[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Use of the eclipse\links folder?

["Jerry III" <jerryiii@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As for updating plugins - if you keep plugins in version numbered
directories you can add a new version of a plugin even if someone else has
the current open.

Jerry

"David Whiteman" <dlwhiteman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> One usage of this folder is to make it easier to move to a new version
> of Eclipse.  You could keep your plugins in a folder outside your
> Eclipse install directory (much like the recommended approach for
> workspaces), and then when you install a more recent build, you just
> copy the links folder over to the new one.  Otherwise it is difficult to
> remember which plugins and features you have installed and to copy them
> over correctly to the new install.
>
> David
>