Chiliproject Mylyn connector (Feature #456)

Thumbs up for this feature. I think it is very useful to have this integration.

I tried to setup http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/redmin-mylyncon/ on server and client but it didn't work (404 error).

Daniele Segato wrote:

There is a Redmine Mylyn connector available: http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/redmin-mylyncon/

This is a feature request.
Integration and porting of existing plugin is of key importance for the success of chiliproject.

Can you also tell me if the Redmine Mylyn connector / plugin is compatible with the current Chiliproject stable? (1.4)
Will it be with the next release 2.0?

Mylyn integration is a must have for Eclipse developer, see http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/redmin-mylyncon/ (focus on demo for tasks)

Pedram H wrote:

Thumbs up for this feature. I think it is very useful to have this integration.

I tried to setup http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/redmin-mylyncon/ on server and client but it didn't work (404 error).

Pedram, which version?
I tried with version 1.4 and it seems to work...
not good as I hoped for but I see the bug list in Task List.

Anyway I think that Integration like this with should be maintained or supported directly by Chiliproject.

Daniele Segato wrote:

Anyway I think that Integration like this with should be maintained or supported directly by Chiliproject.

I'd welcome someone to start supporting it. I personally don't use Eclipse and haven't for a few years now so it's not something I could work on. But if someone is maintaining the Mylyn side, there are a few of us who can help on the server (Ruby) side.

Just enable REST web service in admin panel and it works for me as well :)

Daniele Segato wrote:

Pedram H wrote:

Thumbs up for this feature. I think it is very useful to have this integration.

I tried to setup http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/redmin-mylyncon/ on server and client but it didn't work (404 error).

Pedram, which version?
I tried with version 1.4 and it seems to work...
not good as I hoped for but I see the bug list in Task List.

Anyway I think that Integration like this with should be maintained or supported directly by Chiliproject.

Pedram H wrote:

Just enable REST web service in admin panel and it works for me as well :)

Pedram can you tell which version did you tried out?
I know it working with version 1.4.0 and version 2.1.1

And I'm actually waiting to update because I don't know about plugin backward compatibility with redmine. (I think this to be the most problematic thing for the chiliproject project)

I'm using Chili 3.0.0 with Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo). When using the current version of the Redmine plugin (2.7.6) and connecting using an API key I can create the repository fine (it recognizes it as Redmine 3.0.0!) but when I attempt to create a Task query it gives an error: Server Error : undefined method `visible_condition for #<Class:0x7f031db53b10>

I'm very keen to have Mylyn integration with Chiliproject. However, the author of the Redmine plugin is not keen to support two versions and so we cannot expect official support from him. He makes the point that both Mylyn and Redmine changes require plugin changes from him already and supporting Chiliproject would also add to this workload - see here.

Ideally someone with Java and Ruby skills will offer to fork the existing project and support it, but that seems like "a big ask".

Another viable approach is to add update sites for http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/snapshots/indigo and http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/incubator/3.7 to Eclipse and then install the Mylyn Tasks Connector: Web Templates - this is how we used to do it before the Redmine-Mylyn Connector existed.

Finally, it seems that the specific error I am getting is caused by changes to the Redmine plugin introduced with the most recent version (2.7.6) to support the issue visibility features in Redmine (see here).

Therefore, for the time being I have managed to get the existing plugin to work by:

cd $CHILI_ROOT
sudo git clone git://redmin-mylyncon.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/redmin-mylyncon/redmine-mylyn-connector vendor/chiliproject_plugins/redmine-mylyn-connector
cd vendor/chiliproject_plugins/redmine-mylyn-connector
sudo git checkout 2.7.5

How long this will work for I don't know, but it suits me for now!

Roger Hunwicks wrote:

I'm using Chili 3.0.0 with Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo). When using the current version of the Redmine plugin (2.7.6) and connecting using an API key I can create the repository fine (it recognizes it as Redmine 3.0.0!) but when I attempt to create a Task query it gives an error: Server Error : undefined method `visible_condition for #<Class:0x7f031db53b10>

I'm very keen to have Mylyn integration with Chiliproject. However, the author of the Redmine plugin is not keen to support two versions and so we cannot expect official support from him. He makes the point that both Mylyn and Redmine changes require plugin changes from him already and supporting Chiliproject would also add to this workload - see here.

Ideally someone with Java and Ruby skills will offer to fork the existing project and support it, but that seems like "a big ask".

Another viable approach is to add update sites for http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/snapshots/indigo and http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/incubator/3.7 to Eclipse and then install the Mylyn Tasks Connector: Web Templates - this is how we used to do it before the Redmine-Mylyn Connector existed.

Finally, it seems that the specific error I am getting is caused by changes to the Redmine plugin introduced with the most recent version (2.7.6) to support the issue visibility features in Redmine (see here).

Therefore, for the time being I have managed to get the existing plugin to work by:
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How long this will work for I don't know, but it suits me for now!

Working for me as well.

Can someone in the Chiliproject developers team review the Redmine plugin and give us an idea of the effort it would take to make it fully compatible with chiliproject?

You said you were willing to help whoever stepped in to maintain a fork, I'd like to know what's the effort of maintaining that kind of fork, thanks.