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If you open a feature.xml file in the workspace the editor gratuitously removes all references to plug-ins that don't hapen to be in your workspace. Extremely annoying and potentially descructive. Little added value.
feature.xml editor was designed to work with plug-ins and fragments that are in the workspace or can otherwise be located by PDE. In this behaviour, it is consistent with other PDE editors that reach out and provide integration. What would be the preferred behaviour in this case?
The problem is this is the editor you get "for free" if you double click on a feature.xml file. At the very least I would want the dialog that is warning me it is about to nuke things to have a cancel. Or maybe even the option to "Open with a text editor"
*** Bug 15116 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed - a gentler warning will be shown in form of error overlays on plug-in icons and also error marker in the tasks if feature nature is present.