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"m2e(clipse)-wtp 0.15.0 : New and Noteworthy"
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Hi Abi,
m2e-wtp doesn't relate to what was removed/added in m2e but I can tell you possible
reasons to why m2e team removed those features.
The removal was done when m2e moved from sonatype to
eclipse.org and the code were having
to go through a thorough legal review for IP clearance and also the time where m2e team
needed to see which features they could sustain to maintain as part of eclipse release
train. That process (as far as I understood) revealed that in some cases original authors
of the features could not be tracked down or original license was unclear thus not able to
pass the legal IP clearance OR some of the features were simply too fragile/messy to
maintain thus they decided to remove them to avoid problems about API and UI stability on
the release train.
Which of the two issues legal clearance and fragile/messy I'm not sure about, but no
matter which it is then the features are no longer there but i'm sure if someone have
the time to contribute them back/reimplement them they will be met with open arms.
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