Re: [epp-dev] Why does Java EE package include PDE ?

[Mickael Istria <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/08/2013 09:55 AM, Mickael Istria wrote:

The only bundle in datatools depending on PDE is org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.template.ui which depends on pde.ui. I'll check whether this is an absolutely necessary dependency, as it introduce a lot of UI elements not related to the general datatools use-case.

After a quick review, it seems like the org.eclipse.datatools.oda.designer.feature is all about creating Eclipse plugins that extend DataTools to add support for new datasource. This seems far from the standard JEE use-case, and IMO is should be moved out of the Java EE package by default.
People who want to extend DataTools can still use the simrel repo to get it.

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