(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 ;-)
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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_Release_Candidates
[2]
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-11469?focusedCommentId=12684016#comment-12684016
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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.
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More info& links: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-11469