[birt-dev] Issue with the Report Designer package

[Cheng-Yee Lin <clin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There seems to be an issue that prevents
the BIRT users from consuming the Report Designer packages (i.e.
birt-report-framework-*.zip
file).

I tried downloading and installing all
the necessary underlying components (including Eclipse
SDK, EMF, GEF, itext-1.3.jar and
prototype.ps
files) into an Eclipse install directory, and then unzipping the birt-report-framework-*.zip
file on top of them. (The build I used were N20060313
and N20060315)
 After I kicked off eclipse.exe,
I could not find BIRT's Report Design perspective, nor could I create BIRT
report project or report since they were unavailable in the New Project/Report
wizards.

However, when I tried using the birt-report-designer-all-in-one-*.zip
file, I did not see the same problem.

When I compared the 2 configurations,
I found the "all-in-one" package had the following 2 plugins
which the other ("do-it-yourself") configuration did not have:

        org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui
        org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity

Once I copied them into the "do-it-yourself"
configuration, the earlier problem went away.

Should the birt-report-framework-*.zip
file also include those 2 plugins?  It would seem to make sense from
the consumability's perspective.  If this is not the case, what would
be the strategy for handling this?

Thanks,
-- Cheng-Yee