Re: [platform-swt-dev] How to get and build the source for SWT 3.1M7?

[Billy Biggs <vektor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Mauch (thomas.mauch@xxxxxxx):

> I want to get and build the SWT source code for Eclipse 3.1 M7.
> 
> My starting point was the website http://www.eclipse.org/swt/. Under
> "SWT Downloads" however, it points to Eclipse 3.1 M3 download page -
> not very current.
> 
> I then tried the link "Latest 3.1 Stable Build" and was directed to
> the Milestone Build: 3.1M5a page - already better, but still not good
> enough.

  Ack!  I'll fix those links right away... :(

> Then I found an entry in the FAQ (How do I build an SWT jar for my
> platform?) and tried this. When trying to download the
> org.eclipse.swt-project, I wanted to get the version used for M7, but
> when looking at the different tags, I found nothing similar. How do I
> find out from which tag a version, e.g. M7 was built?

  This part is a bit confusing and I hope that we can do something
better since it's a reasonable thing to want to do.  Eclipse builds are
done using PDE build, which uses the map files found in the
org.eclipse.releng plugin.  If you look in maps/swt.map you will see
which tags were used to check out for the most recent build.  The
org.eclipse.releng plugin is tagged for each integration build, so you
can go through its history to see which tags were used for each build.

> And finally I tried to download the project org.eclipse.swt.win32
> which contains only one file which states that the content has been
> moved, so the FAQ is obviously broken as well...

  This project in CVS only contains the .dll files anyway.  It has been
moved to org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86.

> Then I tried to post to this mailing list, but my email was rejected.
> I suppose that I must subscribe first and will try again, but on the
> web page is just written "To post a message to all the list members,
> send email to platform-swt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx." - no word that you first
> must subscribe to the list.

  This is a good suggestion.  I will change it on the page.

> So I'm totally confused now. Is there such a mess on your web pages or
> am I totally missing something?

  Thanks a lot for posting!!! :)    Please let us know either here or in
bugzilla when things are busted.

  -Billy