[news.eclipse.tools.cdt] Re: Announcing - "CDT for Windows"

[Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx>]

Mike Jackson wrote:
> On 2007-06-29 09:48:49 -0400, Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx> said:
>
> > Over a couple of days this last week while I was waiting for Europa to 
> > close, I finally took the time to put together the CDT/MinGW 
> > distribution I keep talking about. This is a distribution of Eclipse 
> > 3.3, CDT 4.0, the MinGW toolchain and a few libraries along with a 
> > Java Runtime wrapped up in a nice Windows installer. This should make 
> > it easier for people to get started with the CDT on their Windows 
> > machines.
> >
> > Itâs out at SourceForge. I have more information in my blog entry at
> >
> >    http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com/2007/06/introducing-cdt-for-windows.html.
> >
> > Itâs still in Beta at version 0.9.1. feel free to pass any ideas on 
> > how to improve it to the SourceForge site:
> >
> >      http://cdt-windows.sourceforge.net.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
> > Eclipse CDT Project Lead, http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com
>
> I just tried out this distribution for windows and generally liked it 
> but one omission that _should_ be in the package (IMO) is the CVS 
> integration one would normally find in Eclipse. I was easily enough able 
> to find it using the Software updates, but it would be nice if it was 
> already included in the distribution.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Jackson

To be honest, I was surprised it wasn't there. As of Eclipse 3.3, the 
CVS support is not part of the Eclipse platform. I'll definitely 
consider adding it, and maybe one of the Subversion clients as well.

Thanks,
Doug