Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:59:16 -0700 From: Mike Bowie <mbowie@buzmo.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Subject: Re: java/eclipse update? Message-ID: <4821FC04.7030908@buzmo.com> In-Reply-To: <20080507014245.GA30347@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20080507014245.GA30347@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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Jonathan Chen wrote: > Hi, > > After seeing some progress on the 3.3.2 port the past few months, I > was hoping that someone would commit it to java/eclipse-devel, or > even java/eclipse. Any possibility of that happening? > > Cheers. Of course, I'd be happy to jump on Jonathan's bandwagon here. I've been using Ken's 3.3.2 build since he first posted it and have no complaints. I'm using CDT, PHPeclipse (with xdebug), SQL Explorer, Subclipse, the Apache LDAP browser and Mylyn, all very happily thus far. (Might have a few others on the machine at home too.) While I hope not to hi-jack the primary message here, I do know that one of the issues previously raised with bumping java/eclipse was that of the port plugin dependencies. While this may be a foolish question to ask, for the most part, is there really a need for all these plugins to be available as ports? The Eclipse update mechanism serves me well for all the plugins I currently use and from what I can see at a glance, only eclipse-cdt actually includes any patches; the current value of which I might have to question given that I'm running it joyously from the update site. Having the ports there may offer a port lover a quick way to get their Eclipse install kitted out, but the list is certainly minor compared with the list of plugin's out there; which I'd imagine would lead most users to use the update mechanism anyway... and should the user choose to update their plugins, the installed port becomes somewhat unnecessary. I certainly don't wish this to be perceived as a lack of thanks for the porters out there; I'd just like to see java/eclipse closer to the current release... not just now, but as we move forward also. Cheers all, Mike.
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