Any progress on this?
This bug has been open for 2 years. Using a super old version of Eclipse
is really a pain :(
** Summary changed:
- Version Bump to 4.3
+ Version Bump to 4.4
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** Also affects: eclipse-eclipsers
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** No longer affects: eclipse-eclipsers
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I think a number of user ( / developer! ) need eclipse, and I think that
with the right efford, maybe with a bit of analysis and coordination, it
could be semplied the ridiculous complicated build system (I do not know
the build system, it is just an hypotesis).
Does, and if so, how it could be
Did the build process change between the 3.x series and the 4.x series?
It would be very awesome if we can get a recent version of Eclipse into
trusty. Considering that trusty is a LTS and afaik the 3.x series will
not be supported that long anymore. There is still a lot of time before
feature
Hi, I am only a recent junior contributor to pkg-java group (debian-
java) and I gonna try to give some info about. The build process is
pretty similar between 3.x and 4.x, but it has some dependencies to be
updated. It is is based on scripts and patches from eclipse-build
project[1][2]
For
Ubuntu (and especially Debian) don't like Oracle, they are packaged
with OpenJDK. I don't know the functional difference, I thought the
whole idea was that they were compatible. Anyway, Oracle Java 7 is not
in the default repos.
The reason Oracle's JDK is not in the default repos is because
Oracle Java is so similar to OpenJDK that it's doubtful there would be
any serious hurdles. Besides, Eclipse4.3 is tested on OpenJDK 7 ( see
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_4.3.html#TargetOperatingEnvironments
), so it shouldn't be an issue.
The real problem is that
I heard the whole problem is that Eclipse 4.x requires Oracle Java 7.
Ubuntu (and especially Debian) don't like Oracle, they are packaged with
OpenJDK. I don't know the functional difference, I thought the whole
idea was that they were compatible. Anyway, Oracle Java 7 is not in the
default repos.
The eclipse team is pkg-java-maintainers which have their hands full
with over 700 packages. If you want to help, offer to join the team [1]
and see what you can do to help with the packaging. Otherwise, please
refrain from commenting about how active teams are especially in bug
reports about
** Summary changed:
- Version Bump to 4.2
+ Version Bump to 4.3
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Title:
Version Bump to 4.3
Status in “eclipse” package in
The so-called Eclipse Team seems dead.
Maybe we should instead ask Eclipse upstream to provide a more Ubuntu-
friendly package.
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