Sorry - I think I should have started another thread for this discussion so we don't clutter up the M3 thread. Please reply here.
Thanks, Sian On 04/10/2007, Sian January <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Gregory. So I guess the launcher is using JNI rather than java.exeto > start Eclipse when the jre directory exists. > > By the way, this was also failing for me with the IBM VME. Does it make > sense that it would have the same bug? > > > On 04/10/2007, Gregory Shimansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sian January wrote: > > > On 04/10/2007, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > >> Stepan Mishura wrote: > > >>> Let's make a decision about the last milestone candidate r580985. > > >>> Shortly, as I can see there is only one issue that blocks its > > release > > >>> - HARMONY-4873 > > >>> > > >>> I'd suggest the next - we wait for objections to postpone the issue > > >>> resolution to M4 for 72 hours (starting from now) to let everyone to > > >>> speak up. > > >>> If there are no objections - we make the release. Also I think we > > >>> shouldn't keep all this time the trunk frozen so I'd suggest if > > there > > >>> are no objections during 24 hours we unfroze the trunk. If after > > that > > >>> we get a vote for fixing the issue then a branch is created to make > > >>> the fix and testing. > > >> Agreed, although it would be good to hear that the Eclipse 3.3launching > > >> problem is fixed that Sian posted about on the thread "Re: [eclipse] > > >> Eclipse 3.3 can not download updates". > > > > > > > > > I've just done some more digging on this and it's only failing when > > you copy > > > the Harmony JRE to the eclipse/jre directory (which is new in Eclipse > > 3.3). > > > You can still add jre\bin to the path and run eclipse.exe like you did > > > before. So as it's not a regression and it could take a while to > > figure out > > > I would probably say it's not a blocking issue for M3. > > > > > > Next question is whether to raise a Harmony bug or an Eclipse bug... > > > > There is already a bug about eclipse.exe not being able to launch > > Harmony when DRLVM is used. It is HARMONY-4006. All patches there are > > ready to committed after code freeze. > > > > BTW it is a windows only bug because of windows specific name > > decorations for JNI_CreateJavaVM function. On Linux eclipse 3.3 should > > work without any patches. > > > > >> (Sorry that I can't be of much help with fixing things at the moment, > > >> I'm about to get on an airplane again.) > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Tim > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gregory > > > > > > > -- > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > -- Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU
