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Re: [eclipse-dev] Sharable tasks
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Hi,
i'm answering to the last one in time order but i wish to thanks all
those that posted a respose to my query.
I see that there is something already ongoing about this problem, and as
a first approach the "insectivore" plugin looks very promising for my
needs, but i would like to see that kind of support integrated into
official eclipse.
But if i'm allowed, i'd like to add a couple of last things to discussion.
I think you could easily resolve the cluttering of project folder if
when creating or importing a project, eclipse would create a .metadata
folder in the project so that all the project metadata can be collected
there.
Simply state that that folder is for eclipse use and that user should
import that folder into CVS if he wants to share project settings and info.
So no matter how many large or small files you put there, if someone
wants not to be bothered by them can simply filter out the folder from
the views. I think this approach is in any case cleaner that having any
metadata spreaded into project root folder.
What i think is most important is that anything pertaining to the
project must be allowed to be imported in CVS and shared. Instead we
don't like is the approach that keeps some project metadata out of the
project itself, like netbeans and in part eclipse does.
If by mistake you corrupt the project directory then, no matter, simply
checkout a new one and that's it, at most you will loose your last changes.
But if you corrupt the workspace...? (and it happens guys, it happens...)
One last thing, since before i talked about a unofficial plugin, i wish
to point out a thing that is not closely related to this question, but
has been one of the problems that has prevented up to now the adoption
of eclipse by our group.
When you install some unofficial plugins, you must put them into the
"catch all" plugin directory, and after a while you just forget what you
installed.
What most of us that have experimented with eclipse found rather
annoying is that when you install a new release you must manually spot
out from plugin directory what you extra installed there to replicate
the same installations to the new release.
Would it be so complicated to allow for, let's say, a "user plugin"
directory in parallel with the base product one, so that one can easily
see what is official and what is not?
My best regards and compliments, Gabriele.
John Arthorne wrote:
The right place for feature requests is bugzilla, or you can start a
discussion on the newsgroup. In this case, several feature requests
already exist:
http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=21407
http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=21411
http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=26809
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