Jupiter 4.0.0 Released

Hello all,

I have just uploaded the newest build of Jupiter to both the update site and the downloads section of the Jupiter homepage.  This release should work with Eclipse 3.3.x Europa, Eclipse 3.4.x Ganymede, Eclipse 3.5.x Galileo, Eclipse 3.6.x Helios Eclipse 3.7.x Indigo, and Eclipse 4.2.0 Juno.

This is purely another bug fix release. I received an email saying that it didn't work with Eclipse Juno so I investigated and made some minor changes to the code. I apologize to those of you who had trouble with Jupiter and Eclipse Indigo. I missed the notification about an Eclipse Indigo bug being entered into the issue tracker.

There is only one change in this version. The plugin will no longer check for newer versions on the server. This does not work properly with newer versions of Eclipse so it has been disabled. The built in plugin updating system in Eclipse can be used instead.

I hope it works for you all.  If you find any problems please use the Jupiter User's Groups (http://groups.google.com/group/jupiter-users).  Note that your first post may not show up immediately because I have had to tighten security due to spam mail.  Don't worry, I will get notified that you posted.  Once I approve it everything should show up normally in the group.

Thank you all.

Jupiter 3.6.0 Released

Hello all,

I have just uploaded the newest build of Jupiter to both the update site and the downloads section of the Jupiter homepage. This release should work with Eclipse 3.3.x Europa, Eclipse 3.4.x Ganymede, Eclipse 3.5.x Galileo, Eclipse 3.6.x Helios.

To see the issues that were closed for this release go to:

http://code.google.com/p/jupiter-eclipse-plugin/issues/list?can=1&q=Milestone%3DRelease3.6.0

This is purely another bug fix release. I mostly wanted to get out the fix for files not being refreshed and also the fix for users being removed from the DEFAULT review when editing a new review. I never finished the big refactoring I was working on so some bugs have once again been delayed as they were intended to be rolled into that. It is half done but the code does not compile at the present time so it will not be committed to be built.

I hope it works for you all. If you find any problems please use the Jupiter User's Groups (http://groups.google.com/group/jupiter-users). Note that your first post may not show up immediately because I have had to tighten security due to spam mail. Don't worry, I will get notified that you posted. Once I approve it everything should show up normally in the group.

I know it has been over a year since the last release of Jupiter and I apologize for that. I hope you all have a Happy 2011.

Thank you for using Jupiter!

Jupiter 3.6.x Still Slated For Release

Hello all,

I'm so sorry that there have been no releases for Jupiter the past year. I just wanted to let you all know that I haven't given up on Jupiter and I know some of you were waiting for the next version and it never came. As far as I know the last version 3.5.1 does work with Helios. If it does not work properly please email me the issues you are having.

I had been in the middle of ripping some things up and I just never finished due to some unforseen circumstances of life. Things are finally improving and I will try to get it going again. The code that I have right now is not ready to go live. I do not have an estimated release date at this time.

I apologize again and hope that version 3.5.1 will tide all of you over for now. Thank you for your continued support.

Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) Arrives Tomorrow

Hello all,

I know it has been a while since the last release. I just wanted to let you know that I am planning to release Jupiter 3.6.0 after the Helios release. This will be mostly to fix any issues that may appear with the new Eclipse release. There will be no functionality improvements for this release, only minor bug fixes. Anything that had been planned for Jupiter 3.5.2 has either been reassigned to 3.6.0 or to 3.6.1.

To see the issues scheduled for fixing go to:

http://code.google.com/p/jupiter-eclipse-plugin/issues/list

I have not used Jupiter with any of the Helios milestones or release candidates. I will only be testing against tomorrow's release. I will send out the normal announcement email when the next release is ready.

Jupiter 3.5.1 Released

Hello all,

I have just uploaded the newest build of Jupiter to both the update site and the downloads section of the Jupiter homepage.  This release should work with Eclipse 3.3.x Europa, Eclipse 3.4.x Ganymede, and Eclipse 3.5.x Galileo.

To see the issues that were closed for this release go to:

http://code.google.com/p/jupiter-eclipse-plugin/issues/list?can=1&q=label%3AMilestone-Release3.5.1

The biggest thing in this release is the removal of JDT and the dependency on the org.junit plugin.  This means that Jupiter no longer requires any Java development specific plugins.  This will hopefully allow it to run out of the box with other Eclipse builds that do not come with JDT, such as the C/C++ Developers build.  To all of you using CDT I encourage you to download the latest Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers and give it a try.

What does this mean for us Java developers?  Nothing really.  Everything is the same except for one thing.  The Jupiter perspective no longer includes the Package Explorer.  You can still open it yourself but by default it will not be there.  Project Explorer has taken its place in the perspective.  So far that I can see Project Explorer does everything Package Explorer can do.

This release also fixes a few bugs.  Jupiter no longer throws an exception when clicking the "+" above the review table when there are no projects selected.  Also, this release fixes a bug with the review storage directory.  If you included Windows path separators in the storage direction (i.e. etc\reviews) any UNIX/Linux based system would create a folder like "etc\reviews" instead of creating the directory tree etc/reviews.  Now even if Windows separators are used Jupiter will correctly create the directory structure on all platforms.

I hope it works for you all.  I have tried to test it on multiple Eclipse versions on multiple platforms.  If you find any problems please use the Jupiter User's Groups (http://groups.google.com/group/jupiter-users).  Note that your first post may not show up immediately because I have had to tighten security due to spam mail.  Don't worry, I will get notified that you posted.  Once I approve it everything should show up normally in the group.

Thank you for using Jupiter!

Jupiter 3.5.0 Now Available

Hello all,

I have just uploaded the newest build of Jupiter to both the update site and the downloads section of the Jupiter homepage.  This release works with Eclipse 3.3.x Europa, Eclipse 3.4.x Ganymede, and Eclipse 3.5 Galileo. Please note that the older versions will not work with Eclipse 3.5.

To see the issues that were closed for this release go to:

http://code.google.com/p/jupiter-eclipse-plugin/issues/list?can=1&q=label%3AMilestone-Release3.5.0

The only notable thing I think is that the "Add Review Issue..." option should appear in more of the editors allowing Jupiter to work with more file types.  This will not fix it for all editors but hopefully will allow most of them to work with Jupiter.  So far I know that it does not work properly with Eclipse's XML Editor.

If you find any problems please use the Jupiter User's Groups (http://groups.google.com/group/jupiter-users).

NOTE: For those of you using Ganymede or Galileo, if Jupiter pops up the box asking you to update and you click "Update Now" the update box that appears may not update Jupiter correctly (it pops up the old Eclipse 3.2 and 3.3 style update box).  I don't know why.  Sometimes it says that it is updating it but after restarting Eclipse it is still reporting the old version.  If you use either version your best bet is to go to Help --> Software Update... (Ganymede) or Help --> Install New Software... (Galileo) and use those methods of updating.  I have written an issue for this problem but I may choose to just remove the update check since newer versions of Eclipse have introduced their own ways of checking for plugin updates.

Last but not least, I have updated the user guide to include Eclipse 3.5.  This can be downloaded from Jupiter's homepage.

Jupiter 3.4.2 Is NOT Compatible With Eclipse 3.5

Hello all,

I'm not sure if anyone has tried Eclipse 3.5 with Jupiter 3.4.2 but I am in the process of testing for the Jupiter 3.5.0 release and I am getting an error. It is a very bad error as you can't add any review issues that are associated with lines in a file. I am working on this and hope to have Jupiter 3.5.0 out sometime this weekend.