Bug#447202: eclipse-platform: Not start-/usable for normal users

Michael Koch konqueror at gmx.de
Thu Oct 25 20:32:50 UTC 2007


Hello Kai,


On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 11:30:22PM +0200, Kai Wb. wrote:
> Package: eclipse-platform
> Version: 3.2.1-6
> Severity: important
> Justification: Renders package unusable for normal (new/inexperienced) users

Please report such bugs against the latest version.

> This package is the base-package for several standalone packages like
> eclipse-cdt. And if you install e.g. eclipse-cdt it's only based on
> eclipse-platform. But eclipse-platform brings no script/program for running
> eclipse (nothing is installed to /usr/bin which means a normal user expects to
> install eclipse-cdt and have a running eclipse-system which is startable via the
> normal commands (in this case that would be eclipse on the shell or via the
> preferred GUI (e.g. KDE)).
> 
> This problem is made worse by the fact that no documentation accompanies this
> package.
> 
> This results in four possible approaches (as far as I can see) for resolving
> this problem:
> 1) raise eclipse from recommends (this should maybe forwarded to
> eclipse-cdt/-jdt/-...) to depends or
> 2) integrate the binaries into eclipse-platform or
> 3) create eclipse-bin package on which all plugins like CDT depend or
> 4) state clearly in the package-description of the plugins, that eclipse is
> required for running them.
> 
> Again: this is not a problem for experienced users but for people who want to
> have a start with Debian (today I encountered this problem when helping a friend
> of mine).
> 
> If you need further information, feel free to contact me.

I'm not sure about this. eclipse-platform is just a package to provide
some core functionality to be used by other packages based on the
code. The basic idea is that eclipse-cdt and such plugins depend on
eclipse and not on eclipse-platform. If they want to have their own
environment they should provide it. Perhaps I'm missing something.


Cheers,
Michael





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