[Bug 123064] Re: Upgrade to Eclipse 3.5.0

[Benjamin Drung]

There are many thing eclipse could do to make packaging easier:

* Provide a source package (preferred as tar.gz) which does not contain any compiled file (like .jar).
* One command (like running ant) to build all binary files from scratch.
* One command to cleanup the directory (delete all generated files).
* Work with OpenJDK 6.
* Maybe one command to install the generated files (should pay attention to the DESTDIR variable).
* A license file which lists all relevant information.
* The plug-in system should allow users to install plug-ins into their home directories.
* The plug-in system should allow plug-ins to be installed system wide (only) by Debian packages.
* The possibility to disable the update system (the Debian package system provides updates).

Maybe some points on the list are already resolved. The last time I
tried to work on the eclipse package, I failed on configuring/compiling
eclipse (and of course understanding the build process). If someone
wants to help me understanding/compiling eclipse please feel free to
contact me directly (e.g. by IRC or mail).

At the earliest in August/September I have time to work on the package.
I will then have a look at the Linux Tools Project. I think it is at
most possible to provide an up-to-date package for karmic/jaunty in a
PPA and pushing this version then in karmic+1. It's on my todo list, but
I cannot promise anything (because I like working on smaller/easier
packages).

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