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

["Bob Foster" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Christophe Elek" <celek@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bob Foster" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:alrcob$ao5$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > It's probably just a dumb question, but I've never done this. When you
> > use an external jar you have to manually tell Eclipse where the source
> > is. When you import a plugin as a binary project, does some magic seek
> > out the source zip for the plugin?
> Yep, as long as your plugin follows the rule for the source code (the new
> rules where source code is in its own plugin), Eclipse will find the
source
> code

Well, that sounds pretty useful!

I can tell from the responses so far that you guys want this to be the
recommended solution. Ok, but I do have this small reservation...

I hate manual steps. This path requires telling the new guy in the project
to manually import plugins x, y, q, a. Then, after every software update, do
it again manually. Error-prone and not pretty. I recently had the experience
of bringing a new guy into a project. I had to tell him how to connect to
cvs (url, user name, pw) and how to Check Out As Project. That's it, two
steps and he was built and running. That's the goal.

My view (reinforced by lots of years seeing people complicate the build
process) is: Everything needed to build and run a project should be checked
in. No folklore. No gurus. No incantations.

> > What's the sic in misunderstand?
> well... ;-)
> English is not my mother tongue, so I didn't know if I should say 'did I
> misunderstand' or 'did I misunderstood'.. I figured it out after, but I
> wanted to emphasize this was not a typing mistake... ;-) sorry about that

Gosh, don't apologize to me. The fact that you speak more than one language
makes you at least twice as smart in the language department as I am. ;-}
I've seen lots of people use (sic) when they aren't sure whether they have
misspelled something. But I say, don't be self-conscious. Let a thousand
spellings bloom! What you mean is what counts. And besides, you were right
the first time. ;-}

Bob