A Committer's View on Eclipse Automated Error Reporting - EclipseCon Europe 2018

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KARSTEN THOMS A COMMITTER’S VIEW ON ECLIPSE AUTOMATED   ERROR REPORTING https://pixabay.com/de/banner-kopfzeile-k%C3%A4fer-insekten-1711719/

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About • Since 2003 @itemis • Specialized in Language Engineering, Toolchain Development, DevOps • Eclipse Committer since 10 years • Committer on Xtext, Platform, PDE • Contributor for JDT, CDT, Oomph, EMF, Tycho, EGit, Equinox, MWE, SWT • Open Source & Eclipse Evangelist @kthoms @itemis @EclipseCon #EclipseAERI

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LOOKS FAMILIAR ?

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ECLIPSE AUTOMATED ERROR REPORTING • Introduced with Eclipse Mars • Provided by CodeTrails • Current Metrics: • 160 Eclipse Projects enabled • 71k Problems, 47k UNRESOLVED • 2.7 Mio Incidents

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FEEDBACK TO USER

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BUT HOW THIS WORKS FROM COMMITTERS VIEW ?

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AERI https://dev.eclipse.org/recommenders/committers/aeri/v2 THE ECLIPSE AUTOMATED ERROR REPORTING CLIENT

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XTEXT

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Possibly sensible data

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Low Hanging Fruits Let’s pick some! https://pixabay.com/de/apple-baum-garten-gr%C3%BCn-obst-970352/

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EXAMPLES • Example 1: NPE in SmartImportWizard • Example 2: NPE in TextSelectionNavigationLocation

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POSSIBLE ENHANCEMENTS • Relate the incident on the Problem page to concrete platform version • Link to source • Linking multiple problems to one bugzilla ticket also in bugzilla ("See also" link) • Search similar problems which deduplication did not detect (improve manual deduplication)

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CONCLUSION • Dramatically reduces effort for users to report issues • Possible to focus on the errors that many users are facing • Easy to pick Low Hanging Fruits • Consequent working on reported issues improves stability of the platform

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