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

["Philippe Ombredanne" <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>]

Very nice !

"Eric Rizzo" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Philippe Ombredanne wrote:
> > Hendrik Maryns" <hendrik_maryns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:d7kllj$lrv$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >>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