[eclipse-dev] Runtime split changes

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You have probably noticed a few new
Equinox plugins appearing in the last few nightly builds. These are by-products
of the runtime refactoring effort (see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=113663).
 The changes have been committed to the main repo and are in today's
integration build.  We have done several test builds (thanks Sonia
and Kim!) to work out the kinks.  There have been a few test failures
but all known issues have been resolved or reported to the relevant teams.

We have documented the changes and some
of the issues in a migration guide at
        http://eclipse.org/equinox/documents/3.2-migration.php

PDE has been updated to accomodate the
new structure (thanks Wassim).  Despite their heroic efforts, there
is a chance that some launch configurations, hardcoded scripts and plugin-list
based product configurations will need to be updated to reflect the new
plugin structure.

Please take a look at the new API and
structure and let the Equinox team (on equinox-dev or in bug reports) know
if you have any questions/issues.  Note that some of the new API is
in flux and is likely to change over the course of M4.  We will continue
to update the migration guide as these changes become more concrete and
we can provide guidance on how to adopt the new API.

The Equinox Team