Re: [jbosstools-dev] Fwd: [ee4j-community] Eclipse is still behind the current state of Java EE 8

At least, it's very important to make WTP a welcoming place for potential new contributors. With Eclipse Jakarta EE, that increases chances of Eclipse IDE being perceived as the "official" tool for Jakarta EE like NetBeans was for Java EE and of having more contributors chiming in. We must not miss any opportunity to get new contributors to WTP. I think it would be worth getting in touch with the Middleware team to see if they can or want help in improving support for Jakarta EE in Eclipse IDE. I don't expect any specific help from Red Hat Developers as its goals seem to exclude every IDE that's not Che or VSCode these days. Also, some support for recent Java EE is part of JBoss Tools, and while I presented which ones could be moved upstream in last F2F, the overall reaction from Red Hat Developers PM was that it's not worth it. Maybe it's worth it for Middleware now, so if we have an opportunity to get additional resources (from Middleware) to move some code from JBoss Tools to Eclipse.org, that would really be a positive move for everyone.