RE: [eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] RCP in E4

[DJ Houghton <DJ_Houghton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > - Can we reduce the footprint?
> > >  o Do bundles like ICU (4.3MB) have to be part of the RCP core?
> > >
> > On the downloads page we currently provide a bundle called
> > "com.ibm.icu.base" which is intended to be used by clients who don't
> > want to have the full ICU bundle in their RCP-based application.
> Yes, I know. But I would suggest to do it the other way around,
> putting the "com.ibm.icu.base" in the RCP core and let the
> applications that really need the big one using it instead.
>
> Currently, if you want to use "com.ibm.icu.base" in your RCP app,
> you also have to touch the RCP feature (and the update).
>
Yes, I believe we do it this way because of a limitation in the way that
features work. Perhaps this can be done better once we start building p2
metadata on its own. (rather than generating it from features)