[jbosstools-dev] Eclipse Juno testing

[Nick Boldt]

(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


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Nick Boldt :: JBoss by Red Hat
Productization Lead :: JBoss Tools & Dev Studio
http://nick.divbyzero.com

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