Bug#681726: eclipse: Upgrade Eclipse to Juno 4.2

[Peter Spiess-Knafl]

Hi Markus!

On 04/29/2016 04:34 PM, Markus Koschany wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the answer is pretty simple. Someone needs to do the work because
> Eclipse won't package itself. 

I did not mean to offend anybody, just wanted to know if its just lack
of time or if there are other already known problems for not packaging it.

> A lot of time has passed between the
> current version in Debian and the most recent version. The new build
> system Tycho is completely different and is now Maven based. It must be
> packaged first. Several modules must be updated as well. And most
> importantly Eclipse must be maintained for the future. It's not about
> getting a new version into Debian and then you can stop working on it
> and everything will be fine. That's a constant process of repeating tasks.
>

Of course, its not solely packaging and than you are fine but currently
that would be the first required action I guess.


> In my opinion it should be obvious that Eclipse needs help. So an RFH
> bug won't change much. 

Maybe not, but it will certainly not do any harm and maybe draw
attention to more developers, maintainers or people who might want to help.

> Eclipse requires at least one dedicated
> maintainer but the more the merrier. So if you want to help us
> to_maintain_ the packages, be more than welcome. I would help you to get
> the packages into Debian.
> 

That is good to know. So currently nobody is working on it? I saw you
made some commits on an experimental branch regarding 4.5.1.

I will take a deeper look and try to check which steps are required to
make an upgrade possible.

You already mentioned packaging the new build-system (tycho). That seems
a logical step to start with.

If any of the current maintainers could provide additional information
to whats required, I would appreciate it very much.


> Regards,
> 
> Markus
> 

Thanks for your reply.

Greetings
Peter

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