[epp-dev] Default enablement policy for Code Recommenders in EPP package

[Marcel Bruch <marcel.bruch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi package maintainers,

by default Code Recommenders content assist silently disables itself if it finds the standard Java or Mylyn content assist being enabled on the default tab. On the Eclipse booth at Devoxx last week it turned out that many Eclipse users did not know about Code Recommenders being already available in their installations because of this silent deactivation.

I’m now looking for ways how to make Recommenders content assist more prominent so that Eclipse users get aware of it. Adding it to the welcome page may work but many say it’s not read very often. I wonder how you’d feel about a popup that (when code completion is triggered the first time) informs a user about the engine being available and asking a user to enable it or not.

What do you think?

Thanks,
Marcel