August Iteration Plan

[kieferrm]

Endgame Schedule

• August, 29th Code freeze for the endgame
• September, 2nd Endgame done

Monday

• Code freeze at 5pm PT
• Ensure we have a green build on all platforms Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
• All test items contain sufficiently comprehensive test descriptions by 6pm PT

Tuesday

• Test build starts at 7am CET / 10pm PT on Monday
• Test plan ready by 8am CET / 11pm PT on Monday
• Testing

Wednesday

• Testing
• Remind team members to assign issues that they intend to fix to the August milestone
• Fixing (self-assigned, milestone assigned)
• Verification

Thursday

• Fixing (scrutiny sets in - major bugs only - to be discussed in stand-up meeting, labeled as candidate)
• Add/update shrink-wrap files for built-in extensions if needed (see instructions) Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
• Update OSSREADME.json for built-in extensions based on differences to generated npm-shrinkwrap.json files if needed Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
• Run OSS tool after merging shrink-wrap findings Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • The LCA review of the ThirdPartyNotices.txt files is not needed anymore
• Check new OSS usage is entered into the OSS registry Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)

Friday

• Satellite modules/npm packages ready, version updated, smoke tested
  • vscode Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • yo generator Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • vsce João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • node debug Andre Weinand (@weinand)
• Translation input - Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
• Verification: since there are quite some old bugs to verify we decided to verify by age, youngest first. The queries we used are:
  • Verification needed
  • August Bugs
  • July Bugs
  • June Bugs
  • May Bugs
  • April and Before
• Fixing (only critical bugs - no string changes)
• Smoketest
  • Windows - alexandrudima
  • OS X - Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
  • Linux - Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Windows - roblourens
  • OS X - Pine (@octref)
  • Linux - Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
• All release notes updated. Release notes are collected in a file named 1_5.md in this repo directory
  • alexandrudima
  • Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero) 
  • Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
  • Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn) 
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm) 
  • Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  • Pine (@octref)
  • Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)
  • roblourens
  • Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
• Acknowledge pull requests in release notes. We acknowledge PRs from outside the team. ALL
  • alexandrudima
  • Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero) 
  • Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
  • Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn) 
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm) 
  • Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  • Pine (@octref)
  • Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)
  • roblourens
  • Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
• Mention notable fixes in the release notes:
  • alexandrudima
  • Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero) 
  • Christof Marti (@chrmarti)
  • Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
  • Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn) 
  • João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm) 
  • Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  • Pine (@octref)
  • Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)
  • roblourens
  • Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)

Friday/Monday

• When done fixing/verifying and there are changes since last build at the end of day PT
  • Trigger new insider build and publish it manually (Friday: Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm), Moday: Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer))
• Pause scheduled insider builds (Friday: Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm), Moday: Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer))
• Branch code to `release/1.5 (Friday: Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm), Moday: Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer))
• Announce master is open for business (Friday: Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm), Moday: Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer))
• Polish release notes aweinand

Monday/Tuesday

• Publish Insider with hand-picked and reviewed candidate fixes Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)

Thursday/Friday

• Build stable for all platforms Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
• Smoke test stable build (commit: 4fc690b)
  • Windows - Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
  • OS X - roblourens
  • Linux - Andre Weinand (@weinand) (pls also see dep package item below)
• Sanity check of installable bits
  • Windows
    • signed installer Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
    • zip @dbaeumerr
  • Linux
    • deb package 64-bit Andre Weinand (@weinand)
    • deb package 32-bit Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
    • rpm package 64-bit Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
    • rpm package 32-bit Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
    • archives Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
• Publish website Greg Van Liew (@gregvanl)
• Release stable (commit: 4fc690b) Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
• Add a git tag to HEAD of release/1.5 in format 1.5.z Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
• Twitter announcement Sean McBreen (@seanmcbreen)
• Enable scheduled insider builds Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)

1.5.x

• Merge translations Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)
• Rebuild for all platforms Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)

General

This plan captures what we work on during August. We will ship early September.
This is a 5 week iteration compared to our usual 4 week iterations.
This release will be fully translated you will see that reflected in our endgame schedule. We will hold back making the stable release available until we have all trandslations.

Vacation/Off time

Several of us who have not yet been on vacation are out on average 1-2 weeks. Thus, team members show up with different loads.

Plan Items

Mark	Description
🏃	work in progress
✋	blocked task
💪	stretch goal for this iteration

Feedback

• Support Intellisense in the Debug Console debugAdapter console intellisense Apis #8114 Andre Weinand (@weinand) isidor
  • Test Test: suggestions in debug repl #10997
  • Release notes
• Emmet: Enable emmet for other file extensions Feature Request: Enable emmet for other file extensions. #9500 Erich Gamma (@egamma)
  • Test Test: Enable emmet for other languages #9500 #11139
  • Release notes
• Support file icons in explorer Evaluate file icons contributions #10294 Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli) Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
• 🏃 Continue on Quick Open performance Searching large projects is too slow #55 Christof Marti (@chrmarti) Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • Test Test: QuickOpen file search #11035
  • Release notes
• Add a setting to control Angular-1 tag completion proposals when editing HTML [html] Allow to disable angular1 completion proposals #9797 Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli)
  • Release notes

Extension Contributions

• 🏃 VIM: Continue to increase command coverage (see VIM extension roadmap) Peng Lyu (@rebornix)
  -Test Test Scrolling and Folding API commands within VSCodeVim #11147
• 🏃 Go: Help managing issues Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)
• ESLint, TSLint, and jsHint: Regular maintenance Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer) Erich Gamma (@egamma) Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)
  • lint on save option
  • 🏃 support to configure location of the linter module
    • Test Test: ESLint #11100
• Language Server Protocol and SDK: Regular maintenance Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer)

API Improvements for Extensions

• VIM: Continue to work on the API gaps backlog (see VIM API Gaps #8997) including
  - Test Test Scrolling and Folding API commands within VSCodeVim #11147
  • Window/page scroll commands Implement Window/Page scroll commands #9609 Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • More API to control folding, navigation with folding Feature request: API for managing folding area #9786 Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli) Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • Expose Undo history API Request: Control over history #8096 alexandrudima
  • Add reason to selection change event Add 'Reason' to SelectionChangeEvent #8093 Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
• Language API
  • Enable more efficient Workspace Symbol Provider by making the offset resolution lazy Not possible to implement WorkspaceSymbolProvider with only offset information? #890 Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
    • Test Test lazy WorkspaceSymbolProvider #11113
  • Support multiple edits for a completion item allowing languages such as Java and C# to automatically add imports CompletionItem - multiple text edits, onDidAcceptCommand #6874 Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
    • Test Test completion enhancements #11111
• Terminal
  • Expose API to run a command in the terminal Expose integrated terminal extension API #9957 Daniel Imms (@Tyriar)
    • Test Test: Integrated terminal API #11133
• Extension doc
  • Add the Language Extension Checklist to our docs Kai Maetzel (@kieferrm)

Engineering

• Debt: Refactor editor action/command enablement alexandrudima
• Add coverage reports to the VS Code builds alexandrudima
• API - Support programmatic cancellation of quick box Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)
  • Test Test cancelable input/quick pick #11110
• Debt: Suggest support, handle incomplete result sets and cleanup.
• Configuration settings - refactor the service to enable write access as an API Simplify the configuration service, enable programmatic modification #8937 Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • Test Test: Configuration and environment service cleanup #11023
• Editor - extract more colors defined by the editor as custom settings in themes Extract the colors defined by editor as vs code custom settings in themes #11095 Sandeep Somavarapu (@sandy081)
  • Test Tests for custom TM theme settings #11126
  • Release notes
• Electron investigate into adoption of latest version Adopt latest version of Electron #10206 Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
  • we will not switch to a new version of Electron in August
• Extensions:
  • Adopt the installation performance improvements from the Market place Adopt Marketplace CDN changes #10180 João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
  • Extension details view: show more information about an installed extension Extension details view should show extension contributions #10366 João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
    • Test Test: Extension details view #11118
  • Provide command to update all out of date extensions Add update all extensions button/command #8124 João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
    • Test Test: Improve extension bulk update story #11119
  • Support other sorting orders in the extensions viewlet Other sort orders for extensions #8022 João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
    • Test Test: Support other sorting orders in the extensions viewlet #11120
  • Provide an option to automatically update outdated extensions João Moreno (@joaomoreno)
    • Test Test: Improve extension bulk update story #11119
• Debug:
  • incorporate debug protocol additions backlog Andre Weinand (@weinand)
    • support for intellisense Debug Protocol: support for intellisense vscode-debugadapter-node#48
      • Test Test: suggestions in debug repl #10997
    • support for launching debuggee in VS Code terminal Debug Protocol: support for launching debuggee in VS Code terminal  vscode-debugadapter-node#47
    • Release notes
  • Implement debug target launching in integrated terminal Implement debug target launching in integrated terminal #10574 Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn) Andre Weinand (@weinand)
    • Test Test: debug target launching in integrated terminal  #11091
    • Release notes
  • Node debugging - continue investigate into supporting/switching to the Chrome Debugger Protocol that comes with node 7.0 Gap Analysis: chrome-debug vs. node-debug vscode-node-debug2#1 Andre Weinand (@weinand)
  • Multi line debug repl input VSCode debug console should support multiline input #8115
    • Test Test: multi line debug repl input #10996
    • Release notes
  • Multi-level chunking of large arrays Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn)
    • Test Test: Multi level variable paging #10995
    • Release notes
• Integrated Terminal - Continue to work on the Integrated Terminal backlog Integrated Terminal Backlog #9959 Daniel Imms (@Tyriar). This includes
  • Add scroll bar to integrated terminal Add scroll bar to integrated terminal #6602
    - Test Test: Integrated terminal scroll bar #11134

Feedback Channels

• Error telemetry (managed in VSTS) Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a), Matt Bierner (@mjbvz)
  • Improve performance and fix timeout issue
  • Filter out extension errors, but keep errors from built-in extensions
  • Source map support
  • First steps on
    • Define process for how to digest them
    • web site improvements
• Telemetry Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a), Matt Bierner (@mjbvz)
  • Event completion tests
  • Pipeline tests
• Power BI Dashboards
  • 🏃 Explore BigQuery as a source instead of SQL Matt Bierner (@mjbvz)
  • 🏃 Improve data refresh times by improving SQL queries Ramya Rao (@ramya-rao-a)

UX

• 🏃 Design for horizontal editor layout support Support to split editors horizontally #1749 Steven Clarke (@stevencl) Brad Gashler (@bgashler1) Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero)
• 🏃 How to preview complex refactorings (e.g. for Python) Steven Clarke (@stevencl)

Deferred

• Settings - Add API to change a user setting. Allow extensions to set configuration options. #1396 Johannes Rieken (@jrieken) additional requirements have emerged, e.g, to also support changing launch.json programmatically (see next item). We need more time to cover this requirement and come up with an API that we are confident with
• ✋ Debug - API support to participate in launch.json generation Debt: Support launch.json creation through extension host code #9061 Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn) see previous item
• Investigate support for composite undo Support composite Undo #9897 Johannes Rieken (@jrieken) alexandrudima we will start with a spec
• ✋ Show release notes in product Show the release notes in the product instead of providing link #10179 João Moreno (@joaomoreno) we have an implementation that fetches the release notes from github, which has the throtteling issue. Plan is to fetch the release notes from the web site. This requires changes to the website
• ✋ VIM extension - improve support for the '.' command need to clarify the requirements
• HTML as extension Extract the html support into an extension #8938 Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli) not ready yet to replace the current implementation
• ✋ Initial exploration of supporting nested languages. First step is CSS and JS in HTML files such as [html] CSS autocomplete not working inside style in html file #8928. Martin Aeschlimann (@aeschli) depends on HTML as extension Extract the html support into an extension #8938, which didn't finish
• ✋ Explore open/install an extension from the Market Place Explore open/install an extension from the Market Place #10340 João Moreno (@joaomoreno) url handler is in place, needs to be exposed in the market place
• ✋ TypeScript: incremental builder Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer) depends on adoption by the TS team, work is currently deferred
• Debug - Debt add globbing support for the outdir attribute in the launch config. work is done, change is risky, will be released to insiders early in the September milestone
• ✋ TypeScript: Adopt TypeScript 2.0 Adopt Typescript 2.0 #10136 Dirk Bäumer (@dbaeumer) _TS 2.0 will not be available in August _
• ✋ Backspace, left and right in Windows integrated terminal cause prompt to go out of sync Backspace, left and right in Windows integrated terminal cause prompt to go out of sync in Git bash #7345 Originally we had issues to reproduce the problem. We now found that this only happens in the bash on Windows which lowers its priority.

[leaxoy]

#10188 change command+<number> key behaviors.
#10191 redesign shortcut key for sidebar and grant ability to hide sidebar.
#10257 Duplicate action for split editor.
😂 add minimap.
Feedback to github issues directly not for twitter.(right bottom feedback emoji button).
File icons in tabbar not only in explorer.

[glen-84]

Explore extended workbench support for UI themes that may include custom file explorer icons. #?????

• Add file icons support in the explorer
• Add some API to support GUI customization
• Support to theme the entire workbench

Related: #459, #1884.

[glen-84]

Mouhong Lin (@mouhong) This issue is not the place for feature requests.

[niieani]

I just wanted to express my appreciation to the whole VSCode team. You guys are doing some fantastic work!
I feel there isn't enough space for praise on GitHub, yet it's so important for any project like this. Knowing from experience, it also keeps people motivated and away from burning-out.
Out of the many public projects out there, you guys are one of the fastest, most agile and best organized I know of.
Bravo and Kudos, VSCode team! 👏 👏 ❤️

[egamma]

Bazyli Brzóska (@niieani) thanks for the kind comment. I'll make sure that it is shared with the entire team.

[egamma]

1.5 has been shipped - closing