[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-24 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package eclipse - 3.5.2-2 --- eclipse (3.5.2-2) unstable; urgency=low [ Niels Thykier ] * Changed section of eclipse packages to devel. * Install IJG_README from source dir rather than install dir. (Closes: #574619) * Added missing replace on

[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-19 Thread Olivier Cailloux
Thanks for replying. I admit I do not have a clear idea on how technically the problem could be solved, nor am I willing to do it myself (for now)! I was just mentioning that such thing is possible in the eclipse package as done by their authors. Currently it seems to me that the ubuntu / debian

[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-18 Thread Olivier Cailloux
FYI, the normal eclipse version (i.e., the one you can download from the eclipse web site and simply copy in a local repository) accepts to install plug-ins even when you do not install PDE in the first place. I do have an eclipse install on my debian box (I think it's 3.5) with JDT, CDT,

[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-18 Thread Niels Thykier
Hi While it is true that you can download packages that do not contain all of PDE and still supports those other plugins, I must disagree with you that it is a bug on our side. You may or may not be aware of this, but eclipse is made up of hundreds of jar files and must use libraries to

[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-15 Thread Benjamin Drung
Yes, I am planing to get eclipse 3.5.2-1 into lucid. All dependencies are in lucid, except these two: * libjasper-java is in NEW since six days * lucene2 2.9.1+ds1-5 fails to build from source (bug #521204) -- Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to

Re: [Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-15 Thread Josh Bowman
On 2010-03-15 16:06, Niels Thykier wrote: We have a committed a change set to our repository to fix this. You can read the new descriptions here[1]; please let us know if you feel they are inadequate. [1] http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg- java/eclipse.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/control This

[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-15 Thread Benjamin Drung
** Changed in: eclipse (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: eclipse (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539256 You received this bug

[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-15 Thread Niels Thykier
Hi We have a committed a change set to our repository to fix this. You can read the new descriptions here[1]; please let us know if you feel they are inadequate. NB: This change is currently expected to go into the release after Lucid; we may decide to back-port it into Lucid itself. ~Niels

[Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-15 Thread Benjamin Drung
** Changed in: eclipse (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539256 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 539256] Re: Eclipse error message and package descriptions are uninformative for users trying to install plugins

2010-03-15 Thread Matthias Klose
On 15.03.2010 22:06, Niels Thykier wrote: Hi We have a committed a change set to our repository to fix this. You can read the new descriptions here[1]; please let us know if you feel they are inadequate. NB: This change is currently expected to go into the release after Lucid; we may