Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Eierlegende Wollmilchsau

2015-12-09 Thread Michael Scharf
Hi Doug, > I could make it the same 16 pixel size but it would look like crap, just like > the New Connection… > item in Michael’s picture (which comes from RSE or TCF, BTW). To use your words, I think the big controls "look like crap" and the "New Connection…" is just fine. However, there is

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Neon M3 is available

2015-11-13 Thread Michael Scharf
Congratulations! I wonder if there is a "New and Noteworthy" for M3 Michael On 2015-11-13 16:29, David M Williams wrote: > No bad luck today ! > > We have "turned on" the Neon M3 repositories for 'update' from previous Neon > installations. >

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Unannounced Changes Have Unforeseen Consequences

2015-09-14 Thread Michael Scharf
Indeed, breaking API without major version changes is an absolute no go. Even if only a few percent of existing plugins are affected, this undermines the idea of APIs and semantic versioning. see also https://wiki.eclipse.org/Evolving_Java-based_APIs

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Request for comment: Provide standard update site locations

2013-03-14 Thread Michael Scharf
Hi all, I wonder what the sate of findable updates sites is? There has not been much progress on the issue recently. I think one problem is to have a common pattern but another problem is how to find the update site. Today I was looking for the update site of EMF 2.9. This is not easy. Once I