> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 06:34:42PM +0200, Daniel Rodriguez Garcia wrote: >> Michael Koch wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 08:20:02PM +0200, Daniel R. wrote: >>>> Package: eclipse >>>> Severity: important >>>> >>>> >>>> I have had eclipse (downloaded from www.eclipse.org, directly) installed >>>> on my /opt/eclipse directory for some time, along with Sun's java 5 >>>> (update 6) sdk (debian-packaged with java-package), and it worked >>>> correctly. >>>> The response time was acceptable. >>>> >>>> Yesterday eclipse packages became available to debian testing and I >>>> installed them. Of course, it also installed the corresponding GNU JVM >>>> packages debian-eclipse uses by default. >>>> >>>> Both versions of eclipse I had now in my machine were the same: 3.1.2. >>>> The only difference I noticed in UI was the memory / garbage collector >>>> icon >>>> in debian-eclipse version (not present in original one). >>>> >>>> I installed onto /usr/share/eclipse the same additional plugins I had >>>> installed and working in the /opt/eclipse version: >>>> - emf-sdo-xsd-SDK-2.1.2.zip >>>> - GEF-SDK-3.1.1.zip >>>> - jadclipse_3.1.0.jar >>>> - JEM-SDK-1.1.0.1.zip >>>> - VE-runtime-1.1.0.1.zip >>>> - wtp-sdk-R-1.0.2-200604280245.zip >>>> >>>> I removed all eclipse's configuration directories in my home account, and >>>> started it worked apparently correctly, but loaded and ran much slower >>>> than >>>> my original version. I tried changing the JVM used to Sun's JVM in >>>> preferences, >>>> rerun eclipse, but it did not solve the problem. >>>> >>>> I removed all eclipse's conf. dirs. again and started my /opt/eclipse >>>> version, >>>> and it run smoothly (as Java can be) as it always did. Therefore, I have >>>> uninstalled debian-eclipse packages, and the dependency-related GNU JVM >>>> packages. >>>> >>>> I guess there is a problem with the way debian-eclipse is compiled or >>>> configured. >>>> >>>> >>>> I think this problem is important for package's usability. >>> By default eclipse uses GCJ as runtime and I think you have forgotten to >>> install the need eclipse-*-gcj and libswt-*-gcj packages to make it >>> fast. Without these packages Eclipse is just interpreted as GCJ has no >>> JIT yet. And this is slow. Please confirm this makes it faster. An >>> alternative is to edit /etc/eclipse/java_home to prefer SUN JDK as your >>> runtime. This makes it faster too. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Michael >> Hi, >> >> I have followed the recommendations from Michael (have used >> /.eclipse/eclipserc to override default JAVA_HOME instead of >> /etc/eclipse/java_home), and it solved the problem. >> >> With GCJ it ran still a bit slow. With SUN JDK it runs fine. > > Have you tried to install the eclipse-*-gcj and libswt-*-gcj packages > too? Is the speed of eclipse with GCJ then acceptable for you? > > I plan to add an eclipse-gcj package to the next upload which depends on > all needed packages. > > > Cheers, > Michael
Hello, I tried with gcj too, but (at least it seemed to me) eclipse runs a bit faster with Sun's JRE in my machine. Regards, _______________________________________________ pkg-java-maintainers mailing list pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-maintainers