Mylyn & Redmine Integration

Question

I'm trying to get Mylyn and Redmine work together so I can manage tasks right inside Eclipse. I saw this on redmine wiki http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/HowTo_Mylyn but I think it's for the old version of Mylyn.

I can't find the Generic Web Connector plugin for Mylyn but there's this Web templates plugin. I think that one replaced the Generic Web Connector. But it's quite different from the screenshots posted at the Redmine wiki. There's no Task URL, New Task URL, etc.

Answer 1

As of yesterday, Sven has taken down the update site (if you go there, you'll find nothing) since someone reported him to Sourceforge (see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3441532&group_id=228995&atid=1075435).

So, there are NO binaries available now for Eclipse. Does anyone know of alternative ways to get these plugins? I have no clue how to compile.

The GIT and SVN repositories are there, but again as I sad, I'm not a java programmer. Can anyone offer Sven a site where he can store the binaries as an Update?

Answer 2

download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/incubator wont work anymore, for the new update sites look at http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/downloads/

The Web Connector could be found via http://download.eclipse.org/mylyn/incubator/3.5

Answer 3

Also a good read from redmine.

HowTo connect a Mylyn repository to Redmine: http://www.redmine.org/wiki/1/HowTo_Mylyn

Answer 4

Here are the steps to perform integration between Eclipse Mylyn and Redmine. I assume that Eclipse, Mylyn and Redmine are already installed, the latter somewhere in $REDMINE_HOME. Tested with Eclipse 3.7 and Redmine 1.2.1.

Summarily, you need to install an Eclipse plugin AND a Redmine plugin.

1. Go to $REDMINE_HOME/vendor/plugins and run

   git clone git://redmin-mylyncon.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/redmin-mylyncon/redmine-mylyn-connector

2. (Re)start the server, and in Redmine under Administration/Plugins the Mylyn Connector Plugin should be listed

3. Again in Redmine, under Administration/Settings/Authentication, check the "Enable REST web service" field

4. In Eclipse, install the Eclipse connector via its update site

   http://redmin-mylyncon.sourceforge.net/update-site/N/

5. Create your repository and check that it connects, then you are good to go!

Answer 5

Here is what you are looking for:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/redmin-mylyncon/

A Mylyn connector specially for RedMine. It works fine with eclipse ganymede.

The update site is: http://redmin-mylyncon.sourceforge.net/update-site/N/

Answer 6

http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/HowTo_Mylyn http://danmunn.github.com/redmine_mylyn_connector/ https://github.com/danmunn/redmine_mylyn_connector

As of july 2012 now there is a new dedicated Redmine-Mylyn-Connector under active development for Redmine 2.x! (Got to admit, I haven't tested it yet.)

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I am in the process of testing the 1.x connector that can be found on sourceforge, I will edit this post once I am done.

EDIT:
The update-site for the mylyn-plugin from the link in the accepted posting works. As well as the mylyn-connector for the redmine installation. (Tested with 1.3.2 installation, don't forget to restart the web server after installing it. ;))

But both things aren't working out... once the mylyn-connector is installed, the web-interface is not working anymore. ;(

EDIT2:
The special connector works with 2.x and Mylyn finally looks proper.

http://danmunn.github.com/redmine_mylyn_connector/ the redmine server plugin.
http://kenjiru.ro/blog/2012/02/install-the-redmine-mylyn-connector-for-eclipse another server plugin link and the eclipse connector plugin

Will look like this.