[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: 3.1 together with 3.0.2

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philippe Ombredanne wrote:
> Hendrik Maryns" <hendrik_maryns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> > I'm working on this all alone, so didn't use CVS till now, can you give
> > me some hints on how to do this?  I'm on WinXP SP2.
> > I would if this weren't a project which has to be finished by monday
> > morning, and which counts as an exam of programming...
>
> Forget about CVS for now if you are new to it.
> It will only make you late!
>
> My 2 cents.
> Make a backup copy of your workspaces each time when you you make switches.
> And you should be fine.

I doubt that will work - 3.1 has a lot of differences that are likely to 
make the workspace sour to 3.0. My recommendation is to install 3.1 into 
a separate location and using a separate workspace than 3.0. Then set up 
a Project in each one (3.0 and 3.1) with the source locations set to the 
same external (linked) directory. That way you can work in both 3.0 and 
3.1 but maintain only one source directory. You will have to make to 
sure to manually force a refresh on each Project after you change it in 
the other Eclipse, but it should be workable for a short-term solution.

HTH,
	Eric