PHP Development Tools (PDT) SDK Feature 3.0.0.v20110516-1100-77--84_23JBVgSVXO7XGJz0VLa9O
...is available from the common repository. It should be pretty easy to install this and all required dependencies on top of every package, but I agree that many/most users, especially Eclipse end-users, will need some kind of education.
I'd be willing to help by doing a screencast of how to get PDT into
the other packages; I got a lot of positive feedback when I did
something similar for Galileo.
Question: is PDT included in the Indigo release repository? Or is
it's own repo included in the list of repos that is shipped with any
of the packages? In other words, will users have to manually find
and add the PDT repo location in order to get it?
Eric
On 6/17/11 11:47 AM, Wayne Beaton wrote:
Eric answers more 'newcomer' questions than anybody. Experience
indicates that the missing package will inevitably result in
dozens (or perhaps hundreds) of 'where is the PHP package?' types
of questions. That relatively small number of questions will just
represent the tip of the iceberg with regard to confused users.
Better to cut that off at the source if we can.
It'd be good to include a few words and/or pointer to help people
understand that they can add PHP support to any of the packages
via the "Install new software..." menu.
And... as Doug suggests, we're talking about PDT, not PTP. :-)
HTH,
Wayne
On 06/17/2011 11:37 AM, Beth Tibbitts wrote:
Care to explain to the rest of us that are clueless?
...Beth
Beth Tibbitts
Eclipse Parallel Tools Platform http://eclipse.org/ptp
IBM STG - High Performance Computing Tools
Mailing Address: IBM Corp., 745 West New Circle Road,
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Eric Rizzo ---06/17/2011 11:29:57 AM---I
agree, Denis. If it just disappears without any info about why
or alternative ways of getting PDT
I agree, Denis. If it just disappears without any info about why
or alternative ways of getting PDT, the user community will be
confused and revolt.
OK, maybe not revolt, but let's be proactive about explaining
the situation.
Eric
On 6/17/11 11:02 AM, Denis Roy wrote:
I can't help but feel that a bunch of people will be coming to
our download page looking for the PHP package, not find it,
then turn to [forums|email|IRC|twitter|frustration] to try to
find it.
Since it was such a prolific package, can't we have a notice
saying it doesn't exist anymore? Something? Anything?
I'm looking to get +1's from each of the package maintainers
on this table before we release next week.
Couple of notes:
The links for the actual packages are broken, thats ok right
now.
The links for the projects should work.
I cloned the CVS row for eGit out of support for the eGit
team =)