[news.eclipse.tools] Re: How to upgrade

[Christophe Elek <celek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Guther <andreas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:3E08979E.7090609
@guther.de:

> I also wonder what the best way is to upgrade.  Since M3 I started to 
> unzip all files over the previous installation and for M3 and now M4 
> this seems to work.
Use update manager ?

> 
> The advantage so far to my delight is, that I can start the new 
> installation and all the configuration is available.  So far, so good.
> 
> But I wonder if this is a recommended way on the long run or if it is 
> better to have a clean new install and then copy the needed files of 
> configuration and plug-ins to the new directory.  All this in order to 
> avoid having maybe files from an old installation together with a new 
> release.
It is a scenario we are testing and should support

> 
> However, I think it might be helpful to have a third party plug-in 
> directory that can be specified in a set-up and just point a new 
> installation to the 3rd party plug-in directory, that might be outside 
> the eclipse tree.
It is already possible, check wikiki and the links under update manager 
resources
You basically create a links subdirectory that contains files that points 
to the 'other' place where plugins are

> 
> In addition it might be helpful to configure the path to the workbench 
> rather than have it pre-defined under the eclipse tree, at least under 
> Windows.
By workbench you mean workspace (where YOUR data are) in this case use -
data or the place where plugins are ? In which case Update manager is 
your friend :-) 
> 
> Andreas



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