Issues for LSARC 2008/626 Eclipse For Java Developers

[Mark A. Carlson]

I added these to the issues file.

-- mark

Mark Martin wrote:
> For the record, the issues I shared with the team.
>
> mm0  In the ARC 20q, the answer for section 3.4.5 regarding storage of 
> passwords was "no".  I believe this is incorrect, as Eclipse now 
> includes the "Secure storage" system.  This is a new integrated 
> framework intended for caching passwords -- notably for CVS, which is 
> part of the core bundle.
>
> mm1: Regarding core components (i.e. those components expected to be 
> installed in the core distribution and not available as part of a 
> plugin download); SWT and it's JNI dependencies suggest further 
> interface declaration.  Notably, GTK+, I believe.  Support and 
> maintenance of this piece of core functionality has been spotty in the 
> past, so perhaps I can only offer advice here.  If the intent is to 
> deliver (and track) the core Eclipse distribution, then I think it is 
> important to not paint the user in a corner regarding this core 
> component.  Having up-to-date SWT libraries has been a challenge in 
> the past.  Use of alternate distributions of the Eclipse platform for 
> Solaris/OpenSolaris was often very limited as many additional plugin 
> tools or updates required newer versions of some of the core SWT 
> libraries, and these were often unavailable and had to be compiled by 
> hand (and certainly included dependencies on graphic libraries)! .
>
> mm99: Which distribution is this intended to deliver?  "Eclipse IDE 
> for Java developers"?  "Eclipse Classic"?  Are other modules, such as 
> "Eclipse for C/C++" to be included?  I suspect the answer here might 
> mean a fuller interface disclosure.
>
> mm98: As mentioned in the meeting, how is plugin downloading handled? 
>  This may not be the team's responsibility, perhaps, as this is more a 
> question regarding the distribution and should probably be asked of 
> the Indiana team.  Does the team intend to make a bundle available for 
> download via the upstream repositories as well?
>
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