[jbosstools-dev] Eclipse Juno testing

(2012-04-13 13:32:29) ldimaggi_: nboldt, bfitzpat stupid question - Juno is 4.2 - what's 3.8? (2012-04-13 13:32:43) bfitzpat: also Juno (2012-04-13 13:33:02) bfitzpat: 3.8 and 4.2 are both Juno, but 4.2 is the main version and 3.8 is the 3.x stream version (2012-04-13 13:34:10) bfitzpat: 3.x is on its way out eventually (2012-04-13 13:34:44) ldimaggi_: bfitzpat, got it - so - we need to test.............both - and 3.7 to I think ;-) 13:35 (2012-04-13 13:35:16) bfitzpat: yeah, well... we don't really have a 4.2 ready build yet so far as I know (2012-04-13 13:35:26) bfitzpat: though Nick is pushing to test some early stuff (2012-04-13 13:36:23) ldimaggi_: bfitzpat, that's why I asked ;-) -- Since 4.2 is already at M6 [1], the window of opportunity to discover what (if anything) in JBDS won't run on it is nearly closed. After M7 (Star Wars Day*) only hold-the-presses, stop-ship issues will be CONSIDERED, much less fixed. Sure, we can report issues against upstream later on and they'll get fixed (maybe) in SR1 (September 2012) or SR2 (February 2013) but ideally, JBDS 5 would run OOTB on Eclipse 4.2/3.8 as well as 3.7, without our needing to patch stuff in Eclipse or WTP (like we have had to do in past years, particularly re: SWT or equinox). Ideally, we'd be able to have the same JBDS 5 bits working on BOTH Eclipse 3.7.2 and 4.2/3.8. So, to that end, we need to start testing builds [2] and installs of JBDS 5 on the new Juno platform as well as the existing Indigo one. [1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Juno/Simultaneous_Release_Plan#Milestones_and_Rel... [2] https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-11469?focusedCommentId=12684016#com... -- As to the question of 3.8 vs. 4.2, 3.x is the old stream which is being (eventually) phased out. 4.2 includes a compatibility layer so that in theory anything 3.x-dependent can run on 4.2 as well. The TP I built includes the 4.2 bits (which in turn include much of the 3.8 site too). My fond hope is that I won't need to include any additional 3.8-level plugins beyond what's already in the Juno or Eclipse 4.2 sites. -- More info & links: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-11469 -- Nick Boldt :: JBoss by Red Hat Productization Lead :: JBoss Tools & Dev Studio http://nick.divbyzero.com * - May The Fourth Be With You