Bug 365972

Summary:	There is no link on the website to download the latest ecj.jar
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Jon Stevens <latchkey>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Stephan Herrmann <stephan.herrmann>
Status:	VERIFIED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	amj87.iitr, srikanth_sankaran, stephan.herrmann
Version:	3.8
Target Milestone:	3.8 M5
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
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Description Jon Stevens

2011-12-07 18:18:53 EST

Build Identifier: 

There is no link on the website to download the latest ecj.jar

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to website. Look for link.
2. Go to google. Look for link.
3. Raise arms in fail.

Comment 1 Stephan Herrmann

2011-12-07 20:31:06 EST

The link is indeed somewhat hidden currently.

Here's a click sequence from top of www.eclipse.org:

1. _Downloads_
2. Next to "Eclipse Classic 3.7.1" find _Other Downloads_
3. "Eclipse 3.x downloads are _here_"
4. Select the desired release, e.g., _3.7.1_, or _3.8M3_
5. Scroll down to "JDT Core Batch Compiler" and click _http_
6. Select a mirror

As a shortcut: after the first three clicks you are here:
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/eclipse3x.php

I guess at least the Eclipse 4.x downloads page should eventually have 
all the different items that currently are only on the 3.x page.
I.e., click #3 is needed only because we are in the transition from
3.7 as the main release towards 4.2.

Comment 2 Ayushman Jain

2011-12-08 00:35:54 EST

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.8M3-201110271800/ecj-3.8M3.jar

Link for latest 3.8M3 jar
Thanks for the pointer Stephan