karl Beecher
Research Associate
Software Engineering Workgroup
Department of Computer Science
Free University of Berlin
Takustr. 9, 14195 
Berlin, Germany

[Dpp-announce] Saros feedback encouraged

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

Dear Saros users,

The Saros Team recently made a release (10.6.11.r2223) that included some critical improvements to the way Saros makes connections. We are confident that these will improve the stability of the application along with the user experience.

Nevertheless, we would like to hear how these improvements are working out for you. If you update to the latest version, then we encourage you to send us your feedback. The easiest way to do that would be to send an email to dpp...@li.... Don't forget to provide as much detail as possible (e.g. your operating system, Eclipse version, etc).

Thanks for your support and continued use of Saros!

Best regards,
The Saros Team

[Dpp-announce] Intermediate release of Saros: version 10.6.11

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

Dear Saros users,

The Saros team is proud to announce the release of version 10.6.11.

This intermediate release contains important changes to the underlying network layer. Establishing connections should now be consistently quicker and more reliable.

IMPORTANT: This update potentially breaks compatibility with previous versions of Saros. All users in a session should use at least this version.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update.

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPP.

Best regards,
The Saros Team

--
Dr. Karl Beecher
Research Associate
Software Engineering Workgroup
Department of Computer Science
Free University of Berlin
Takustr. 9, 14195 
Berlin, Germany

[Dpp-announce] Intermediate release 10.3.2.r2049

[Beecher, K. <Kar...@fu...>]

This is to announce an intermediate release to fix an installation issue that was affecting a small number of users. It resolves the problem that installation was not possible without JUnit 4 libraries.

For more detailed information about the work done since version 10.1.29, see the release notes for version 10.2.26.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update.

For more information on Saros, visit: http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPP.

Regards,
Saros Team

Important changes:

[API] #2959888 Change JUnit4 dependency to optional

[Dpp-announce] Saros 9.10.30.r1833 released

[<la...@mi...>]

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 9.10.30.r1833.

In this release we focused on improvements in the invitation module. It is
completely replaced, it supports now non-blocking invitations. That means
while users are invited, the host can continue
working and doesn't need to wait.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who
helped us improve our plugin!

Changelog:

* FEATURE *
[FEATURE] InvitationWizard replaced InvitationDialog
[FEATURE] Using Eclipse Jobs instead of InvitationDialog => Host can work
during invitations

* FIX *
[FIX] #2869752 Viewport follows refactoring
[FIX] #2871830: Driver can't write after other client used CW recovery
[FIX] #2871841 Renaming contact in roster does not always work
[FIX] #2872930: Simultaneous running of ConsistencyRecovery is error-prone
[FIX] Cancellation revisited in Incoming- and OutgoingInvitationProcess
[FIX] CancellationException replaced by LocalCancellationException in the
network layer
[FIX] Removed all invitation states
[FIX] exception handling in Saros#connect
[FIX] exception handling in ibb#transferObject#accept
[FIX] improved patch exception handling in Saros#connect()
[FIX] protected sendMessage() queues messages like sendMessageToAll() done
before
[FIX] sendMessageToAll() makes use of public sendMessage() now

* MISC *
[DOC] added doc for sendMessageToAll() and protected sendMessage() [DOC]
added javadoc to ibb#transferObject#accept
[INTERNAL] upper layer of XMPPChatTransmitter should not use XMPPConection
directly
[LOG] removed e.toString from log message

This release contains code contributed by (in alphabetical order):

coezbek, hstaib, marrin, s-lau, s-ziller, sotitas, sszuecs, starkmann, wojtus


regards, Stephan Lau

[Dpp-announce] Release of Saros 9.10.2.r1803

[Sandor S. <san...@fu...>]

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 9.10.2.r1803.

In this release we focused on improvements in the invitation module.  
Saros can now handle character encodings. Invitation process can now  
be cancelled at any stage.

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who
helped us improve our plugin!

Changelog:

* FEATURE *
[FEATURE] DataTransferManager can now track progress during incoming  
file transfers
[FEATURE] Start of Session is now communicated between all peers.

* FIX *
[FIX] #2809044 Renaming or deleting files may causes file zombies
[FIX] #2841957 Deleting dirty files
[FIX] #2707354 Closing dirty files as observers causes undefined state
[FIX] #2808943 Possible problem with ActivitySequencer for first  
messsages
[FIX] #2847664 CW Should only report inconsistencies if they are certain
[FIX] #2672532 CW Sometimes warning window does not close quickly
[FIX] #2256164 Problems with different character encodings.
[FIX] #2863403 Multi-Driver the default option.
[FIX] #2808854 Receiving Data via DataTransferManager was not  
cancellable.
[FIX] #2847756 Selecting a user in session view doesn't work in whole  
line
[FIX] #2849925 Contribution annotation doesn't work with PDT
[FIX] Cursor annotation was not visible except at last position of  
lines.
[FIX] Version check returned false compatability values
[FIX] Removed timeout for XMPP FileTransfer connections, because it is  
too short when peers cannot connect directly to each other.
[FIX] Caught a threading violation when deleting a dirty file
[FIX] EditorManager did not disconnect correctly from DocumentProviders

* MISC *
[BUILD] CDT no longer a dependency of Saros
[API] Dispatch Thread is now a PicoContainer component in its own  
regard.
[API] XMPPChatTransmitter supports collector based operations
[API] BinaryChannel introduced as a bidirectional data transfer  
channel, which is both cancelable and progress tracking.
[API] Added exceptions types Local + Remote CancellationException for  
communicating cancellation reasons.
[INTERNAL] Incoming and Outgoing Invitation processes simplified to  
use collector based operation.
[FEATURE] Ping Pong can now be disabled in the preferences (default:  
disabled)

This release contains code contributed by (in alphabetical order):

coezbek, hstaib, marrin, s-lau, sotitas, sszuecs, starkmann, wojtus


regards, Sandor Szücs
--

[Dpp-announce] Release of Saros 9.9.11.r1706

[Tas S. <ta...@go...>]

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 9.9.11.r1706.

In this release we focused on awareness, feedback statistics and of course:
bug fixing.
   * Now users can see whether their peers' Eclipse window is
active by taking a look at the roster view. A small clock icon indicates
if a user is "away".
   * Users can use a
pseudonym<https://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/w/SE/DPPFeedback#PseudoNym>
when
submitting statistical data

Many thanks to users who participated in our survey and to everyone who
helped us improve our plugin!

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

Changelog:

*Features:*
[FEATURE] Show icon in roster and session view for remote users switching
away from Eclipse application window for some time.
[FEATURE] Saros sends presence updates if Eclipse Window is
deactivated/activated
[FEATURE] Feedback statistic system can now communicate a pseudonym so we
can identify users if they choose to reveal their identity
[FEATURE] Local start time of session is collected as a statistic
[FEATURE] Added stand-alone script for aggregating Statistics files

*Fixes:*
[FIX] #2809044: Renaming or deleting files may causes file zombies
[FIX] #2828917 Unwanted automatic conversion of line delimiters
[FIX] Canceling the CW on the server leaves un-started handles
[FIX] String comparisons with "==" in "Saros".
[FIX] Removed broken line
[FIX] Catch a NPE in DateFormatFileAppender if Eclipse is not started.
[FIX] If JingleFileTransferSession fails, close the session.
[FIX] !EXPERIMENTAL! Changed synchronization between dispatch and SWT
threads to use runSWTAsync


...and many other small problems

[INTERNAL] Explicitly close a stream in "StatisticsAggregator".
[INTERNAL] Use the utility function to convert file sizes into a string.
[INTERNAL] Use existing inflate/deflate of data transfers for activities
instead of GZIPping them separately.
[BUILD] Log folder added to ignore list
[BUILD] Version 9.9.11 is incompatible with 9.8.21 because the serialization
format changed
[BUILD] Use Joda-Time 1.6
[BUILD] Removed unnecessary folder
[BUILD] Add new pending version to VersionManager info
[BUILD] Trunk ready for development towards 9.9.11
[LOG] Print a warning if EditorPool is confused about the locally opened
editors
[DATA] Added clock icon for showing presence mode of users.
[REFACTOR] Removed EditorManager.getDocument(IPath) by using default
DocumentProviders in the ConsistencyWatchdog.
Improved EditorManager.replaceText to use the same pattern regarding
DocumentProviders as well.
[DEBUG] Made a log message in "ConcurrentDocumentServer" more useful.


This release contains code contributed by (in alphabetical order):

coezbek, eikestarkman, marrin, sotitas, sszuecs, s-ziller

Regards,
 Saros-Team

[Dpp-announce] Release of Saros 9.8.21.r1660

[Christopher O. <chr...@fu...>]

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of version 9.8.21.r1660!

In this release we focused on lots and lots of bug fixing and some
improvements to the network module. Now file transfers and activities
can be much larger and still be transmitted much faster. We also
added support for Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT). We now also
support using Saros via Google Talk!

Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

Changelog:

[FEATURE] #2812129: Compress all data for higher performance
[FEATURE] Activities can skip the XMPP server and be sent via a direct
           P2P connection for higher performance
[FEATURE] Saros checks during an invitation whether the version of
           inviter is compatible with the version of the invitee.

This version introduces one known regression:

[REGRESSION] Copy, paste, undo, redo, etc. are possible for the
observer in Java and C++ files! Such changes are not send to the
other project participants and thus will cause inconsistencies.

[FIX] #2825223: Transfering files fails via servers where SOCKS5 is used
                 (Was: IBB fails on jabber.no)
[FIX] #2788261: Login supports SASL PLAIN only
[FIX] #2836302: Saros doesn't work with Eclipse Plugin dev3
[FIX] #2833139: Saros doesn't work with Eclipse Plugin PDT
[FIX] #2810119: ActivitySequencer and Duplicate Messages
[FIX] #2744354: ActivitySequencer cannot catch up
[FIX] #2832598: Invitation User Interface should blink when user action
                 is required
[FIX] #2790049: Missing FileDecorations when new user joins
[FIX] #2707202: Nickname changes do not change Shared Session View
[FIX] #2707354: Closing dirty files as observers causes undefined state
[FIX] #2727883: Files are readonly after a session crashed
[FIX] #2525975: Dirty flag of certain file types missing
[FIX] #2836964: Invitation fails for JabberIDs with less than 3
                 characters (Was: Prefix string too short)
[FIX] Get messages only from users in the same Session
[FIX] Saros Session View can only be opened once
[FIX] User leaving does not reset follow mode
[FIX] #2833176: Two subsequent redos don't work
[FIX] #2810108: Consistency Recovery does not stop project properly
[FIX] Cannot paste files larger than 100kb
[FIX] EditorManager is stopped when file replacement is in progress
[FIX] #2811452: RosterView shows inconsistent tooltip messages
[FIX] #2787093: Text selections are not removed in some cases
[FIX] #2808945: Inconsistency Warning Triangle should not be shown for host
[FIX] #2668794: Synchronize Role actions
[FIX] #2707215: Sort order in Shared Session View is unpredictable

...and many other small problems

[BUILD] We now use version 3.1.1-beta1 of Smack

This release contains code contributed by (in alphabetical order):

coezbek, marrin, sotitas, sszuecs, s-ziller

-- 
Christopher Oezbek | Freie Universität Berlin | Takustr. 9, 14195 Berlin
http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~oezbek/ | +49 30 838 75242 | Raum 008

[Dpp-announce] Release of Saros 9.7.31.r1565

[Marc 'B. R. <ma...@ri...>]

The Saros Team is proud to announce the release of our fourth beta
version 9.7.31.r1565.


In the last three weeks Saros has improved most notably with regards to

  * ...Display of user names.

  * ...Role changes.

  * ...Preferences dialogs layouts.

  * ...Experimental concurrent undo.

Many thanks to all users of Saros who have participated in our 3 minute
user survey at the end of every fifth session!


Install and update from Eclipse: http://dpp.sf.net/update

Changelog:

[FIX] #2727874: Nickname in SessionView is displayed even if it is
identical to username
[FIX] #2808943: Possible problem with ActivitySequencer for first messsages
[FIX] #2707215: Sort order in Shared Session View unpredictable. Now
every user sees the same order (first host, then the other users
alphabetically by Jabber ID)
[FIX] Checksum error dialog doesn't close on non-resolvable inconsistencies
[FIX] Progress when sending Data was incorrectly set if Jingle failed.
[FIX] Made ''FileList.getXStream()'' thread safe
[FIX] Removed really tiny chance that the session ID gets a negative value.

[UI] Removed possibility to open the broken Chat View
[UI] The user gets a qualified feedback in case of a failing role change
[UI] Role changes can be canceled by the user
[UI] The multi driver enablement is moved from the advanced to the
general preferences page
[UI] The general preferences page is completely restructured (improved
usability)
[UI] User interface did show \n as little squares in the progress column
of the Invitation Dialog

[FEATURE] Concurrent Undo (configurable): Undo undoes only local changes
[FEATURE] Statistic: It is now collected if the local user was the host
of the session or not
[FEATURE] XMPP connection through proxy using Eclipse settings (supports
only HTTP and SOCKS proxies without authentication)