[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: downloads aren't working

[Nick Boldt <codeslave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> So, it said that the .jar file was a .jar file. My understanding of it was
> that the .jar files don't need unzipping into the plugin folder, whereas
> the .zip files _do_ need unzipping. I might be wrong about that though. It
> appeared to me that it was expecting a .zip file, but was getting a .jar 
> file. Now, though, I'm guessing that .jar is "unzippable" also. (but why 
> you would want to do that, instead of just placing it into the plugins 
> folder, I do not know.)

Some plugins are set to be unpacked as part of their install process. 
This is because having them as jarred plugins effectively means double 
the disk space (since under the covers Eclipse has to unpack the jar 
anyway in order to get at sources and other nested files).

Installed features are ALWAYS unpacked.

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