[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Problems after upgrading from Eclipse 3.1 to

[Mirco Dunker <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

thank you, I got it!

­Regards,
Mirco

Paul Webster wrote:
> AFAIK this difference is an added tooling check to help cut down on the 
> "It works in eclipse but fails when I export it" problems.
>
> Eclipse plugins need to get info from other plugins ... i.e. in runtime 
> if it's not in a plugin, then it's not visible*
>
> You can use info like 
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Plug-in_Development_Environment to 
> create plugins for your external jars or include them in a common 
> library plugin.
>
>
> *there are a very few exceptions to this, almost all dangerous.
>
>
> Later,
> PW