[news.eclipse.tools] Re: 2.0.1 feature change

["Harald Niesche" <harald@xxxxxxxx>]

"Peter Manahan" <manahan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Seems the PDE is working as designed. The plugin.xml is driving the
> classpath not the source code.

Right, that's the way it works.

> I don't know about you but i tend to code
> then add the jars when it doesn't compile. I rarely know/care which jars
> up front I need. I tend to modify the plugin.xml last rather than first.
> The PDE assumes you modify the plugin.xml before you code which IMO is
> backwards.

But that doesn't solve Bob's Problem with 2.0.1 and  2.0 while using
plugin.xml does. Plus I find it easier to add a required plugin to my
plugin.xml using the editor rather than browsing for the Jar in the Java
Build Path Property Page...

Just accept that in a PDE project you manipulate the classpath through the
plugin.xml, don't try to work against it (you are bound to lose this fight
...)

Maybe the PDE should make it easier to edit this part of the plugin.xml
through a property page in the project properties.

Harald