[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: bundles vs. .project file

["Veronika Irvine" <veronika_irvine@xxxxxxx>]

You will probably get a better response to this Eclipse Workbench question
on the eclipse platform newsgroup.

news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.platform

"Philipp Kutter" <philipp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:c05796decf728691385f1e15f59a4226$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dear all. I asked the following in the newcommers newsgroup, but got never 
> an answer.
> We are still very interested in the topic.
>
> Dear all.
> We work on a large Java project, and we have used the normal project file 
> for dependencies between Java projects.
>
>
> Some people in the project propose that we switch completly
> to bundles, using manifest.mf files to define the dependencies
> and the jar files which we use.
>
>
> Since we are not using runtime workbenches and since
> we do not create plugins, not all people do see the
> advantage.
>
> Especially they noted that the use of visility rules in
> the .project file give exactly the same advantage as package import and 
> export in bundles.
>
>
> Can you please advice us whether to move to bundles or not?
>
>
> Best Regards, Philipp
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