[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Trying to update but getting weird dependenc

["Walter Harley" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Eric Rizzo" <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> On 3/5/2009 5:46 PM, Rodrigo de Salvo Braz wrote:
>> I am starting to think that it will be easier to install a newer and
>> more complete version of Eclipse. I suppose "Eclipse Classic" will have
>> all I need, right? I am trying to get and use JFace.
>
> Are you going to use JFace in the context of a plugin or RCP? If so, you 
> should get the Eclipse for Plug-in/RCP Developers package. Even if you're 
> going to use JFace standalone, it is still nice to have the PDE and all 
> the source code for the platform and JDT to use as examples.
> So either way I recommend getting the Plug-ins/RCP developers packages.

As usual, I agree with Eric.

Also, as long you are going to install from scratch, you might consider 
upgrading to Eclipse 3.4.