Hi,
I think the main issue people have with the e4 tools is that they cannot install from directly from the update site of the Eclipse release. I asked in the cross mailing list how the e4 tools can be part of the Mars update site.
Wayne explained that we would have to move the e4 tools to a new project. Here is his explanation how to do it:
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To move the code out of the project, you need to do a restructuring review. Restructuring reviews are relatively simple affairs that require you describe (as concisely as possible) what needs to to change and why.
To restructure by moving, you need a project to move the code into.
This could be an existing project (e.g. PDT), or one that we create. If a new project is required, then we need to do a proposal followed by a creation review. We can combine the creation review with the restructuring review.
There's more here:
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Restructuring_Reviews
HTH,
Wayne
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If the active e4 committers and our users agree, I personally think we should go ahead and create this structuring review.
How do people think about this? Should we go ahead with this restructuring review?
Best regards, Lars
P.S. I would be interesting to work on the restructuring review.