[News.eclipse.technology.packaging] Re: Strawman package proposal for Ja

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wayne Beaton wrote:
> Java Developer
>
>     * Platform
>     * JDT
>     * Visual Editor (Swing only)
>     * Mylar
>     * XML Editor
>
> No source code is required with this configuration.
>
> Minimal prerequisites need to be included. If a plug-in is not required 
> by any of the above-listed components, it doesn't need to be included.
>
> The configuration should specify reasonable "-Xmx" and "-XX:MaxPermSize" 
> values.
>
> I'm not sure if the XML editor inclusion makes sense, or how much of the 
> web tools needs to be included to make the XML editor work.

I think both XML and Visual editors are going to be key to avoiding the 
"Eclipse doesn't do GUI building or XML?! What a heap of trash!" type of 
impressions. These days it is a rare Java developer who does not deal 
with XML files on a regular basis.
Visual Editor I am willing to re-consider as a separate package, 
although it is still in many developers' minds an expected feature. I 
guess I'm on the fence about it's inclusion in a Java Developer package.

Eric