Bug#684604: eclipse-rcp: eclipse 3.8 hangs on splash screen with "Loading Workbench" after update from 3.7.2

[Felix Natter]

Jakub Adam <jakub.adam at ktknet.cz> writes:

> Hi Felix,

hello Jakub,

> Thanks for all the information you provided so far. I spent some time studying the logs but
> couldn't make any final conclusion. All of the required packages you have installed seem to
> be at their latest versions and I didn't find any fatal error related to bundle loading in
> your debug logs.
>
> Thinking of it more, maybe there is nothing wrong with the installation, but there is something
> in your workspace that makes Eclipse hang during startup (but also it doesn't affect 4.2 binary
> tarball).
>
> When you run without ~/.eclipse do you see a workspace selection popup? If so, can you please
> try to create a new empty workspace and look if Eclipse will start
> then?

Yes, it starts with a clean workspace. I've got a simple workspace
without confidential data, which I uploaded and which shows the problem.

> If it happens that it's your current workspace that causes the hang on startup, are you able
> to put somewhere for download a stripped down version? I think only the .metadata folder will
> be sufficient, no projects that might contain private of confidential data. Please check
> that the hang still occurs with the stripped workspace before
> uploading.

http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/testRefactoring-sample-workspace.tar.bz2

Best Regards and good luck,
-- 
Felix Natter