Rodin Platform 3.1 Release Notes

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What's New in Rodin 3.1?

  • Copy/Paste of components (machines/contexts/…) from Event-B Explorer.
  • Show/Hide elements inherited from abstractions in Rodin Editor (abstract invariants/guards/…):

ShowInherited.png HideInherited.png

This noticeably lightens model display in refinements.
  • Better proving support for theories (improved sequent translation for external provers).
  • Improved management of obsolete proofs: now, even a proof that contains rules from an invalid reasoner (old version or not installed) is properly displayed in the Proof Skeleton View.

ProofSkelUncertain.png

In this case, an old version of 'simplification rewrites' has been used; running 'Proof Replay on Undischarged POs' will replay the old proof with the current version of the reasoner.

Changes for plug-in developers

Rodin 3.1 is built on top of Eclipse 4.4.1 (Luna).

Installing

Downloading

Download Rodin 3.1 now !

Upgrading from Rodin 3.0

Rodin 3.1 is based on Eclipse 4, whereas Rodin 3.0 was based on Eclipse 3. This change makes it impossible to upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1. Technically speaking, it's because of hidden package dependencies in Eclipse 4 that are not automatically discovered by the update manager. Thus, Rodin 3.1 must be downloaded.

Requirements - Compatibility

  • Configurations supported (and for which binaries are provided)
    • Linux 32-bit
    • Linux 64-bit
    • Windows 32-bit
    • Windows 64-bit
    • Mac OS X 64-bit
  • You need to have a Java JRE (6.0 or later) installed on your computer. The Rodin product will not work with a previous version. To run Rodin 64-bit, you need a 64-bit JRE.
  • To enhance your proving experience, the eclipse font settings (size, aspect...) are available from the preferences (General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Rodin). These settings allow you to modify the properties set on the Event-B Keyboard Text Font which is used in many views of the Proving UI. However, to enjoy these functionnalities, you need to install the Brave Sans Mono font on your system. You can download this font from the link here.
  • Linux with GTK and old glibc:
A crash or display issues may happen:
  • glibc <= 2.13: SIGSEGV systematic at launch
  • glibc 2.17: some actions have no effect, like right click actions in the Rodin Editor
See [1].
Solutions, one of:
  1. upgrade glibc >= 2.19
  2. export SWT_GTK3=0
  3. edit rodin.ini, in the program argument part (before vmargs), add
--launcher.GTK_version
2
  • Linux 64-bit:
package 'libc6-amd64:i386' must be installed, in particular in order to run external prover binaries
depending on the distribution, you could instead need these packages: lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
  • Windows 64-bit:
Atelier B provers work more slowly; it can cause ML to not automatically discharge some sequents that it discharges on windows 32-bit, due to its timeout. A workaround is to download a custom profile: DefaultAuto_ML800, then Window > Preferences > Event-B > Sequent Prover > Auto/Post Tactic > Profiles (tab) > Import..., point to the downloaded file, 'Select All' profiles (there are 2), OK. Then in 'Auto/Post Tactic' tab, select 'Default Auto Tactic Profile (ML 800)' profile for auto-tactics. It is the same as the 'Default Auto Tactic Profile', except ML has a longer timeout (800 ms). You can of course change this timeout by editing the 'ML (800)' profile.
We have not noticed this problem for Linux 64-bit, nor for other platforms; however if you do, the same workaround applies.

External plug-ins

Rodin Update Site

http://rodin-b-sharp.sourceforge.net/updates


Plug-in name Version Status MCV* Release Date Contact Additional info
IUMLB big.png Event-B Class Diagrams 1.0.0 available 29th Jan 2015 email Class diagrams contained in Event-B Machines.
IUMLB big.png Event-B State-machines 3.1.0 available 22nd Dec 2014 email State-machines contained in Event-B Machines.
IUMLB big.png Event-B State-machine Animation 2.1.2 available 19th Dec 2014 email Compatible with Event-B statemachines 3.x.x and ProB 3.0.x.
Project diagram icon s.png Project Diagram 1.0.1 available 1st Feb. 2015 email Machine - Context relationship diagram
Umlb32.gif UML-B 2.3.0 available 18th Oct. 2014 email Original UML-B modelling environment
Umlb32.gif UML-B Statemachine Animation 1.3.0 available 18th Oct. 2014 email Compatible with UML-B 2.3 and ProB 3.0
Event-B EMF framework 5.0.0 available 19th Dec 2014 email Provided for plug-in developers. End users should not need to install this framework. It will be installed automatically by other plug-ins as required.
Event-B EMF support for extensions 4.0.0 available 19th Dec 2014 email Provided for plug-in developers. End users should not need to install this framework. It will be installed automatically by other plug-ins as required.
Event-B EMF support for diagrams 5.1.0 available 22nd Dec 2014 email Provided for plug-in developers. End users should not need to install this framework. It will be installed automatically by other plug-ins as required.
Rose.gif Rose 1.6.0 available 22nd Dec 2014 email Mainly useful for Plug-in developers. Tree-structured editor for Event-B EMF that handles extensions without modification
Shared Event Composition 1.7.0 not checked 25th Nov. 2014 email Compatible with Rodin 3.0.x
Refactory 1.3.0 not checked 3.x.x 6th May 2014 email Compatible with Rodin 3.0.x.
DecompositionPlug-in logo.png Decomposition 1.3.0 not checked 25th Nov. 2014 email Compatible with Rodin 3.0.x.
Relevance Filter 1.1.1 not checked 2.x.x
Isabelle for Rodin not checked 2.x.x
Theory Plug-in 3.0.0 available 17th Dec 2014 email
Code Generation 0.2.5 not checked 29th Aug. 2013 email For Java, Ada, and OpenMP C code
SMT Solvers 1.2.1 available 14th March 2014 Laurent Voisin
Pattern 0.9.0 available 3.x.x 13th March 2015 Thai Son Hoang
Qualitative Probability 0.2.2 available 3.x.x 9th March 2015 Thai Son Hoang
B2Latex export 0.5.4 available 2.5.x 16th April 2012 email
Generic Instantiation (Soton) 1.0.1 not checked 05th March 2013 email
Records 1.0.1 not checked 16th Oct. 2010 email No longer actively supported - please email if you wish to use this plugin
Teamwork 1.1.0 not checked 15th Oct. 2010 email No longer actively supported - please email if you wish to use this plugin

B Method Update Site

http://methode-b.com/update_site/atelierb_provers


Plug-in name Version Status MCV* Release Date Contact Additional info
AtelierB.png Atelier-B provers 2.1.0 available 3.x.x 18th March 2014 email Read the instructions concerning 64-bit compatibility : here .

Some antiviruses are suspicious about krt.exe (the AtelierB prover executable): just authorize its execution.

Other Update Sites

Plug-in name Version Status MCV* Release Date Contact Additional info
AnimB.png AnimB not checked Christophe Métayer Use the update site http://www.animb.org/updatesite
Camille 3.1.x available 3.1.0 28th January 2015 Sebastian Krings Use the Camille update site http://www.stups.uni-duesseldorf.de/camille_updates
Make sure to install the Event-B EMF Framework version 5.0.0 or greater.
Mlogo big.png Modularisation not checked 2.x.x email Use the update site http://www.iliasov.org/modplugin
Generic Instantiation 1.1.0 not checked 3.0.x 1 August 2014 Thai Son Hoang Use the update site http://gen-inst.sourceforge.net/updates
Group refinement not checked 2.x.x email Use the update site http://iliasov.org/refplugin
Flows/Use case extension not checked 2.x.x email Use the update site http://iliasov.org/usecase
Prob eventb wiki logo.png ProB 3.0.x available 3.1.x 15th January 2015 Jens Bendisposto Use the ProB update site. http://www.stups.uni-duesseldorf.de/prob_updates_rodin3
The Plug-in includes BMotion Studio
For older Rodin versions use http://www.stups.uni-duesseldorf.de/prob_updates
ProR logo.png ProR 0.12.0 available 3.1.x 13th January 2015 Lukas Ladenberger Update site: http://update.formalmind.com/rodin
Project web site: http://eclipse.org/rmf
MBT for Event-B Logo Medium.png MBT plugin 2.0 not checked 2.7.x 5th of March 2012 Alin Stefanescu Use the update site http://fmi.upit.ro/mbt_plugin
Mode/FT Views 1.0.2 not checked 2.4.x 4th July 2011 Ilya Lopatkin Update site: http://rodinmodeftview.sourceforge.net/
Transformation patterns 1.0 not checked 2.x.x 4th July 2011 Ilya Lopatkin Update site: http://rodinmodeftview.sourceforge.net/
EHDL Ver2.png
VHDL code generator 2.0.2 not checked 2.x.x 12th March 2012 Sergey Ostroumov Update site: http://www.eventb-to-vhdl.tk/

*MCV stands for the Rodin's Maximum Compatible Version

Known plug-in incompatibilities

It unfortunately might exists some incompatibilities between plug-ins. This list might be non exhaustive and is updated accorded to user experiences. If you encounter some conflict while installing or using plug-ins, please send a mail to the Rodin User List or feel free to complete the following table.

Plug-in name Incompatible with

Fixed Bugs and Implemented Features

Bugs

255 RODIN crash adding text to note or text box in class diagram
402 EB-Editor refuses to save
521 NewPP, PP, ML fail when datatype in type environment
571 useless missing hypotheses prevent replay
648 proving does not work with Ubuntu 64bit
652 Multiple exceptions in EventB Explorer when updating with Teamwork
706 No WD check building Partial function
710 Rodin unexpectedly empties content of a machine
712 Attempt to insert symbol into symbol table more than once
713 GenMP makes the prover loop
714 Abusive class cast in PRProofRule
715 Auto-completion partially broken in Proof Control
717 Exception when deserializing an old proof (Rodin 2.8)
718 Bug with "generalized MP" reasoner
720 No warning when quantifying an event parameter
721 Denormalized hypothesis not hidden
722 Incorrect proof skeleton
723 Replay less powerful than proving UI
726 Wrong factory after specialization
727 Type specialization incomplete
729 clicking on a proof rule for finite leads to "Parse error for expression"

Feature Requests

98 Copy & Paste
198 Copy/Paste in Event-B component context menu
306 Boolean attributes shall not change value at single click
313 Automatically discharge FINITE with inclusion
317 Add preference for SMT timeout
323 Refine PO for variant WD
326 Simplify PO for anticipated event
327 Smart focus in wizards
328 Allow rewriting based on equivalence
335 Allow ill-formed formulas in specialization
336 Add query methods to specializations
337 Sort tactic names alphabetically

Known Issues

See known bugs on SourceForge.

  • Linux:
A crash may occur when closing the Welcome page. After restarting Rodin, everything works fine.
This is a known Webkit bug: [2]

Disclaimer

Since Rodin is continuously maintained, several unsoundness bugs which have been encountered were investigated and fixed. However, despite the total commitment of our teams to ensure the soundness of the platform, some unexpected and unknown soundness issues could remain. We would be grateful if you would report these issues to the development mailing list.

About

Rodin Platform with git commit: e1a03f3.
Developer Release date : 2014-11-28
User Release date : 2014-12-17.