Atlassian IDE Connectors : Atlassian Connector for Eclipse - v3.1 Release Notes

17 January 2013

Atlassian presents version 3.1 of the Atlassian Connector for Eclipse.

What's new in this release?

• We've switched to JIRA REST API
• We've improved custom fields handling
• We've improved compatibility with Mylyn 3.9
• We've simplified dependencies between plugins

Important Note when Upgrading

Highlights of this Release

This release of the Atlassian Connector for Eclipse switched to JIRA REST API which is more powerful than SOAP and RSS and allows to better handle custom fields. This way we will be able to fix several reported issues which could not be fixed before.

Switching to REST introduces two limitations:

1. Atlassian Connector for Eclipse v3.1 works only with JIRA 5.0+. If you want to access older JIRA releases, please use the latest 3.0.x version of the Connector.
2. Since version 3.1, Atlassian Connector for Eclipse uses HTTP authentication to access JIRA. If there is additional HTTP authentication required for the a reverse proxy server that fronts JIRA (e.g. Apache web server), then the same credentials are required for both JIRA and the reverse proxy.

We have improved custom fields handling. The issue editor is now able to display more types of custom fields and their values.

Multi User Picker is now able to display all users (not only the first one). We have also added read-only support for the following custom field types:

• Labels
• Group Picker
• Multi Group Picker
• Radio Buttons
• Multi Checkboxes

Mylyn 3.9 changed internal implementation and Update Repository Configuration action stopped working for JIRA task repositories. We have fixed the issue and current version of the Atlassian Connector for Eclipse is compatible with Mylyn 3.9.

We've cleaned and simplified dependencies between plugins. It should significantly reduce number of issues during installation and upgrade process.

Complete List of Fixes in this Release

Key	Summary	P	Status
PLE-1411	NPE on clean workspace when starting Eclipse		Resolved
PLE-1412	Remove not used bundles and features before 3.1 final release if possible		Resolved
PLE-1419	Search result limit does not work for TaskRepository		Resolved
PLE-1415	Basic Auth deprecate - add info in TaskRepo		Resolved
PLE-1413	Add warnig to Task Repository Validate action about JIRA version below 5.0		Resolved
PLE-1278	Eclipse connector interferes with Crowd login on browsers		Closed
PLE-903	Only 1st attribute value shown for a JIRA Multi-User-Picker custom field		Closed
PLE-1399	JQL queries does not work if date is set in query		Resolved
PLE-1389	Move to REST API		Resolved
PLE-1390	Fix error message in TaskRepository dialog displayed for incorrect credentials		Resolved
PLE-1396	Error handling - translate http 401 to JiraAuthenticationException so it is correctly displayed by Mylyn		Resolved
PLE-1397	Display custom fields as it was for RSS client		Resolved
PLE-1395	Full JQL support		Resolved
PLE-1392	Make repository changes recreate REST client so Eclipse restart is not necessary		Resolved
PLE-1386	Installation of the JIRA Connector fails with an error message		Closed
PLE-1423	Mylyn 3.9 compatibility issue: NPE when udpating task repository		Resolved
PLE-1401	NPE when switched from old Connector to the new one		Resolved
PLE-1402	Change upgrade details text for REST version		Resolved
PLE-1407	Add more versbose information when http403 happens		Resolved
PLE-1403	Change JIRA version number in "Add Task Repository" Mylyn dialog		Resolved
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