[wtp-dev] Good time to do Callisto level "final" testing

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Callisto RC5 was released today, so
... 

As everyone is verifying bugs, and doing
final teasing this last week, it is easier than ever to do so with a "full
callisto install".

Do not be lulled in to thinking "its
too late ... it won't help anyway at this late date".

Because even if we could not literally
fix some bad bug in the next week, we may be able to find 
some work arounds or at least document
"warnings" about some problems. And, those are 
very helpful to the Eclipse community
and adopters.Some users are actually starting to 
say some positive things about Callisto
in blogs, so, I think the improvements made in 
UpdateManger are starting to be visible
... and, for those of you 
who haven't used it in a while, it really
is faster, especially if you are using a Java 5 VM. 

To get started, I'd recommend the "minimal
install" approach, and just install an OS appropriate Platform Feature
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/M20060609-1217/callisto.php
(if you like the fat approach, the "normal"
Eclipse SDK will do as well). 

Then, use Update Manager and go to the
"Callisto Discovery" site ... pick all of them, 
or what ever is your favorite or most
important combinations.
(TPTP should be on everyone's list :)

["select required" button
still does not always work as expected .. it does for WTP, but ... not
for all, 
so, just manually pick things if some
combinations don't "clear" the red x's]. 

This will get you all the latest, except
for those 10 bugs we fixed in RC6 ... to get those, you do need to manually
define a remote update site (after installing
Callisto RC5):

http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/milestones/

and get the latest WTP features from
there. 

From our WTP "milestone" update
site, you can also get the latest and greatest JSF and Dali builds installed
too! 
(I haven't personally tried those yet,
so please do, and let me know if there are "bugs").