Re: [cdt-dev] Confusing feature names and descriptions

[Alena Laskavaia <elaskavaia.cdt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can somebody please fix this too before re-spin

 Welcome page of CDT 7.0 points to doc that say CDT 6.0
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=315879

I don't know where this doc is located


On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK. I'll make another pass through the welcome page and the docs too. If I
> see no code changes have been made in HEAD, I'll respin.
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Sergey Prigogin
> <eclipse.sprigogin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I've made a pass through feature names and descriptions. They are updated
>> in HEAD. The patch is attached to Bug 315895. I think we should respin
>> before it's too late.
>> -sergey
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Most users download the C/C++ IDE and won't even see these names. That
>>> said, if someone wants to fix them up, go ahead and we can pick it up in the
>>> next respin. But all respins risk breaking things, so I wouldn't want to
>>> respin just for this.
>>> BTW after the Helios RC4 get's published, probably on Wed or Thurs, you
>>> have to ask everyone at Eclipse for respins. So, no we don't really have
>>> until 6/14, at least for something like this.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Sergey Prigogin
>>> <eclipse.sprigogin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There is still some time before 6/14 and there is no risk of breaking
>>>> anything.
>>>> -sergey
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yup, noticed that too when changing the icons. We do need a pass
>>>>> through them to make them consistent. But since we're done, it'll have to
>>>>> wait.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Sergey Prigogin
>>>>> <eclipse.sprigogin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why installing RC4 I noticed that names and descriptions of some of
>>>>>> the optional CDT features are very confusing. Here are few examples:
>>>>>> CDT Utilities
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The purpose of this feature is completely unclear and the Details
>>>>>> section doesn't provide any useful information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eclipse C/C++ Development Platform
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Details section says: "Eclipse C/C++ Development Platform. It
>>>>>> contains no toolchain integrations.". How is it different from Eclipse C/C++
>>>>>> Development Tools in CDT Main Features?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eclipse C/C++ DSF gdb Debugger Integration
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How is it different from CDT GNU Toolchain Debug Support?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eclipse CDT Testing Feature
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's not clear from the name or Details section what this feature is
>>>>>> for. A user may think that the feature supports development of C/C++ tests.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eclipse Debugger for C/C++
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's not clear from the name or Details section what this feature is
>>>>>> for. The description should say that this is an alternative to DSF gdb.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Names of features is inconsistent:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some names start from "Eclipse C/C++", some from "CDT", some don't
>>>>>> mention Eclipse of CDT at all.
>>>>>> Some features have word "Feature" in their names, some don't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now it seems to be a good time to clean this mess up. Any
>>>>>> objections? I would appreciate if somebody can answer my questions above.
>>>>>> -sergey
>>>>>>
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