Rodin Platform 3.4 Release Notes
What's New in Rodin 3.4?
Rodin 3.4 is mostly contains bug fixes, and upgrades the underlying Eclipse to Oxygen 4.7.2.
Eclipse 4.7.2 fixes a bug that affected the proving interface for MacOS users (bug #771) and was requiring a feature patch.
Please note that we no longer provide 32-bit binary versions of the Rodin platform, since they are almost not downloaded anymore (as per the statistics on SourceForge), everyone is now running a 64-bit OS. Nonetheless, if needed, it is still possible for you to build 32-bit binaries from the source (see Building Rodin Headless, you may also ask for support).
Changes for plug-in developers
Rodin 3.4 is built on top of Eclipse 4.7.2 (Oxygen), which requires Java 8, just as the previous version (Rodin 3.3 with Eclipse Neon).
There are no API changes within Rodin Core.
Installing
Downloading
Upgrading from a previous version of Rodin 3.x
The only way to upgrade is to download the new platform. You may then point it to your usual workspace(s). This restriction is due to the Eclipse switch.
For those who are annoyed to install their Rodin plug-ins once more, you may install them directly from your older Rodin installation:
- run the new Rodin
- File > Import... > Install/From Existing Installation
- Point to your older Rodin installation
- Select the features you want to install
- Proceed with the Next button, the following is just as a usual install
Requirements - Compatibility
- Configurations supported (and for which binaries are provided)
- Linux 64-bit
- Windows 64-bit
- Mac OS X 64-bit
- You need to have a 64-bit Java JRE (8 or later) installed on your computer. The Rodin application will not work with a previous version or with a 32-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 functionalities, you need to install the Brave Sans Mono font on your system. You can download this font from the link here.
- 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 | |
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CamilleX | 1.0.0 | available | 3.4.0 | 12 Nov 2018 | Thai Son Hoang | CamilleX provides text editors for Event-B models. |
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Event-B Class Diagrams | 2.0.0 | new release | 3.x.x | 4 Nov 2018 | Class diagrams contained in Event-B Machines. | |
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Event-B State-machines | 4.0.0 | new release | 3.x.x | 4 Nov 2018 | State-machines contained in Event-B Machines. | |
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Event-B State-machine Animation | 2.4.0 | new release | 3.x.x | 4 Nov 2018 | Compatible with Event-B statemachines 3.x.x and ProB 3.0.x. | |
| Event-B EMF framework | 6.0.0 | new release | 3.x.x | 4 Nov 2018 | 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 | 6.0.0 | new release | 3.x.x | 17th Dec 2015 | 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 | 7.0.0 | new release | 3.2.x | 17th Dec 2015 | 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. | ||
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Rose editor | 1.7.0 | new release | 3.x.x | 4 Nov 2018 | Mainly useful for Plug-in developers. Tree-structured editor for Event-B EMF that handles extensions without modification | |
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Project Diagram | 1.0.1 | not checked | 3.x.x | 1st Feb. 2015 | Machine - Context relationship diagram | |
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UML-B | 2.3.0 | not checked | 3.x.x | 18th Oct. 2014 | Original UML-B modelling environment | |
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UML-B Statemachine Animation | 1.3.0 | not checked | 3.x.x | 18th Oct. 2014 | Compatible with UML-B 2.3 and ProB 3.0 | |
| Teamwork | 1.2.0 | not checked | 3.2.x | 5th Sept. 2016 | Provides a synchronised copy of Machines and Contexts for committing into a repository. It is recommended to also install the Rose editor, EMF compare 3.1.0 and a recent repository client (e.g. Egit 4.1.4). | ||
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Shared Event Composition | 1.7.1 | not checked | 5th July 2017 | Compatible with Rodin 3.x.x (checked by cfs 5/05/17) | ||
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Decomposition | 1.3.1 | not checked | 4th July 2017 | Compatible with Rodin 3.x.x (checked by cfs 4/05/17) | ||
| Refactory | 1.3.0 | not checked | 3.x.x | 6th May 2014 | Compatible with Rodin 3.0.x. | ||
| Theory Plug-in | 3.0.0 | not checked | 17th Dec 2014 | ||||
| Code Generation | 0.2.5 | not checked | 29th Aug. 2013 | For Java, Ada, and OpenMP C code | |||
| Relevance Filter | 1.1.1 | available | ?.x.x | Checked and appears to still work in Rodin 3.4 - cfsnook 12/12/09 | |||
| Isabelle for Rodin | not checked | 2.x.x | |||||
| SMT Solvers | 1.4.0 | available | 15th March 2016 | Laurent Voisin | Checked and appears to still work in Rodin 3.4 - cfsnook 12/12/09 | ||
| Pattern | 0.9.0 | not checked | 3.x.x | 13th March 2015 | Thai Son Hoang | ||
| Qualitative Probability | 0.2.3 | available | 3.x.x | 9th October 2015 | Thai Son Hoang | ||
| B2Latex export | 0.7.0 | available | 2.5.x | 27th May 2015 | Checked and appears to still work in Rodin 3.4 - cfsnook 12/12/09 | ||
| Generic Instantiation (Soton) | 1.0.1 | not checked | 05th March 2013 | ||||
| Records | 2.0.0 | available | 2.x.x | 16th Oct. 2010 | Checked and appears to still work in Rodin 3.4 - cfsnook 12/12/19 |
Fixed Bugs and Implemented Features
Bugs
767 Tactic profile editor has a tiny size under Linux 768 tiny type environment column 769 statistics column width 771 Proof view: unreadable formulas (white on white)
Feature Requests
None
Known Issues
See known bugs on SourceForge.
Linux GTK 3.10
Under Linux with GTK+ 3.10.x, which is the case for Ubuntu 14.04, the check boxes are not visible in the hypothesis rows, because they are white with no border. Nonetheless, they are functional, just click on the leftmost white part of the hypothesis line to select it (in order to remove/de-select it for instance).
This issue is fixed in more recent versions, like GTK+ 3.18, the current for Ubuntu 16.04.
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.
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Rodin Platform with git commit: 6980ca1
User Release date : 2018/03/07.
