Re: [platform-dev] Multi-workspace Eclipse application

2018-04-05 Thread Mickael Istria
Hi Szymon, Thanks a lot for this code, I'll definitely have a look at it! What I'm interested at this early stage would be answers to this questions, that the code cannot really capture: * Do you think this is a doable thing? * How usable was the proposed code back then? Was it working? What was m

Re: [platform-dev] Multi-workspace Eclipse application

2018-04-05 Thread Tom Schindl
Hi, I know I talked with John about that thing at an EclipseCon US many many years ago and what I took from that conversation was (I hope I remember correctly): * Yes it is doable * Yes it is a lot of work (IIRC he said multiple man years) * IBM would have to decide to go all-in or leave it like i

Re: [platform-dev] Multi-workspace Eclipse application

2018-04-05 Thread Ed Merks
Mickael, Sorry, but my knee-jerk reaction is very negative.  Just imaging the number of places in my own frameworks that would need to be reworked gives me cold shivers.  Imagining trying to maintain compatibility between a before-multiple-workspaces Eclipse and an after-multiple-workspaces E

Re: [platform-dev] Multi-workspace Eclipse application

2018-04-05 Thread Mickael Istria
Hi Ed, Thanks for sharing those concerns, I'll try to propose some possible solutions inline. As a preamble note, this is an idea revived in the context of jdt.ls and cloud deployment of an IDE to multiple users; I'm not trying to change anything in regular and legacy single-user desktop IDEs -whi