[cross-project-issues-dev] Running Eclipse with Java 9

[Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Now that Java 9 is out, people of course install it and naturally try to 
use it to run Eclipse.  That doesn't seem to actually work with 
Oxygen-R.  I wonder if it should?

Of course when the user uses the installer to install it, they blame the 
problem on the installer:

  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=522622

But I downloaded a package and it fails the same way.

It's easily fixed by adding the VM option:

  --add-modules=java.se.ee

But I don't recall what the actual strategy here is for ensuring that 
Eclipse Oxygen runs with Java 9. Is that support only part of the coming 
maintenance release(s)?  It seems just an issue of this option.  Where 
will this option come from?  Will it just be "--add-modules=java.se.ee", 
is it specified in some other way later, or is it magically injected by 
the launcher?  It's certainly not in eclipse.ini of the Oxygen-R packages...

Regards,
Ed